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Abu Dhabi Buys Iconic New York Chrysler Building while Canada Stutters On Foreign Ownership Rules
The latest in M&A news: Bloomberg announced yesterday that the Abu Dhabi Investment Council completed its acquisition of a controlling stake (75%) of the New York Chrysler Building. The stake was previously held by a Prudential [...]
Innovative Political Campaigns: Bedford Candidate First To Harness New Media
Tim Outhit is making political history (well, around these parts at least) by becoming the first politician in Nova Scotia, and perhaps Canada, to truly utilize the power of new media and social marketing in seeking [...]
Road ‘bumps’ Promoting Breast Cancer Exams
JWT Kuwait recently executed a unique campaign on behalf of Taiba Hospital to promote breast cancer exams. This is one instance in which cooperation between corporate and government resulted in facilitating a campaign using public infrastructure [...]
Yemen’s President Longest Ruling In The World After Castro?
When I woke up this morning, I was treated to two major news headlines. Fidel Castro resigned his presidency, and Pervez Musharaf’s ruling party (the PML-Q) lost the elections in Pakistan! 2008 is shaping up to [...]
Irony Defined: Paying $122,000 For a Speech About Fiscal Responsibility
The Globe and Mail reported today that current Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has admitted handing an un-tendered contract to Hugh Macphie, a one-time speechwriter for former-Ontario premier Mike Harris, to work on last year’s budget [...]
Viral Marketing: Nova Scotia's Video Invitation to David Letterman
Your World Today is likely the first online site to break the story of Rodney MacDonald’s ‘Top 10′ video to David Letterman. The Nova Scotia ‘Come to Life’ website was the source of the video, ofcourse, [...]
The Juno Effect: Politician Marketing Nova Scotia To David Letterman
A brave initiative by Rodney MacDonald, Nova Scotia’s Conservative top dog. The Premier rode the wave of popularity provided by the smashing reviews of the recent Hollywood hit ‘Juno’ and its Halifax-based star: Ellen Page. Ellen [...]
British Graffiti on West Bank Barrier
360East caught this on the BBC. The British artist Banksy has painted new murals on the West Bank barrier which runs beside Bethlehem, dividing Palestinian and Israeli territory. Banksy is a well-known pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. [...]
Green Advertising? Advertising on Carrots
Optometrists – 1, Carrots – 0. In the age-old conflict between home remedies and professional medical advice, doctors at Magrabi Medical Center in Oman drove a stake through the ‘root’ of the competition… and tagged an [...]
SMS Kills!
A great new ad from the Dubai office of DDB. Click on image to enlarge. Notice the attention to detail. The models were chosen to reflect the cultural diversity of the UAE and, ofcourse, the ever present crane [...]
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Brother I am not familiar with canadian environment.But as a student o
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
With regards to Farak's comments: 1st, Hitler and the others you ment
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Stumbled upon this accidentally and didn't finish reading, but I'm won
Confirmed: Islamic Banking in Canada
Salam All, This is in response to the comment from Abdirizak and all
Muslim Prayer in Toronto Schools: Social Engineering vs School Board Policy
Nice article. It just goes to show that the Canadians are becoming the