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Job ads took their biggest monthly fall since internet and newspaper ads were combined in 1999, dropping 10.4per cent in February to 161,583 a week, or 39.8per cent lower than a year ago. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments [...]

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Hi, I am fascinated by these Craig posters. Who is he, does anyone know him? Tim Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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Hi, this is way off topic but very strange and amusing. Has anyone else spotted these posters appearing in Melbourne. They are signed Craig and he has some strange ideas. Here is the first two, I have more to post but I will put them up progressively. Tim Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]

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I am starting my Twitter experience today and will start posting FMCG jobs on Twitter. Please sign up to my posts at http://twitter.com/fmcgblog please give me any advise or feedback. Thanks Tim Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on [...]

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SEEK announced a profit of $32M profit for the Six months to Dec 08 on a turnover of $109M. What a business! Wish I had some shares as they rose 15% on the announcement as the market feared much worse. It is plain to see that SEEK has a dominant place in the online Job [...]

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Many commentators have labeled the December 08 $10.4B cash stimulus handout as useless, including Gerry Harvey who said “In retrospect now you say to yourself: ‘was that a real good idea, that was 10.4 billion, that’s a lot of money’” It definitely had an impact on retail sales, but if most of those items were [...]

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Cadbury  Schweppes has done a double-take on its continuation of its relationship with Publicis Mojo and has  annoannounced it will now split the business between two agencies. Saatchi & Saatchi will take over the Cadbury Dairy Milk portfolio,  while Publicis Mojo will continue creative duties on the remianed of the confectionary brands as well as [...]

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Well as I have been saying Schweppes was on the market and being spied from Japan. Got the country right but the company wrong. Drinks giant Asahi Breweries has bought the Schweppes business from Cadbury PLC. This is subject to The Coca Cola Company not using its last offer rights, which it holds for 90 [...]

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Golden Circle Shareholder’s have given overwhelming approval to the Heinz offer. The deal needed a 75% support level and received over 99% approval for the offer to be accepted. Baring any issues from the Qld Supreme Court, the deal will be implemented by 30th December 2008. They have been given the Green Light by the [...]

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Coles are trialing their reduced range strategy at Coles Altona Gate. Anyone heard any feedback, sales results etc? Be very interested. Tim Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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