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• Deutsche Bank got slammed again

  29-09-2016 22:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deutsche Bank closed down 6.71% at $11.47 per share following a report from William Canny at Bloomberg suggesting that a number of hedge funds clients have started shifting business to other banks. 
  "We are confident that the vast majority of them have a full understanding of our stable financial position, the current macroeconomic environment, the litigation process in the U.S. and the progress we are making with our strategy," Michael Golden, a Deutsche Bank spokesman,
  
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• STOCKS SLIPPED AMID DEUTSCHE BANK WORRIES: Here's what you need to know

  29-09-2016 22:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Stocks slogged through the red on Thursday amid worrying headlines about Deutsche Bank.
  All major indices finished down for the day, while the troubled German lender's shares fell by as much as 7% in the afternoon.
  First up, the scoreboard:
  Dow: 18,181.25, -157.99, (-0.86%)
  S&P 500: 2,155.23, -16.24, (-0.75%)
  Nasdaq: 5,276.24, -42.24, (-0.79%)
  WTI Crude: $47.70, +$0.65, (+1.4%)
  1o-year yield: 1.560%, -0.007
  Deutsche Bank got slammed again after a Bloomberg report noted that a numbe
  
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• Banks like to talk about blockchain, but none wants to be the first to actually use it

  29-09-2016 21:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There are more than 50 major banks clamoring to adopt the technology known as blockchain — the underpinnings of bitcoin — but none of them wants to be the first.
  Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, and Bank of America are among the big names that have signed onto R3, an industry-wide body trying to bring blockchain technology to the finance world.
  They all expect blockchain to simplify and streamline transactions in a way that reduces costs, increases security, and boost profits by making
  
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• Gaddafi, bribery, and a $40 billion hedge fund: The key details from the case against Och-Ziff

  29-09-2016 21:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Och-Ziff Capital Management has agreed to settle charges of bribery, paying nearly $200 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the SEC announced Thursday.
  The hedge fund's CEO, Dan Och, agreed to pay nearly $2.2 million to settle the charges with the SEC, as did the firm's CFO, Joel Frank.
  The firm was accused of bribery in its financial dealings in Africa, which the SEC says included run-ins with Muammar Gaddafi's relatives.
  "Other bribes were paid to secure mining rights and corrup
  
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• A startup specifically designed to sell Obamacare is quitting Obamacare (UNH, AET, HUM)

  29-09-2016 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Harken Health Insurance, a startup and part of UnitedHealthcare that offered low-cost health plans through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, is leaving the marketplace.
  Harken had been launched in early 2016 to create tailored plans that would make money in the ACA, better known as Obamacare exchanges.
  UnitedHealthcare, the parent company, has also rolled back its offerings through the exchanges due to financial losses.
  Harken offered plans in Chicago and Georgia, but will no longer
  
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• These are the new New York City restaurants Wall Street should check out this fall

  29-09-2016 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We've finally settled into fall and that means a slew of new restaurants in New York City.
  Of course, not all restaurants are created equal.
  Some restaurants are for Wall Street. And others are bar/restaurant/coffee shops by "Entourage" star Adrian Grenier, where you can eat candied bacon quinoa sushi or a taco churro cannoli.
  You can see how there's a difference.
  With that in mind Business Insider has put together a list of restaurants to serve the Street.
  Some of them are in key locations like
  
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• Trump isn't the only reason the Mexican peso has been getting creamed

  29-09-2016 20:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Mexican peso has become the most talked-about currency in the foreign-exchange market in recent days, as the US presidential race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tightened up.
  Trump's tough talk on Mexico in terms of both trade and immigration has caused the peso to tumble as much as 8.7% since the middle of August to as low as 19.8772 to the dollar. The losses accelerated as he gained ground in national polls.
  Following Monday night's debate between the two
  
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• A huge hedge fund just settled bribery charges with the feds for $200 million

  29-09-2016 20:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Och-Ziff Capital Management has agreed to settle charges of bribery, paying nearly $200 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  The hedge fund's CEO, Dan Och, agreed to pay nearly $2.2 million to settle the charges with the SEC, as did the firm's CFO Joel Frank.
  "Och-Ziff engaged in complicated, far-reaching schemes to get special access and secure significant deals and profits through corruption,” Andrew J. Ceresney, director at the SEC enforcement division, said in a
  
