Posts made in August, 2014

on Aug 28, 2014

By John McCarthy Entrepreneur Sir Alan Sugar has donated a £7,500 damages payout from the Sunday Times to Refuge, after the newspaper implied that the Apprentice star treats women badly. In a tweet, Sugar said: “Sunday times have coughed up £7.5k.Which I’ll donate to Refuge bearing in mind the thrust of the offending article”. This came after the Sunday Times posted an apology in the newspaper, correcting the offending sentiment “even Lord Sugar doesn’t treat women as badly as this”. Sunday times have coughed up £7.5k.Which I’ll donate to Refuge bearing in mind the thrust of the offending article http://t.co/hZajodenBc — Lord Sugar Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 28, 2014

By John McCarthy The FBI is investigating cyber-attacks against the US banking industry, including JP Morgan Chase and four other banks, after they were targeted by hackers the bureau believe to be based in Russia. A preliminary FBI probe found that gigabtyes of sensitive customer data was lost in attacks reminiscent to those on European institutions, including the European Central Bank this summer. The US agency is exploring links that the hackers could be connected to Russian organised crime – or even the government – however the FBI did not confirm that the attacks were backlash for US and EU sanctions placed upon Russia. Joshua Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 28, 2014

By John McCarthy Bookmaker Paddy Paddy has attributed a six-month 20 per cent drop in operating profit to a bad run of luck – despite the firm recording industry-leading digital growth with almost 150,000 new mobile and tablet gamblers joining the site during the World Cup. The UK leader in digital gambling has saw profits double in the last half decade but it reported a 20 per cent drop in operating profit to 60 million Euros in the first half of 2014. The firm also announced that it acquired 148,000 new online customers during the World Cup where it saw “very strong brand exposure” courtesy Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 28, 2014

By John McCarthy Bookmaker Paddy Paddy has attributed a six-month 20 per cent drop in operating profit to a bad run of luck – despite the firm grabbing newspaper headlines with a series of humorous sports-related PR campaigns and recording industry-leading digital growth. The UK leader in mobile and smartphone gambling, which has seen its profits double since 2009, reported a 20 per cent drop in operating profit to 60 million euros in the first half of the year. The ‘luck ‘o the Irish’ failed the Dublin-based firm after it suffered from an industry-wide blow resulting from a “horrific run of sports results” during a Read full story › Source: The Drum...

on Aug 28, 2014

By Gillian West Ogilvy & Mather Paris, the global and European hub lead for brands including the Coca-Cola Company, Dove Hair, Mondelez, Grey Goose and Nestle, has named Baptiste Clinet executive creative director. Appointed by Philip Heimann, director general, Ogilvy & Mather Paris, Clinet will oversee the agency’s creative department and elected creative council of creative directors. Of the appointment, Heimann said: “Baptiste’s infectious energy, creative drive and his track record of delivering big ideas on both existing and new clients, has made him the natural choice. “We’ve been road testing a new creative structure and it’s proved very successful in delivering on our vision of Read full story › Source: The Drum...