Kekst Again Tops First Half M&A Rankings in U.S

Kekst and Company has once again topped mergermarket’s rankings of public relations advisors to North American mergers and acquisitions, taking first place in both the value and volume tables for the first half of 2008 with a total of 71 deals worth $110 billion.
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Flaherty Named President Amid Ketchum Promotion

Rob Flaherty, currently senior partner, global practices, and managing director of the New York office, has been named president of Ketchum. He will continue to report to senior partner and chief executive officer Ray Kotcher.
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Weber Shandwick Hires Nike CSR Exec Boettche

Weber Shandwick has added former Nike executive Chad Boettcher as senior vice president, corporate responsibility. Based in New York, Boettcher will work with the company’s global team on developing integrated corporate responsibility programs.
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Tech PR Veteran Thompson Joins Citigate Cunningham as Chai

Technology public relations veteran Gary Thompson has joined Citigate Cunningham as chairman, responsible for heading up the management team and leading the next stage of the agency’s growth and development.
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Xtreme Fighting Championship Selects French/West/Vaugha

French/West/Vaughan, one of the nation’s largest independent public relations, public affairs and brand communications agencies, has been selected by Xtreme Fighting Championships to provide public relations counsel .
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NBC Anchor Siegenthaler Joins Family PR Business

John Seigenthaler, an award-winning network television journalist and former anchor of NBC Nightly News, has joined Seigenthaler Public Relations—a firm founded by his cousin, Elizabeth Seigenthaler Courtney, as partner and CEO of SPR New York.
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Dix & Eaton Joins Lumin Collaborative

Dix & Eaton, an employee-owned strategic communications firm headquartered in Cleveland, has joined the Lumin Collaborative. Lumin was created six years ago as the industry’s “first think tank.”
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U.K.'s Mulberry Opens San Francisco Office

Mulberry Marketing Communications, a London-based integrated public relations and marketing communications agency, is opening of a new office in San Francisco to improve the consultancy’s ability to reach major U.S. media.
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Authenticity, Consistency Key to Successful CSR

Smart corporations are seeking to use increased responsibility to achieve competitive differentiation among consumers and other key stakeholders. The Holmes Report convened an electronic round table discussion, bringing together experts on corporate social responsibility from around the world, to discuss trends in CSR, and their implications for public relations professionals.
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U.S. Companies Ponder Response as Brussels Expands Its Global Influence

Some European regulations will only have an impact on how companies behave within the EU. Others could lead overseas manufacturers to shift some of their production to markets where the regulations are less onerous. And some rules are likely to have a global impact.
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Word-of-Mouth Tops in Global Credibility Study

Despite—or perhaps because of—an ever-expanding array of advertising platforms and sources, consumers around the world still place their highest levels of trust in other consumers, according to a recent global Nielsen Internet survey.
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Green Consumers—from Dull to Bright—Play Increasing Role

Consumers expect to double their spending on green products and services in the next year, totaling an estimated $500 billion annually or $43 billion per month, according to the 2007 ImagePower Green Brands Survey, conducted by WPP’s Landor Penn Schoen & Berland Associates and Cohn & Wolfe.
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How can we be public diplomats every day?

The founders of the International Public Relations Association had the highest ideals, and with good reason. They wanted to use their professional communications skills to help the world reunite after World War II: geographically, culturally and economically.
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Retention: Compensation, Job Satisfaction, Balance and Cultural Fit

In the final installment of our series of electronic roundtable discussions focusing on the most critical challenge facing senior public relations agency professionals around the world, The Holmes Report examines the challenges of retaining first-rate professionals in a highly competitive environment.
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Strong Professional Development is Key to Retention and Recruitment

In the second of three roundtable discussions focusing on the most critical challenge facing senior public relations agency professionals around the world, The Holmes Report examines the challenges of developing first-rate professionals, from training in basic skills to nurturing management and leadership abilities.
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Tomorrow’s Global Companies Must Work Closely With Governments, NGOs

Tomorrow’s global companies should work with governments, non-governmental organizations and others to create stronger frameworks of laws and regulations for the world’s markets, according to the Tomorrow’s Global Company report.
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