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• This is the latest depressing data point for hedge funds bleeding assets

  29-09-2016 20:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The news isn't getting any better for the biggest hedge funds.
  Assets at the largest funds have dropped sharply, according to a new survey by industry data and news provider Hedge Fund Intelligence.
  The twice-annual Billion Dollar Club report, released on Thursday, showed a decline of nearly 7 percent, or $132 billion, to July 2016 from a year ago. 
  The survey attempts to tabulate all Americas-based firms that manage at least $1 billion in traditional hedge fund assets. Together, 302 firms
  
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• Stocks are rolling over, Dow down 230 (SPX, SPY, DJI, IXIC, DB, TLT, TLO)

  29-09-2016 20:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  US stocks slid in trading on Thursday after more worrying headlines about Deutsche Bank sent that firm's shares lower. 
  At 1:52 p.m. ET, the Dow is down 209 points (1.14%), the S&P 500 is down 22 points (1.09%), and the Nasdaq is down 54 points (1.05%). 
  Deutsche Bank's US-listed shares fell by as much as 7% following a Bloomberg report suggesting that a number of hedge fund clients have started shifting business to other banks.The stock fell to a record low on Monday ami
  
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• Daniel Marks London: Senior Integrated Marcomms Strategist

  29-09-2016 19:49
  
  £70000 - £80000 per annum:Daniel Marks London:
  A global award-winning brand looking for a senior Marcomms Strategy specialist to join a newly created team
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• China has the markets totally fooled

  29-09-2016 19:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For the past few months, markets haven't heard a peep from China.
  After an incredibly volatile start to the year, analysts and economists all over the world believe that the Chinese economy has stabilized.
  In August, PMI came in at 50.4, up from 49.9 in July. Industrial output beat expectations for the month coming in at 6.3% rather than than 6.2%. And Bloomberg's monthly GDP tracker put GDP growth at 7.2% in August, up from 6.9% in July.
  So things have been quiet.
  However, analysts at Chin
  
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• 'A perfect storm:' Here are 50 slides that will get every gold bull psyched up (GLD, GLX, USD, DXY)

  29-09-2016 19:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Gold has been one of the most impressive commodities of 2016, up 24% year-to-date. 
  Incrementum published its annual "In Gold we Trust" report back in June. In it, the firm argued that if the Fed fails to raise interest rates at the trajectory it expects and investors lose confidence in the dollar, "this would go hand in hand with rising commodity prices and a return of inflation and would represent a 'perfect storm' for gold."
  "After years of pursuing low interest rate policies, central ba
  
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• Qualcomm is reportedly in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors (QCOM, NXPI)

  29-09-2016 19:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Qualcomm is in talks to buy NXP Semiconductors, according to Eyk Henning, Dana Mattioli and Dana Cimilluca at The Wall Street Journal.
  Qualcomm is worth $95 billion, while NXP has a market cap of $32 billion.
  A deal could happen within the next two to three months, according to the report.
  A spokesperson for Netherlands-based NXP said the company does not comment on "rumors or speculation."
  The deal would add to a wave of consolidation that's swept the semiconductor industry in the past few year
  
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• OPEC just reached a surprising deal — here's what comes next

  29-09-2016 19:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The late oil watcher Robert Mabro once quipped that OPEC should change its logo to a teabag "because it only works when in hot water."
  In light of recent events, that's turned out to be quite the prescient observation.
  On Wednesday, the oil cartel reached an agreement at informal talks in Algiers to limit its production at its upcoming policy meeting in November to a range of 32.5 million to 33 million barrels per day, down from the current estimated level of 33.24 million bpd.
  Prices
  
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• Hedge fund legend Steve Cohen is recruiting young trading talent in London and Asia

  29-09-2016 18:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Steve Cohen is expanding his recruitment program outside the US.
  The legendary hedge fund investor is expanding his Point72 Academy for recent college grads in London and Asia.
  Students spend a year learning how to pick stocks, with courses on financial modeling and research. The program launched in the US last year.
  Coursework also includes data science so that the young recruits can learn to incorporate alternative data into their models, Matthew Granade, Point72's chief market intelligen
  
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• Negah Amiri : Ecommerce Data Analyst

