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At the Nov. 15 PR NEWS "Best Practices in PR Measurement" seminar, Christy Beckman, VP public affairs for St. Louis-based Solutia shared insights about what investors look for in an annual report. She based her… Continued

Demand for top-notch investor relations professionals is on the rise as merger madness continues and individual investors perpetuate the longest economic boom since World War II. But while new technology is contributing new tools to… Continued

Hill & Knowlton has acquired Hype, an Atlanta-based marcom firm. No word yet on whether H&K next will be looking to acquire other firms with names like Spin, Puffery and Hyperbole* Creamer Dickson Basford has… Continued

William D. Novelli, president of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, has left his post to direct legislative/public policy, communications and other functions at AARP, the nation’s advocacy organization for persons over age 50. Matthew… Continued

If you’re in between jobs, the holidays may not seem happy, but you can’t afford to get in a funk, according to Gil Yancey, senior VP of the DC-based placement firm Lee Hecht Harrison. The… Continued

Say the word "Web" and communications executives see dollar signs. A majority (73%) of the senior communications execs who attended the Conference Board’s 1999 Corporate Image Conference last month said they expect next year’s corporate… Continued

Generic brands may be cheaper in the supermarket, but not in cyberspace. Last week the domain name business.com sold for a whopping $7.5 million. Now the URL PublicRelations.com is scheduled to hit the online auction… Continued

Plugged-in investors check their stocks more often than those without Web access, according to a survey by CBS.Marketwatch. Among those with Internet access, nearly half (45%) check the value of their investments a few times… Continued

PR agency types not only accept a little stress in their lives, they expect it. Respondents in the latest Thomas L. Harris/Impulse Research survey ranked "a job with little stress and tension" last in a… Continued

This month we’re tackling something that hardly needs more publicity – Pokemon. Regardless of whether you consider a shortage of an imported children’s toy a legitimate crisis, we did think it interesting to compare the… Continued