Category: Business

  • The truth about synergies

    I watched an interview at lunchtime today on the BBC News channel where Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury, was being asked a number of questions concerning his company’s position as it confronts a hostile takeover bid by Kraft Foods. Towards…

  • The PR agent as trusted counsellor and mentor

    Last week, the US edition of PR Week published its annual Editors’ Choice lists including Editors’ Choice 2010: Who to watch (subscription login required), a look at individuals and PR firms the magazine’s editors predict “will make headlines in 2010.”…

  • Controlling leaks Apple style

    There’s been quite a lot of buzz during the past week or so surrounding rumours that Apple will be launching a tablet device very soon, and the expectation that there’ll be an announcement by Apple on January 26. I wrote…

  • More evidence on why you need to make your website work for mobile devices

    The share of web traffic from mobile devices increased by 110 percent in North America over the past year and 148 percent globally, according to a new study by Quantcast as reported by MediaPost News. […] While still only a…

  • Apple’s tablet as the killer e-reader

    Ellee Seymour asked me if I’ve tried an e-reader yet, one of those gadgets that you use to read e-books. Something like a Sony Reader, perhaps, or an Amazon Kindle. I told Ellee that I hadn’t yet. I do read…