ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGN TODAY
Jaggernauth: Earlier this evening all hell broke loose @ one of MS.Hillary Clinton Political Campaign when a disturbed man walk in and claimed to have a bomb strapped on his shirt...Mr. Obama was also conducting his campaign in the same community in Rochester N.H and both campaigns were forced t
o evacuate its people...No one was harmed during this standoff that seems to be a fake stunt.

What significance does Lighting the Rockefeller Center Tree have on NYC:
Jaggernauth: The lighting of the rockefeller centre tree is the official symbol of christmas in NYC, that means businesses are excited to see the tree lit. More visitors for NYC...WHAT A WAY TO GO...TREES UP ...WRITERS STRIKE IS OVER...

WRITERS STRIKE A DEAL: ITS NEVER TOO LATE.
EVERYONE BENEFITS.
Jaggernauth: With the writers strike now over, NYC can go back to normalcy, businesses can still be productive during the holiday season, and the city can now offer broadway to foregin visitors that visits this part of our culture...Its a win -win situation at this point...

KEEPING UP WITH THE MARKET:

Jaggernauth: Dell computers has announced earlier today that its sales has risen to 26% in the 3rd fisical yr Qt...With an estimated vale of $766 million profit wise and some 15.6 million in share gain for the QT...Even though HP and Apple MAC is in high demand...Dell computers are still maintaiang its sales...

KEEPING UP WITH THE MARKET:
Jaggernauth: Dell computers has announced earlier today that its sales has risen to 26% in the 3rd fisical yr Qt...With an estimated vale of $766 million profit wise and some 15.6 million in share gain for the QT...Even though HP and Apple MAC is in high demand...Dell computers are still maintaiang its sales...

PUBLICITY: NOT PAID. non-personal demand of product/ services throguh broadcasting.
Jaggernauth: these days Celebrities have their own Personal Public Relations working very closely with Private Publicist to be seen more often in the media...Mainly in magazines and celebrity gossip news papers.
EXAMPLE THIS ARTICLE ABOUT KANYE WEST: Technically is a peice of news profile with the Rapper but @ the same time promoting his music album:



Evel Knievel, Kanye West Settle Lawsuit
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:23:09 Rate news: +0 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Evel Knievel and Kanye West have worked it out. The 69-year-old iconic motorcycle daredevil said he and West met at his Clearwater condo recently. They settled a federal lawsuit over the use of Knievel's trademarked image in a popular West music video.oting his music album...

PUBLIC RELATIONS: "STIMULATION OF DEMAND"- To promote a product or business.
Jaggernauth: As per our discussion in class regarding public relations. Ms.Oprah Winfrey has an External form of public relations that promotes her business away from her usual TV show . Its called the "O MAGAZINE' and it goes for $18 subscription monthly...It helps her viewers and fans to stay in touch with her promotion even when they cant afford to watch her TV show.

THE EVOLUTION OF MUSIC: how music has marketed over the years.

Jaggernauth- The ways music has changed and marketed over the years is truly remarkable...From , Wax Records, To Lps, to Cassette, Cd's, MP3's that are now seemed to be outdated already, Digitl music I-Pod players with vedio capabilities, and how about the ZUNE share music media...Music is a billion dollar business and there always seemed to be a new marketed way for it...

RECORDSLP'SCASSETTECD'sMP3's

IS STARBUCKS INVESTING TOO MUCH INTO VISUALS?

Jaggernauth: So how much money does it really cost the Coffee Chain Starbucks to decorate its 15,000 stores world wide at least 8 times a year? We can only imagine? Lets assume it coat the company $2000 per store, times 15000 stores, times 8 a year, thats $240, 000,000 MILLION. Wow...theres some rough calculations for you, please note it could cost less or mored depend on the store size, location, and training that goes for the promotion...

