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Dec 10 2012

Beyoncé and Pepsi Establish Partnership To The Tune of 50 Million Dollars

A $50 million deal reported by theNYTimes today between Pepsi and global star Beyoncé have agreed on a $50 million partnership that will essentially see the beverage become the singer’s official patron. Pepsi announced that alongside the award winning mega pop star, the collaboration will innovatively work together in engaging fans that will benefit both brands. In exchange for appearing […]

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Dec 6 2012

2013 NAMM Show Opens with Grand Plaza Inauguration Festivities

Dedication of the brand new $20 million Grand Plaza with Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait, local dignitaries and NAMM Executive Committee, featuring a performance from U.S. Marine Corps band kicks off the 2013 NAMM Show Via Press Release/Carlsbad, CA (December 3, 2012) – The opening of the 2013 NAMM Show on January 24, 2013 marks not only

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Dec 3 2012

Financial Commentary: A Bold Bluff

In my office on the wall, there are many items attached and displayed in the general per functionary manner. Upon this wall there are licenses, shingles, and commissions, slogans, pictures and calendars. But the most significant and obvious is a print of Dogs Playing Poker. Yes, dogs playing poker. Several dogs sitting around a

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Nov 30 2012

Olympic Gold Medalist, Gabrielle Douglas Releases Debut Memoir Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith on December 4, 2012

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — US gymnast and two-time Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas believes that her own success is directly proportional to the immense support of her family, friends, and faith in God. This theme is at the heart of her debut memoir, Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith, coming

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Nov 19 2012

Financial Outlook: Cliff Hanger

By: Dempster R. “Bobby” Cherry Congress returned to work for a few days after the elections to begin ‘serious’ deliberations on the “fiscal cliff’ and other matters last week. This week they will be back on vacation recess. Pardon me while I clear my throat. Given that the country now has more clarity on

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Nov 13 2012

An Eye-Opening Moment By: Dempster R. Cherry

With great fanfare, the big news of the week was that finally the Silly Season has ended; to the winners go the spoils, to the loser…soul searching. The election essentially unspoiled the status quo and now the frenzied media, realizing that there’s no real story to be had there anymore, shifted their attention immediately shifted

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Oct 29 2012

October Flummox By: Dempster R. Cherry

It was a week that should have resonated differently as it’s reasonable to conclude that it was important for the average investors’ psychology to see GDP data beating estimates. The expectation was a 1.8% increase, so when U.S. GDP grew 2% in the third-quarter, the clouds should have gone away and the sun should have come

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Oct 15 2012

Financial Report: Momentary lack of muscular coordination…. Week of October 15, 2012 By: Dempster R. Cherry

I wasn’t the only one who noticed again this week that even with good economic news, the market and the purveyors of doom and gloom greeted earnings season with little if any enthusiasm. Yes, the rally coming out of 3rd quarter hasn’t been sustained. The markets were tap dancing on 4 year highs and a

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Sep 26 2012

Arizona implements an Interactive Campaign that Engages Young Mobile Phone Users and Encourages Adult Voter Turnout

CellTrust’s 2-way SMS Gateway Platform Enables Kids Voting Arizona to Design an Interactive Campaign that Engages Young Mobile Phone Users and Encourages Adult Voter Turnout SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Kids Voting Arizona, and the Arizona Bar Foundation, have partnered with CellTrust to provide a text messaging-based youth polling program, on the foundation’s partner site lawforkids.org, as part

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Sep 25 2012

Keija Minor named Editor-In-Chief of Brides and Brides.com, becoming first African American to head up a Condé Nast Publication.

Unbelievable, it’s 2012! That being said, our congratulations go out to Keija Minor was recently named editor-in-chief of Brides and Brides.com, the worlds largest weddings magazine. News of Minor’s promotion reveals that for the first time in the 103-year history of Conde Nash publishing, she is the first African American to hold this position. In addition

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