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Gibbs puts up new plan after GPG demerger panned

June 24th, 2010

June 25 () – Guinness Peat Group’s Tony Gibbs has heeded the calls of local investors and backed away from a proposal to carve out the Australian assets into a separate listed entity.

Gibbs, a director of the diversified investment company, said it’s become clear to him that the proposal doesn’t have the support of many shareholders and won’t succeed, so he’s going to go out and rally support for an alternative plan. The Gibbs plan would see GPG make a “material cash distribution to shareholders” by the end of the year. It would also restructure the group to enable an “efficient exit” from U.K. threadmaker Coats i

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Hubbard’s woes may hinder fund raising: SCF

June 19th, 2010

June 22 () – South Canterbury Finance Ltd. has reissued an amended prospectus to raise new funds, saying the ‘attack’ on owner Allan Hubbard’s character may dent its ability to tap the public for cash.

The Timaru-based finance company says the appointment of statutory managers in respect to Hubbard and some of his business interests over alleged lending irregularities “may adversely affect the ability of the company to raise funds from the public given the long-standing relationship that Mr and Mrs Hubbard have had with the company and the public perception likely to be created by the appointment of statutory managers.”

The firm flagged the issue as a liquidity risk and a threat to its continued supply of funding in its amended prospectus.

South Canterbury had to pull withdraw and update its prospectus yesterday after the government placed Hubbard and some of his interests under statutory management. Still, Comm

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A Brand Experience That Engages

June 16th, 2010

Lori Turner

Let’s face it – consumers are simply bombarded with marketing clutter everywhere they turn. Standing out from the pack takes ingenuity, which is at the heart of guerrilla marketing.

Experiential marketing, a form of guerrilla marketing seeing a resurgence of late, allows customers to experience your brand first hand. It allows consumers to interact emotionally, engaging as many of the five senses as possible.

Furniture behemoth IKEA set up a cost-conscious replica of the Oval Office in Union Station in Washington during Obama’s inauguration week using their furniture line. Passe

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Building Small Business Ideas on a Budget | Online Home Business …

June 11th, 2010

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The Dutch In The Stock Market History | Investing Blog

June 7th, 2010

You may not know it but the stock market history is quite extensive though the Stock Market has had several names. Some of the very first brokers originated in France as they were attempting to regulate the agricultural debt that occurred during the 12th century. However there was no central place or building for trading. The first formal trading house is thought to have originated in Bruges sometime during the 13th century.

The very first government securities were not traded until the 13th century in Venice. Several other cities in Italy also had success with government securities because these cities were not government by a duke but by a council.

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Google touts economic impact of $645M for Utah

June 4th, 2010

Search engine Google, that ubiquitous Internet presence, on Tuesday released an extensive report detailing how it generated $54 billion in U.S. economic activity during 2009 — including $645 million within Utah.

It said the money can be counted through evaluating the impact on 22,100 Utah businesses that have either advertised on Google or through websites that benefit from the advertising.

Google’s report also said 20 Utah nonprofits got $630,000 worth of free-advertising grants from the Internet giant.

The announcement drew an immediate response from a nonprofit consumer-advocacy organization, Consumer Watchdog.

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