Foreign student influx soars - News.com.au
THE number of foreign students completing courses in Australia and then gaining jobs and permanent residency has skyrocketed - from 8200 in 2003 to 20,900 in 2007. The foreign students focus on 95 courses - from banking, accountancy, engineering and
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Gregory Banks, North American president, Javelin Direct - dmnews.com
Direct marketing has been below-the-line marketing. Direct marketing is becoming a lead marketing discipline. Today, ROI is not optional; new measurement tools can prove and improve the effect of any type of marketing investment, even the
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Steiner Sports Names Jason Teitler Senior Vice President to Spearhead - Forbes
NEW YORK, May 9 /PRNewswire/ — Steiner Sports CEO Brandon Steiner has named Jason Teitler to the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing, and Kiva Iscol as Marketing Account Executive at America's leading sports marketing and collectibles
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Javelin Direct Appoints Chad Jones Senior Vice President, Managing - Biloxi Sun Herald
Javelin Direct (www.javelindirect.com), a next-generation Omnicom direct marketing agency that brings accountability to all marketing disciplines, has named Chad Jones Senior Vice President, Managing Director. Jones reports directly to Greg Banks
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The game changers - dmnews.com
At the same time that marketing spend has begun to tilt away from traditional advertising and toward direct, the very definition of a direct marketing agency has also transformed - although a new standard definition has yet to be universally
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New England Direct Marketing Association Announces Direct Marketer of - Earthtimes
BOSTON - (Business Wire) The New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA) announced today that Alexandra MacAaron, Creative Director & Queen B, B Direct Marketing Communications in Marblehead, Mass., has been named the 2008 Direct Marketer of the
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Backlash at lenders' hard sell - Stuff
As an increasing number of consumers struggle with rising debt, a new survey reveals considerable public concern as unsolicited loan offers flood the market. In a survey of more than 4600 people by Buzz Channel, 58 per cent of respondents said that
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Media Breakaway, LLC Announces Office Expansion - Forbes
Media Breakaway, LLC, a pioneer in the performance-based online marketing industry, today announced plans to expand its offices this summer. In the next few months, the company will be moving into additional space in its office building to
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Drug companies defend TV advertisements before Congress - Forbes
Some of the nation's largest pharmaceutical companies defended their TV advertisements Thursday from Democrats pushing for tougher marketing restrictions. Executives from Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and a joint venture of Merck and Schering Plough
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McClatchy slashes value of Seattle Times - MSN MoneyCentral
The McClatchy Co. continues to slash its estimated value of its investment in The Seattle Times Co., as both the local daily and the newspaper industry as a whole continue to reel from lost revenue. The Sacramento, Calif.-based media company said its
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