  29-09-2016 18:28
  
  £35000 - £45000 per annum:Negah Amiri :
  Daniel Marks is very excited to be working with a leading Lifestyle client looking for a talented eCommerce Data Analyst to join their dynamic Team.South West London, London
  
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• Daniel Marks London: Ecommerce Data Analyst

  29-09-2016 18:28
  
  £35000 - £45000 per annum:Daniel Marks London:
  Daniel Marks is very excited to be working with a leading Lifestyle client looking for a talented eCommerce Data Analyst to join their dynamic Digital & Marketing team.As the Ecommerce Data Analyst you will be pivotal in the development and delivery o
  South West London, London
  
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• Alan Greenspan has a new gig

  29-09-2016 18:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Alan Greenspan, the former five-term chairman of the Federal Reserve, has joined investment management firm Advisors Capital Management as economic adviser.
  Greenspan will provide economic and market valuation analysis to "support the firm's top-down investment approach to selecting sectors in the economy for investment," according to a press release.
  "I am very excited to resume working with one of the towering members of the economics profession," Charles Lieberman, ACM's cofounder and chief i
  
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• How O2 has built new businesses out of personal data

  29-09-2016 17:52
  
  O2 is making concerted efforts to build new products and services for customers based on new ways of utilising personal data, the brand revealed today (29 September) at the Ctrl-Shift Personal Information Economy conference in London.
  A number of business initiatives have already gone live over the past year and according to the brand’s data innovation and privacy officer Dan Bates, this has been made possible by incorporating the business’s data function into the remit of marketing,
  
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• Marketing Week explores how to get more from less

  29-09-2016 17:41
  
  How to get more from less is a common challenge for marketers, whether they work at small, medium and large companies.
  Economic uncertainty has almost become the new normal meaning the question of how to increase the effectiveness of spend while becoming more efficient is one being asked of marketers all the time.
  Couple this with new channels of communication and the ability to extract additional value and not spending millions on advertising becomes key.
  Marketing Week is hostin
  
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• Chesapeake Energy says it's been subpoenaed over its accounting practices (CHK)

  29-09-2016 17:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  There's more bad news for Chesapeake Energy.
  In a regulatory filing on Thursday, the company said the Department of Justice served it a subpoena, asking for information about accounting practices for the purchase of oil and gas properties, how it classified them, and "related matters."
  The company also got DOJ, Postal Service, and state subpoenas related to its royalty-payment practices.
  Chesapeake said it had talked with the postal service and state-agency representatives and continues "to resp
  
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• Behind the life and death of a star money manager accused of insider trading

  29-09-2016 17:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  About a year before Sanjay Valvani's wife found him dead inside his Brooklyn Heights home, the star money manager learned he was under investigation for insider trading.
  Valvani drove profits at Visium Asset Management, an $8 billion New York hedge fund that had been on the rise.
  He was insistent about his innocence from the start. He hired one of Wall Street's top defense attorneys and told friends that he'd be fine — that the government could not bring a case against him.
  Then, in June
  
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• Freeview on why Netflix and Amazon Prime are its ‘friends’

  29-09-2016 15:43
  
  Freeview will launch its most “innovative and ambitious” advertising campaign to date this Saturday (1 October), with a series of real-time ads. The ‘short contextual films’ will provide commentary on whatever show the audience is watching, as Freeview makes use of its prior-access to scripts and storylines.
  The real-time ads, which Freeview has worked on with Anomoly and hopes to launch 300 of by the end of the year, will comment on household favourites such as Coronatio
  
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• Freeview on why Netflix and Amazon Prime are ‘friends’ and contributing to its growth

  29-09-2016 15:43
  
  Freeview will launch its most “innovative and ambitious” advertising campaign to date this Saturday (1 October), with a series of real-time ads. The ‘short contextual films’ will provide commentary on whatever show the audience is watching, as Freeview makes use of its prior-access to scripts and storylines.
  The real-time ads, which Freeview has worked on with Anomoly and hopes to launch 300 of by the end of the year, will comment on household favourites such as Coronatio
  
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• Argos wants to become the ‘destination of choice’ for homeware

