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- Was Starbucks' Closure a Publicity Stunt?
- Was Starbucks' Closure a Publicity Stunt?Was Starbucks' Closure a Publicity Stunt?What do I think? I think Starbucks is full o' crap. Listen, the no-talent hacks -- 'scuse me, "baristas" -- they hire hardly have to do anything except rake in money, because S'bucks espresso systems are so automated. What more...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-05
- Statement of National Environmental Trust President Philip Clapp on the Department of Justice Review of NSR: 'Cynical Publicity Stunt'
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of National Environmental Trust President Philip Clapp on the Department of Justice Review of NSR: "Cynical Publicity Stunt": WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of National Environmental Trust President Philip Clapp on the Department of Justice...
- Research articles 2002-01-15
- UK: BITTER DISPUTE OVER GM TRIAL CROP.(genetically modified crop trials protested)(Brief Article)
- According to the Evening Echo, the company that supplied seed for the GM trial crop which has been compressed at Wivenhoe, accused the protesters' action as a "cheap publicity stunt". The seeds and herbicide for the three-year trial at Sunn According to the Evening Echo, the...
- Research articles 2002-08-05
- SBC States: AT&T Continues Publicity Stunt In Illinois
- CHICAGO -- The following statement can be attributed to Carrie Hightman, president of SBC Illinois, on AT&T's price announcement today:
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- CEA Bewildered by Broadcaster Box Imbroglio; Publicity Stunt is a Solution in Search of a Problem
- ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement was issued today by Consumer Electronics Association CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro in response to the Association for Maximum Service Television Stations Inc. MSTV and the National Association of Broadcasters' NAB plan to develop a prototype digital to analog converter box for digital...
- Research articles 2005-06-16
- Driving force: two European architecture firms and 21 international artists switched gear at Copenhagen's Hotel Fox, a walk-in publicity stunt for Volkswagen.
- On vacation in Egypt last October, Kirsten Brochner-Mortensen and her family were summoned by a strange phone call. A German events agency was inquiring about the possibility of transforming the family's three star Park Hotel in Copenhagen into a g On vacation in Egypt...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Wal-Mart Offers Sham Health Care Plan as Publicity Stunt, Says WakeUpWalMart.com
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott is announcing Wal-Mart's "new" health care plans for 2006. Wal- Mart falsely claims its plans will increase the number of employees who can afford health insurance. In fact,WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott...
- Research articles 2005-10-24
- Cindy Sheehan's Latest Publicity Stunt at White House Denouncedby Gold Star Parents and Military Families
- WASHINGTON, Oct.28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Gold Star parents and military family members issued the following statement regarding Cindy Sheehan's die-ins at the White House this week on the occasion of the 2000th death of American servicemen and women serving WASHINGTON, Oct.28 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Gold Star parents and military family...
- Research articles 2005-10-28
- Flash!(Jim Chabin leaves PROMAX&BDA)(Bryn Mawr students protest against mtvU)(Turner Broadcasting System launches another publicity stunt)
- Edited By Joel Topcik Promax: Chabin's Departure Doesn't Add Up Joel Topcik Industry watchers were left scratching their heads last week over the abrupt departure of Promax/BDA chief Jim Chabin ....
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- PRSA Pulls Publicity Stunt to Promote PR Ethics
- I was a little surprised to get an urgent email in my inbox from PRSA of which I am a member saying, "NO MORE LIPSTICK: PRSA Formally Challenges McCain and Obama Campaigns." What?!? The email explained that the Public Relations Society of America PRSA, the dominant trade...
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
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- Was Starbucks' Closure a Publicity Stunt?
- Last week, Starbucks closed its stores for a three-hour training session for its coffee-making baristas, to give them a "refresher course" in making a "perfect" cup of coffee. Was this a publicity stunt or a just a widely reported but real and necessary company training program? ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- NPLAC Derides CAMR Publicity Stunt; Calls Upon Majority Leader Frist to Withhold Vote on Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding
- WASHINGTON, May 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Pro-Life Action Center NPLAC -- the uncompromising voice of pro-life America on Capitol Hill -- is outraged by the recent publicity stunt organized by the so-called Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research CAMR, which touted a recent poll claiming a majority...
- Research articles 2006-05-18
- Sheriff Confirms Balloon Boy Stunt Was A Hoax
- "This is a hoax. It was a publicity stunt," Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderman said in a press conference today. Some other highlights: They are asking prosecutors to charge the Heenes with: Filing a false police report...
- News items 2009-10-18
- Stress Test: All Just a Publicity Stunt
- Neither the Government, the senior management of the big banks nor the investors need a Stress Test to determine the financial status of the banks. Treasury and Fed investigators have been inside of the big banks for months now. The heads of the banks know where they stand as well....
- External links 2009-04-30
- Balloon Boy was Hoax; Richard Heene to Face Criminal Charges
- Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden held a press conference today in which he declared that the " Balloon Boy " episode was a hoax. Alderden called the event a "publicity stunt" and added that criminal charges will be filed against Falcon's parents, Richard and Mayumi Heene:...
- News items 2009-10-19
- iSnack 2.0 joke in poor taste
- According to an online poll conducted by BCM, the majority of people surveyed more than three in four believe that the recent Vegemite iSnack 2.0 naming and subsequent plan to change it by parent company Kraft, was nothing more than a ploy to maximise exposure for the new product. The...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Showboating?(FCC's radio station ownership rules)
- Broadcasters last week accused the FCC of engineering a shameless publicity stunt after the agency announced that Stevie Wonder would testify this Friday on broadcast ownership rules. "Do they have any other impoverished rock stars lined up to Broadcasters last week accused the FCC...
- Research articles 1999-02-08
- Union Workers Back on Duty at Two Denver Safeway Stores.(Originated from Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colo.)
- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--May 23--Union leaders called it a "bizarre publicity stunt" by King Soopers and Safeway. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--May 23--Union leaders called it a "bizarre publicity stunt" by King Soopers and Safeway.
- Research articles 1996-05-23
- VIEWPOINT ; Pushing the envelope
- When advertising agency DDB launched a publicity stunt for the nzgirl website at the Big Day Out in January this year, it succeeded in generating intense gossip and lots of media coverage. The nzgirl website describes how they did it: "We did tell a When advertising agency DDB launched a...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- Slightly overcast.(Sun Microsystems)(Brief Article)
- It was probably not a publicity stunt. But Sun Microsystems could hardly have found a better way to inspire seven days of frenzied talk and fractured solar metaphors than its rumoured bid for the troubled Apple Computer company. Since the release last It was probably not a...
- Research articles 1996-02-03
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