HERES STARBUCKS PRESIDENTS COMMENTS AND VIEWS ON THE COMPANY'S PROGRESS AND SETBACKS.
JIM L DONALD.
Starbucks lost customers after an increase in late July of 9 cents a cup caused some customers to go to competitors instead. Margins have also been hurt by higher dairy costs and the sales of less-profitable breakfast sandwiches and salads.Unbeknownst to us, we saw economic headwinds that quite frankly came up probably stronger than I thought,” Mr. Donald said.
“The consumer is being faced with rising costs in every sector of their lives, and so part of that is reflecting on us.”Fourth-quarter net income advanced to $158.5 million, or 21 cents a share, from $117.3 million, or 15 cents, a year earlier, the company, based in Seattle, said in a statement. The results matched analysts’ estimates. Revenue climbed 22 percent, to $2.44 billion.

STARBUCKS CEO 'HOWARD SCHULTZ' IS PROBALLY MOVING BACK TO NYC. MS. SCHULTZ JUST BOUGHT A 30 MILLION APARTMENT IN NYC...
JAGGERNAUTH-The New York Post reported this week that Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz ,is buying a sprawling Fifth Avenue apartment "with gorgeous views of Central Park." The sale price is estimated at between $25 million and $30 million. The brooklyn born inspirational CEO is a man who knows how to maintain his composure, and so maybe thats why hes coming back to NYC .

POPE BENEDICT XVI is due to visit New York in April:Jaggernauth- New Yorkers will be treated to a warm visit from the Pope in April, he is scheduled to visit the Yankees Stadium , WTC site and The United Nations. This is going to be a major event where alot of money is going to be invested by many people inclusing the Business Community and The Government. I wonder how much security will cost the nation...

Data Leak in Britain Affects 25 Million LONDON, — The British government struggled Wednesday to explain its loss of computer disks containing detailed personal information on 25 million Britons, including an unknown number of bank account identifiers, in what analysts described as potentially the most significant privacy breach of the digital era.

It has defended its decision not to disclose the loss until Tuesday, 10 days after it had been informed, saying banks had asked for time to put heightened security measures in place first.

The data went astray in October, after two computer disks that contained information on families that receive government financial benefits for children were sent out from a government tax agency unregistered, via a private delivery service.

Starbucks Chairman Receives First Magazine Award For Responsible Capitalism

LONDON, Howard Schultz, chairman, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX), has been awarded the prestigious First Magazine Award for Responsible Capitalism 2007.

Presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon Alistair Darling MP, the annual award recognises business leaders who put social responsibility at the heart of their commercial strategy. In making the award, the judging panel considers a company's commitment to establishing a responsible approach to business, its relationship with its customers, suppliers and the local communities it operates in.

On receiving the award Schultz said, "It is a great privilege to receive this recognition. Starbucks is committed to doing business responsibly and ethically, and it is an honour to be recognised in this way as a socially responsible company, both in the communities where we have retail locations and the countries where our coffees are grown.

WRITERS STRIKE COST ABOUT $2MILLION A DAY

“Our estimate of $2 million a day was constructed as a very short-term thing, recognizing that as times goes on, travel plans are more subject to change,” Mr. Braconi said.On Tuesday, the fourth day of the strike, the city comptroller, William C. Thompson Jr., estimated that the economic losses from the theater strike amounted to about $2 million per day. The estimate was based on survey data relating to Broadway ticket sales, the proportion of tickets sold to different market segments, and the total spending of those patrons on tickets, dining, shopping and other nontheater activities.

BIG INVESTMENT FROM IN RUSSIA:
IS this the right timing for more big investments ...

About Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch is one of the world's leading wealth management, capital markets and advisory companies, with offices in 38 countries and territories and total client assets of approximately $1.7 trillion. As an investment bank, it is a leading global trader and underwriter of securities and derivatives across a broad range of asset classes and serves as a strategic advisor to corporations, governments, institutions and individuals worldwide. Merrill Lynch owns approximately half of BlackRock, one of the world's largest publicly traded investment management companies, with more than $1 trillion in assets under management

About NBT
National Bank TRUST is among the top 30 Russian banks (according to the Central Bank of Russia); with assets of 54.977 billion rubles and shareholders equity of 5.497 billion rubles according to IFRS accounts at the end of 1H2007. NBT is one of the leading retail and SME Russian banks currently present in over 140 cities throughout the Russian Federation.