  29-09-2016 15:12
  
  Argos is putting a heavier focus on its own brand homeware, as it looks to grow into a £1.5bn own brands business by the end of 2018 – this would represent a third of its overall business.
  Argos launched its new own brand range ‘The Collection by Argos’ yesterday (29 September), with a heavy focus on ‘design-led’ and ‘premium’ products. It considers homeware, specifically furniture, to be a “key priority”.
  Alyson Lockley, director
  
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• Argos on how it will become ‘the first destination’ for homeware

  29-09-2016 15:12
  
  Argos is putting a heavier focus on its own brand homeware, as it looks to grow into a £1.5bn own brands business by the end of 2018 – this would represent a third of its overall business.
  Argos launched its new own brand range ‘The Collection by Argos’ yesterday (29 September), with a heavy focus on ‘design-led’ and ‘premium’ products. It considers homeware, specifically furniture, to be a “key priority”.
  Alyson Lockley, director
  
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• The Marketing Academy’s Sherilyn Shackell on expansion, leadership and purpose

  29-09-2016 14:22
  
  The Marketing Academy has redefined the 4Ps of marketing for the UK relaunch of its Scholarship programme. The move is designed to reflect a purpose-driven agenda and align globally with schemes running in Australia and New York, the latter of which sees its first intake in 2017.
  Price, product, promotion and place will become personal, professional, people and purpose as founder and CEO of The Marketing Academy, Sherilyn Shackell, sees an opportunity to finesse the UK programme that h
  
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• The Marketing Academy reboots Scholarship programme

  29-09-2016 14:20
  
  The Marketing Academy has relaunched its Scholarship programme for 2017 and redefined the 4Ps of marketing to “better articulate the learning modules that people experience when going through it”, according to founder and CEO Sherilyn Shackell.
  The new 4Ps are: Personal development – to become an extraordinary human being; professional skills – to be an exceptional marketer; people – to be an inspirational leader; and purpose – to become a chang
  
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• Top storytelling brands capitalise on consumers’ smartphone obsession

  29-09-2016 13:16
  Apple has been identified as consumers’ best brand for storytelling for the fourth year in a row, according to creative agency Aesop’s 2016 research. This year it is joined by brands including Amazon and the BBC, which are all capitalising on the amount of time people spend consuming content on screens.
  READ MORE: Apple is the UK’s top storytelling brand
  The report, conducted in association with 3Gem Research, asked 2,000 consumers to rate brands against ei
  
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• Facebook’s privacy head attacks ‘negative’ views around its use of WhatsApp data

  29-09-2016 13:16
  
  Facebook’s global deputy chief privacy officer Stephen Deadman has complained of the “negative” attention focused on how brands use data, which “puts all data businesses under the spotlight of suspicion”.
  Speaking at consultancy Ctrl-Shift’s Personal Information Economy conference in London today (29 September), Deadman said: “The atmosphere is so negatively charged that anything you do is going to create negative headlines.”
  He was responding to a
  
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• Facebook privacy head attacks ‘negative’ views around its use of WhatsApp data

  29-09-2016 13:16
  
  Facebook’s global deputy chief privacy officer Stephen Deadman has complained of the “negative” attention focused on how brands use data, which “puts all data businesses under the spotlight of suspicion”.
  Speaking at consultancy Ctrl-Shift’s Personal Information Economy conference in London today (29 September), Deadman said: “The atmosphere is so negatively charged that anything you do is going to create negative headlines.”
  He was responding to a
  
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• Nu Creative Talent: Senior Account Manager | Media

  29-09-2016 12:28
  
  £40-50k + bonus + excellent benefits:Nu Creative Talent:
  Our client is one of the world’s leading customer insight companies and they are now looking for a Senior Account Manager to join their team.
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Why marketers need to stop pushing age stereotypes

  29-09-2016 12:18
  
  Nine out of 10 Brits feel there is too much age and generational stereotyping in the media, according to a new study from The Age of No Retirement, Flamingo and Tapestry Research [supported by The Big Lottery Fund].
  Having gathered 2,000 respondents aged 18 to 70-plus, it reveals 86% of people across all ages believe inter-generational design principles are important, yet only 16% believe brands are currently applying them well.
  It is common to hear terminology such as millenials, the grey
  
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• Brands missing out on ‘huge business’ by pushing age stereotypes in their ads

