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After some youthful business ventures, including selling pirated video games, he survived a near-bankruptcy experience with sharemarket investing, took a short-lived job with Fletcher Challenge Forests and started the online-betting business Feverpitch.

Google is facing a new antitrust probe by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display- advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said.

The letter - sent exclusively to Business Insider - was written in a spirit of debate and fun, as a reaction to a speech Sorrell gave in London which said that, in advertising today, the medium has become more important than the message.

And another Skoda model - the Yeti - was second in the list compiled from owners' views by What Car? and information services company JD Power and Associates.

Amazon announced today that its Kindle Fire HD tablet offerings will rocket from availability in just seven markets to 170+ countries in mid-June. The 7" and 8.9" Amazon Kindle Fire HD models have enjoyed great success in the consumer market, as Forrester predicted they would even before the first device was released in November, 2011.

Auto sales in May are expected to rise about 8 percent and the annual sales pace should rebound back above 15 million vehicles after a disappointing result in the prior month, two research reports said on Thursday.

Who Tripp Westbrook, partner, executive creative director; Steve Smith, partner, planning insights; Mark Hall, president, founder; Doug Miller, partner, finance and options What Advertising agency Where Dallas offices Farmers markets have always held snob appeal for urban foodies seeking organic produce.

Chicago's City Council has voted to award Clear Channel Airports a new five-year contract with five one-year extension options to provide indoor digital media programs at O'Hare and Midway International airports.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. named Dan Bartlett, most recently president and CEO of the U.S. arm of global business advisory firm Hill & Knowlton Strategies, as its new executive vice president of corporate affairs.

The out of home advertising industry honored seven leaders at its national convention on Tuesday.

A North Dakota advertising agency is suing the creators of a Cartoon Network show, alleging that they copied a state marketing campaign.

Adhere Creative Hires New Marketing Coordinator In its continued growth, Houston based Inbound Marketing Agency adds Eunice David to the team.Within her role, David will be managing a team of writers who produce client blog articles, web copies, and press releases.David comes to Adhere with solid experience, having previously worked for a local ... (more)

Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants to keep The One Fund Boston going as an all-volunteer nonprofit even after all the money is distributed next month with an eye to helping victims of the marathon bombings with long-term "deteriorating" injuries.

Adobe Systems ' recent decision to stop selling the popular Creative Suite design tools as a packaged store product and offer it via subscriptions has triggered outrage among some of those who depend on the software, which is widely used by Web developers, video editors and others.

A portrait is a delicate transaction: the subject might look at it and, shocked, see not himself but how the artist feels about him.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. - Greylock Federal Credit Union announced the promotion of two employees, Bob Maxwell to vice president of marketing services for Greylock Marketing Group and Anthony "Tony" Hyte to assistant "I'm thrilled to be announcing the promotion of these two individuals," said Greylock President and CEO Marilyn L. Sperling.

Groans, angry outbursts and a plethora of questions punctuated a neighborhood meeting aimed at gauging public support for a proposed zoning change at the former Nielsen Media Research property.

Persuasion Notebook offers quick hits on the business of persuasion from The Globe and Mail's marketing and advertising reporter, Susan Krashinsky .

If restaurants operated like pharmacies, bread and pasta would be kept behind the counter as controlled substances.

The consensus around these parts over the years has been that Roger Federer is a singularly awkward brand spokesman.