About TIB
TRUST Investment Bank is one of Russia's leading capital markets institutions bringing strategic solutions to corporate Russia; with assets of 43.646 billion rubles and shareholders equity of 6.633 billion rubles according to IFRS accounts at the end of 1H2007.

SO MUCH MERGING THESE DAYS:

Just when airlines are emerging from bankruptcy and starting to post the best profits since 2001, the industry’s future is shakier than ever. But it doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that consolidation is on the horizon. It’s just a matter of when and how.

Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Barry wrote Thursday that “all airline management teams and boards have been discussing consolidation ad nauseam, for months if not longer.” United Airlines has made no secret that it would entertain a partnership. And Northwest has been open to talks as well. But so far, airlines have been all talk and no action.

“Everybody’s filling up their dance cards but nobody’s dancing yet,’’ said airline analyst Ray Neidl with Calyon Securities.

Retailers rolled out early marketing plans this YR, Sales started way before Thanksgiving:

Reatilers started out early this year to boost Sales. Starbucks the world's most frequently visited retail was the first to jump into the holiday theme...STARBUCKS coffee even started TV AD's this year, investing millions of dollars to boost Holiday beverage sales ...NOV 11th to be exact...Macys can be seen full of shoppers and so call sales daily as the holiday approaches...

ADVERTISMENT: STARBUCKS launches its TV AD'S tonight to promote sales of it's holiday beverages.
Starbucks TV Campaign is Culture ShiftStarbucks's first national TV ad campaign marks a turnabout for the coffee giant, which built itself into a global chain with word-of-mouth buzz.

Starbucks Corp. started its first national brand campaign on television Friday night, as one of the world's most successful consumer brands tries mass marketing to jump-start slowing sales growth.

The decision is a cultural turnabout for the coffee giant, which built itself into a global chain by harnessing word-of-mouth buzz. Starbucks's chairman, Howard Schultz, wrote a decade ago: "[B]y its very nature, national advertising fuels fears about ubiquity."

AN IDEAL HOLIDAY GIFT FOR MUSIC LOVERS: "GREAT QUALITY BUT COSTLY

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A MAN WITH SOME EXPERIANCE IN HIS HANDS IS CHOOSEN: NYSE Chief Is Chosen to Lead Merrill Lynch


Mr. Thain will take over a post at Merrill Lynch vacated by E. Stanley O’Neal who was ousted a few weeks ago.
John A. Thain, the chairman and chief executive of NYSE Euronext and a former co-president of Goldman Sachs, has been selected to be the next chief executive of Merrill Lynch, according to a person briefed on the situation.

Queens NY Based JETBLUE Airlines: are forced to cancel alot of their very own NEW YORK Flights .

Jet Blue airlines has cancelled alot of their New York Flights because of alot of cancellations they have been getting since the "WRITERS STRIKE " has started. The airline also mentioned that even though they dont question their travellers cancellations, it is most likely because of the NEW YORK WRITERS STRIKE , visitors are avoiding the city.

THE WRITERS STRIKE: THE IMPACT ON THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS.


According to CNBC earlier today the "WRITERS STRIKE" has already cost 87 million in damage. And is costing 17 million a day to the releaing industry.
With the Christmas season around the corner the timing for this strike coulndn't have been any more impactful for the strikers. Most of the broadway shows are currently cancled. Costing millions in lost daily...

Starbucks Coffee Company has stocks has gone up for a two day high in several months. The stock went up .58C yesterday closing @ $23.14 and today it has risen .61C again...making it the highest it have risens in recent months.