  29-09-2016 12:18
  
  Nine out of 10 Brits feel there is too much age and generational stereotyping in the media, according to a new study from The Age of No Retirement, Flamingo and Tapestry Research [supported by The Big Lottery Fund].
  Having gathered 2,000 respondents aged 18 to 70-plus, it reveals 86% of people across all ages believe inter-generational design principles are important, yet only 16% believe brands are currently applying them well.
  It is common to hear terminology such as millenials, the grey
  
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• Apple is the UK’s top storytelling brand

  29-09-2016 07:00
  
  Apple has been identified as the UK’s top storytelling brand for the fourth year in a row with 41% of votes but Amazon is hot on its heels having jumped 11 places to claim the second spot.
  The poll by creative agency Aesop asks 2,000 adults to identify brands against eight storytelling elements including being authentic, having a vision or mission, having an opinion, being memorable or evoking an emotional response.
  The BBC is also closing in on Apple, coming in third w
  
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• Vacancies Network: Senior Magazine Marketing Executive

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Competitive Salary with benefits :Vacancies Network:
  Magazine Marketing wizz needed for award winning magazine publisher....
  Loughton, Essex
  
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• Vacancies Network: Multi-platform Advertising Field Sales Executive

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Competitive Salary with un-capped commission and Car Allowance:Vacancies Network:
  Multi talented media sales professional needed to work for home interest title
  Loughton, Essex
  
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• Vacancies Network: Classified Sales Executive - Leading Home Interest title

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  Competitive Salary with un-capped commission:Vacancies Network:
  Are you an expert telesales professional? come and run your own classified section....
  West Essex
  
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• Nu Creative Talent: Senior Account Manager | Insight

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  £40-50k + bonus + excellent benefits:Nu Creative Talent:
  Our client is one of the world’s leading customer insight companies and they are now looking for a Senior Account Manager.
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Nu Creative Talent: Communications Director | Planning

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  £: Competitive + excellent benefits:Nu Creative Talent:
  A top five global communications media planning and implementations agency are now looking for a Communications Director to join their busy team.
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Nu Creative Talent: Account Manager | Broadcast

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  c£35k+ excellent benefits:Nu Creative Talent:
  Our client is one of the world's largest media planning and buying agencies and they are now looking for an Account Manager to join their team.
  Leeds, West Yorkshire
  
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• Daniel Marks London: Creative Director - Branding and Design

  29-09-2016 02:00
  
  £70k:Daniel Marks London:
  Are you a Creative Director who is tired of being pigeon-holed into a role that feels restrictive and doesn't allow creativity? I have the diversit...
  London (Central), London (Greater)
  
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• Personalisation grows in Asia

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  SINGAPORE: With mobile increasingly important to online Asian consumers' browsing and shopping habits, retailers in the region anticipate increasing their adspend in this channel and putting a greater focus on personalisation, a new survey says.A...
  
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• IAB chief talks digital consolidation

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  NEW YORK: Consolidation in the digital ecosystem is yielding both challenges and opportunities for marketers and media brands, according to Randall Rothenberg, President/CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB).Rothenberg discussed this...
  
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• How Mondelez uses Google Surveys

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  NAPLES, FL: Mondelez International, the snacks group, is successfully using Google Surveys as a tool to gain both broad and in-depth audience insights, as well as generate near-instant feedback on its marketing campaigns.Sheera Hopkins,...
  
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• Has social media marketing grown up?

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  LONDON: The fast-moving world of social media presents ongoing challenges to marketers, but, in some respects at least, it is starting to grow up, according to the judges of the Warc Prize for Social Strategy.At a London event announcing the...
  
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• Google targets India's 2G users

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  NEW DELHI: India's mobile operators are engaged in a price war, offering low-cost data packs to entice 3G and 4G internet users, but Google is focused on the much greater number of 2G users across the country.Reliance Jio, which launched earlier...
  
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• Consumers hate interstitials

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  NEW YORK: Marketers looking to engage consumers on mobile should avoid using interstitial ads, which produced some of the most negative responses in two recent neuroscience studies.One study from Kargo, a specialist in mobile brand advertising,...
  
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• Attribution insights go begging

  29-09-2016 01:56
  
  EUROPE: Marketing attribution of some sort is widely used by businesses across Europe, but it's not always effective and insights gained are frequently not acted upon, a study has said.The
  
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