Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), Marketing and advertising, McDonald’s (MCD), NIKE, Inc’B’ (NKE), Business of sports, Earnings transcriptsThis post is part of a series on celebrity spokespeople who ended up doing serious harm to the brands they were hired to promote, or vice versa. See how we rank the 20 top spokesperson fiascos.
Basketball star Kobe Bryant may be this generation’s Michael Jordon, a combination of lightning-quick moves, shooting touch and court savvy unmatched by any backcourt player in the world. As leader of the Los Angeles Lakers, he has become a fixture on the scoring leader stats sheet and the All-star roster.
Raised in Italy while his American father Joe "Jellybean" Bryant played basketball there, Bryant was a polished and appealing personality when he entered the NBA straight out of high school. His popularity quickly translated into lucrative endorsement contracts with Nike (NYSE:NKE), Coca-Cola &#...
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I’m not asking you to quit Fan Voice. Actually I’d prefer you didn’t, but if you’re ever bored or there’s nobody on you could go to Kobe Bryant’s... more
O.C. Register: He stood there Monday, a prince who had become king, and decreed: “I am happy. There’s a lot to be happy about, a lot to be thankful about.” Kobe Bryant rules like never before – with an improbably high approval rating and the outright confidence that his team shouldwin the NBA championship this season. “We’ve got all the tools here,” Bryant said. “We’ve got all the pieces of the puzzle. Now it’s on us to do the work. If we do the work, we should win it.” ... more
Kobe Bryant enters training camp happy October 1, 2008 · Filed Under Los Angeles Lakers · Comments Off The Press-Enterprise (Jeff Eisenberg) reports: Kobe Bryant looked relaxed and rested Monday as he ambled around the Lakers practice facility during the team’s annual media day, cracking jokes with teammates and reporters and making funny faces for the armada of cameras that escorted him throughout the room. The Lakers star spoke with reporters on the eve of training camp about a... more
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The young MC Charles Hamilton has an excellent command over rhyme structure very reminiscent of a hungry battle ready Eminem. The new joint “Ronald McDonald” from his up coming mixtape entitle Staff Development. The kid’s swagger seems to be through the roof lately as he rips this laid back beat in half. Also, despite the song title you won’t be hearing about quarter pounders and chicken nuggets. You’ll get it once you hear the song, in the mean time I think I need... more
Een deel van de opbrengst van het boek komt ten goede aan het Ronald McDonald Kinderfonds. Vol trots riep ambassadeur Robert ten Brink iedereen op het boek te kopen, omdat Famous Koffie bijdraagt aan het fantastische werk van het Kinderfonds.
De aanwezigen konden niet alleen koffie drinken, maar ook mken. Van koffiekampioenen Jeroen Veldkamp en Onno van Zanten kreeg iedereen een workshop bijzondere bakjes koffie maken. Kinderen van de genodigden vermaakten zich in Kinderstad, de speelstad... more
Filed under: Internet, Getting started, Small business, TechnologyBack in the late 1990s, Parker Conrad and Michael Sha daytraded from their dorm room. At first, it went very well - that is, until the dot-coms crashed.
Despite all this, they are still stock market junkies. In fact, they have created a unique site for traders to hang out in -- Wikinvest. But this is no fly-by-night operation -- the company recently snagged $2.5 million in venture capital.
However, are wikis really a good platfo... more
Crude oil prices rose above $90 overnight as the US dollar sunk to a new low against the euro, according to the FT.
The paper says that "persistent worries about tight supplies ahead of the winter peak season and fresh geopolitical tensions also helped to push prices higher."
Douglas A. McIntyre is an editor at 247wallst.com.Permalink | Email this | Comments... more
Filed under: BooksLooking at global warming, water scarcity, increasing pollution and population, and declining natural resources, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that these problems are too large and intractable, no matter how much money and effort we throw at them. Stuart Hall’s Capitalism at the Crossroads: Aligning Business, Earth and Humanity, with a foreword by recent Noble Peace Prize recipient Al Gore, provides reason for cautious optimism. Just as concentrated human c... more
Filed under: Good news, Consumer experience, Money and Finance Today, Personal financeYou will soon be able to stop everyone from using your good credit name, even if you have not yet had the misfortune of dealing with the mess created by a stolen identity. That’s because by November 1 all three credit bureaus will allow you to "freeze" your credit report, which means no one can access your report until you give them permission.
It’s not only a good idea to prevent identity theft, ... more
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