INTEL IS COMING OUT WITH A NEW VEDIO CHIP FOR BETTER WEB QUALITY

Intel plans to introduce a set of new microprocessor chips coming Monday that will enables a higher speed and better quality of web videos. This mayeventually drive other large online advertisers such as myspace, google, yahoo to invest into this venture.

Superbug succeeds by blowing up defender cells, scientists learn

The aggressive antibiotic-resistant staph infection responsible for thousands of recent illnesses undermines the body's defenses by causing germ-fighting cells to explode, researchers reported Sunday. Experts say the findings may help lead to better treatments.
An estimated 90,000 people in the United States fall ill each year from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. It is not clear how many die from the infection; one estimate put it at more than 18,000 per year, which would be slightly higher than the rate of U.S. deaths from AIDS.
The infection long has been associated with health care facilities, where it attacks people with reduced immune systems. But many recent cases involve an aggressive strain, community-associated MRSA, or CA-MRSA.

New MTA Chairman Dale Hemmerdinger says he has an open mind on the issue. "on price hike for MTA users"

Hemmerdinger, Gov. Spitzer's choice to lead the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, said he's taken note of the escalating clamor from legislators, transit advocates, political leaders and riders who want fares to remain unchanged.

"I'm paying attention, myself and the board members," Hemmerdinger told the Daily News, which has launched a Halt the Hike campaign. "No one is ignoring what we're hearing from the public and the legislators. We're not deaf."

The state Senate approved Hemmerdinger's nomination on Oct. 22, several months after MTA staff proposed a series of higher prices for the subways, buses, commuter trains and regional bridges and tunnels.

Merck agrees to pay $4.85B in Vioxx settlement

Merck agreed on Friday to pay $4.85 billion to end thousands of state and federal lawsuits over its painkiller Vioxx in one of the largest drug settlements ever.
Officials estimated the deal, if accepted, would end 45,000 to 50,000 personal injury suits involving Vioxx users in the U.S. who suffered a heart attack or ischemic stroke, the type in which blood flow to the brain is blocked.
"Without this settlement, the litigation might very well stretch on for years," Merck executive vice president Kenneth Frazier said. To qualify for a settlement, plaintiffs must have filed claims by Thursday and need to meet several criteria. These include medical proof that they suffered a heart attack or stroke, that they received at least 30 Vioxx pills and that they received enough pills to support a presumption that they were ingested within two weeks before injury.

WHEN COMPANIES FACES PROBLEMS WITH MARKETING TERMS USED: Starbucks and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement which could help end a dispute over trademarks.
Protecting the birthplace of Coffee.

Ethiopia prides itself as the home of coffee bean cultivation

Starbucks and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement which could help end a dispute over trademarks. The two sides agreed in principle to sign a licensing and marketing deal which recognises the importance of Ethiopia's speciality coffee beans .

Cultivation of the coffee bean first began in Ethiopia, and the country has been seeking to trademark its best-known coffee beans.

STARBUCKS ARTIST: PAUL MACCARTNEY IN THE LOVE SPOT LIGHT





The Paul Mccartney, Nancy Shevell Affair - Heather Mills demanded estranged husband Sir Paul McCartney confess if he was unfaithful before their split.
The former model, who is currently embroiled in a bitter divorce battle with Paul, quizzed The Beatles legend about whether he romanced married millionairess Nancy Shevell before the pair separated in May 2006.
Heather’s US publicist Michele Blanc told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “She did ask him if this was going on while they were together, and Paul swore that it did not happen then and that she was just

STARBUCKS COFFEE ROLL OUT IN STYLE THIS CHRISTMAS:
15,000 stores around the world decorated the same .THEME:'PASS THE CHEER'





Starbucks Coffee has started its holiday launch last night with 15,000 stores decorated alike thorughout the world, and the marketing theme"PASS THE CHEER." From the Red cups, to the Coffee Packaging and the Personalize STARBUCKS GIFTS CARDS, business are guaranteed to do well over the holiday season for this company.