17 Dec 2001
SCOTTSDALE, AZ: Electronic payment service provider eFunds has
hired Diane Salucci as VP of corporate communications and IR. She was
formerly director of corporate communications and IR at DeVry.
17 Dec 2001
| by ROBIN LONDNER
NEW YORK: The first of many promised new services and products to
be introduced under a new agreement between Thomson Financial and PR
Newswire has arrived on 45,000 desktops worldwide.
With the new service, PRN corporate earnings announcements made via
webcast will be distributed over...
03 Dec 2001
| by ROBIN LONDNER
PURCHASE, NY: MasterCard has ended its two-month review by choosing
Waggener Edstrom. Other agencies said to have pitched are Ogilvy PR,
Manning Selvage & Lee, and 18-month incumbent Brodeur Worldwide. WagEd
will work on North American business including member relations, debit
cards, online...
03 Dec 2001
| by ROBIN LONDNER
Sharon Gamsin handled crisis comms for the NYSE during the 1987
crash. and a 20-million beverage recall for SmithKlineBeecham. So you'd
think MasterCard would be a relative stroll. Not so, discovers Robin
Londner.
A dark gray Toyota Camry rolls out of Manhattan's Upper East Side every...
26 Nov 2001
| by ROBIN LONDNER
DALLAS: Ketchum has out-pitched two local agencies to become the
first-ever agency of record for UICI, a Dallas-based health- and
life-insurer.
Teresa Henderson, SVP and director of Ketchum in Texas, said UICI is
eager to establish and expand its brand identity. Six people in three
offices...
19 Nov 2001
LOS ANGELES: Union Bank of California has promoted Alicia Romero to
assistant VP in the PR and government affairs department. She will
support the bank's statewide communication efforts, and will be in
charge of generating awareness of the bank's emerging markets
administration. Before joining...
19 Nov 2001
| by CLAIRE ATKINSON
NEW YORK: Abernathy MacGregor Group is joining forces with its
overseas IR brethren in order to better sell its cross-border
capabilities to the investment banks and law firms that recommend such
agencies to clients.
Three of Havas Advertising's PR firms - Abernathy MacGregor, The
Maitland...
05 Nov 2001
PURCHASE, NY: Mastercard International has narrowed its search for
a PR firm, whittling the long list to a final four. Still in the mix are
incumbent Brodeur Worldwide, Manning Selvage & Lee, Waggener Edstrom,
and Ogilvy. The company is looking for an agency to represent various
North American...
29 Oct 2001
| by DOUGLAS QUENQUA
Washington: The insurance industry has culled together its public
affairs and lobbying resources in an unprecedented effort to convince
the federal government to help the industry cover possible damage from
future terrorist attacks.
Led by the American Insurance Association (AIA), individual...
29 Oct 2001
| by ROBIN LONDNER
New York: Dan Klores Communications (DKC) will perform
communications outreach to the families of the 700 deceased employees of
Cantor Fitzgerald, the firm that lost 70% of its employees in the World
Trade Center terrorist attacks.
Financial communications for the bond trading company will...