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  • Europa League winners to get Champions League promotion

    The Europa League, long regarded as the impoverished relation of the glitzy Champions League, was boosted on Friday by UEFA's announcement that the winners would qualify for the elite competition from 2015.In an attempt to increase the prestige of its secondary competition, UEFA also said 16 teams rather than the current six would qualify directly for the group stages. "I have ...

  • Ban tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship

    Nearly 6 million people die every year via cancer, heart disease, lung disease and other chronic, long-term health conditions associated with smoking. Over the course of the 21st century, tobacco use could kill up to a billion people unless urgent action is taken. "Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death. The global tobacco epidemic kills nearly 6 million people each ...

  • San Francisco Chronicle taps new management team

    San Francisco Chronicle owner Hearst Corp. has hired two senior executives to give a boost to the paper and its SFGate website. The company named newspaper veteran Jeffrey Johnson publisher, replacing Frank Vega, who announced his retirement Thursday. Johnson previously worked at the Chicago Tribune, the Orlando Sentinel and most recently the Los Angeles Times. Hearst also hired Joanne Bradford, ...

  • Loyalty marketing solution co LoyalBlocks raises $9m

    LoyalBlocks , which develops loyalty marketing solutions for small businesses, has closed a $9 million series A round of financing led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from Founder Collective and existing ...

  • UPDATE 1-Turkey bans alcohol advertising and curbs sales

    Fri May 24, 2013 9:45am EDT * PM says ban is to protect youth from bad habits * Critics say ban is sign of creeping Islamic influence * Turkish brewers see shares fall * Diageo "very saddened" by new legislation By Ozge Ozbilgin ANKARA, May 24 (Reuters) - Turkey banned alcohol advertising and tightened restrictions on its sale on Friday, drawing criticism from secular Turks as well as ...


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Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition [DVD]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director's Edition [DVD]

These days, it's too easy to take Star Trek for granted. Since the premiere of Gene Roddenberry's original, groundbreaking TV show in 1966, there have been close to a half-dozen spin-off series, nine feature movies (with a tenth in production), and an incalculable deluge of Trek-related cultural artifacts, from the billions of dollars of official merchandising to the incredible amou ... ...

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  • Kansas City Business Journal announces CFO of the Year honorees

    The recession has made for rough sailing for many businesses over the past few years, but some have had exceptional CFOs to help steer them through it. Those are the executives the Kansas City Business Journal will recognize as CFO of the Year. The awards program, now in its sixth year, honors the Kansas City area's top financial executives. Applicants were judged for their contributions to ...

  • Social Media Matters Amys Baking a lesson in what not to do

    Amys Baking Co., a bakery and bistro in Scottsdale, Ariz., received quite a bit of attention on countless social media platforms and in the media recently and not for good reasons. The resulting word-of-mouth firestorm was enough to fill, well, this column with social media, crisis communications and plain ol business lessons. Mass media like TV can amplify and broadcast your business problem. ...

  • HBJ Morning Call will resume May 28

    Houston Business Journal's Morning Call email news product will resume on May 28. Due to the Memorial Day holiday, the Houston Business Journal's Morning Call email news product will not be published on Monday, May 27. Look for the Morning Call roundup of relevant local business news headlines to resume on May 28. Watch for breaking news on the holiday weekend at ...

  • Who to follow on Twitter in Wichita

    Who to follow on Twitter in Wichita Think Twitter is just about self-shot photos and what people are eating for lunch? There's some of that, but in this week's cover story, the Wichita Business Journal highlights some local tweeters who talk about much more than that. The report focuses on nine individuals who are among the most effective drivers locally of intelligent conversation. They ...

  • Top Twitter practices for business marketing

    Feel like a twit instead of a Twitter expert? Youre not alone. Businesses are having a difficult time cracking the code to successful marketing via Twitter. However, executive education and conference company Global Strategic Management Institute tackled the topic in its Social Media Strategies Summit Blog. The blog recently offered the Top 10 Twitter Marketing Tips to Remember. Check them out, ...

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