Sprint continues its unprecedented sponsorship of one of the most popular rock en Español bands, MANÁ, and launches an extensive multimedia campaign providing its subscribers unique and compelling mobile entertainment and fan opportunities as the band kicks off its U.S. Tour.
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Stolichnaya kicks off their 2007 Hispanic promotional initiative.
As part of their Hispanic promotional initiative, Stolichnaya Vodka kicks off the Stoli Statement Series. The first of a three part series highlighting music, fashion and culture for New York City’s Metropolitan Latino tastemakers and trendsetters.
Managing employees in Today’s Virtual World.
Millions of Americans do it every workday—head to their home office instead of their car to start their day. While the benefits of telecommuting or working from remote locations are numerous, so are the pitfalls. Especially for the manager who faces the daunting task of building a cohesive team of employees when not everyone is on-site.
Who Do You Report To?
More than three-quarters (76 percent) of U.S. workers report to a Caucasian boss and just one-third (34 percent) state their boss is a woman, according to a new Hudson survey. At the same time, less than half (43 percent) of employees indicate that there is racial, ethnic and gender diversity on their company’s executive team.
61% of executives believe telecommuters are less likely to advance.
More than half (61 percent) of 1,320 global executives surveyed say they believe that telecommuters are less likely to advance in their careers in comparison to employees working in traditional office settings, according to the latest Trends@Work Quiz from Futurestep, Korn/Ferry International’s outsourced recruitment subsidiary.
Winick launches U.S. Multicultural Group.
U.S. Multicultural Group is launching under the leadership of Leila Winick – Executive VP – Managing Director.
Consumer confidence increases but planned expenditures for durable goods declines.
Consumers appear to be more optimistic about the 2007 economy according to BIGresearch’s January Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey (CIA) of 7,700 respondents. Consumer confidence increased to 50.5% in January versus 46.9% in December, indicating greater consumer optimism as the new year begins.
U.S. Consumer confidence increases as expectations soar at start of New Year.
At the start of the new year, Americans are feeling much more optimistic about their economic future than they were at the close of 2006, according to the most recent results of the RBC CASH (Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household) Index, which measured the attitudes of 1,002 Americans this week.
The U.S. Economy has slowed moderately – current global expansion is broad.
While the U.S. economy is rolling through a soft patch — mainly because of a market correction in housing, weaker than expected consumer spending, and a long-overdue slowdown in manufacturing activity — stronger growth is ahead in 2007, according to an analysis released by The Conference Board.
