Liverpool Sign Standard Chartered to £80M Deal; Replaces Carlsberg

On September 12, 2009

Liverpool Sign Standard Chartered to £80M Deal; Replaces Carlsberg

Liverpool F.C. has replaced lead sponsor Carlsberg with Standard Chartered in an £80 million deal worth £20 million annually for four years, according to the Times. If confirmed on Sept. 18, the deal would move Liverpool to the joint No.1 position, with Manchester United and Aon, in terms of football advertising contracts. Both teams have similar deals set for similar periods, starting in 2010.
On September 12, 2009

Can All the Tech Giants Put Newspapers Back Together Again?

Some of the world's most prominent technology companies are offering suggestions to publishers on how they can charge readers for news online. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Google -- a company some newspapers blame for helping dig their financial hole -- responded to a request by the Newspaper Association of America for proposals on ways to easily charge for news on the Web.


On September 12, 2009

How to Get a Lot Done – 7 Tips to Achieve More

Editor’s Note: I originally wrote this for ZenHabits back in June 2008, but I’ve brought it over as I think NS readers will find it interesting! Have you ever written out a list of goals you’d like to achieve and thought, ‘How can I get all this done’? Or seen an opportunity that you’ve had to [...]


On September 11, 2009

Corus Seized in Fourth-Largest Bank Failure This Year

Another big U.S. bank has gone under. The FDIC said late Friday that regulators have shut $7 billion-asset Corus Bank and that MB Financial Bank will purchased its deposits. The company is the fourth-largest bank to close the year, trailing BankUnited ($12.8 billion in assets), Guaranty Bank ($13 billion) and Colonial Bangroup ($25 billion). MB Financial will assume control of Corus's 11 branches and also acquire some $3 billion in assets. Corus's collapse comes as no surprise. The company's auditor in April raised concerns about its viability, amid large losses related to commercial real estate loans. The company's CEO and chairman resigned the same month. The FDIC's deposit insurance fund will pay out $1.7 billion to cover the cost of...
On September 11, 2009

Michelle Obama to Champion Chicago for 2016 Olympics

First Lady Michelle Obama will head to Copenhagen on Oct. 2 to support hometown Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Chicago is on the short list with Madrid, Rio de Janiero and Tokyo that officials will vote on at the 121st International Olympic Committee Session. President Barack Obama will be staying in Washington to help pass health care legislation (and some are saying that's a bad move for Chicago.) Michelle Obama was born and raised in Chicago's South Side. Already Chicago is using a tentative $4.8 billion Olympics plan (note that London, who has the 2012 games, doubled its proposed spending to $16 billion) and with more than 4 billion viewers, it hopes to boost the city's tourism in the process....
On September 11, 2009

Do You Know How To Structure a Blog Post?

This is a guest post by Mark Pack. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Knowing when and why to use paragraph breaks is something that most of us were taught at school and, if it doesn't come to us instinctively, is frequently got wrong. However, it is a key skill to ensure your posts are easy to follow and retain your readers through till the end. So if your instincts aren't working well, what should you do?

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On September 11, 2009

Twitter to Add Ads in Q-4; A Biz Model Emerges

On Twitter's official blog, co-founder Biz Stone announced yesterday that the micro-blogging service had revised its "Terms of Use" to, among other things,  "leave the door open for advertising. We'd like to keep our options open, as we've said before." The relevant part of the Terms reads as follows: "The Services may include advertisements, which may be targeted to the Content or information on the Services, queries made through the Services, or other information. The types and extent of advertising by Twitter on the Services are subject to change. In consideration for Twitter granting you access to and use of the Services, you agree that Twitter and its third party providers and partners may place such advertising on the Services...


On September 11, 2009

What are my Employees Thinking?

I’m turning the tables on the managers this month. Last month, Adrian and I took a look at some of the most common workplace behaviors and what our bosses think of those behaviors (if you missed it, click here). This month, we’re turning the tables and finding out what employees think of their boss’s behaviors. Check out the first couple of questions here or click through to see the full article here.

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