The News Review:
- Agency backs off from land auctions
- Synutra Leads its Industry in 2009 CCTV Primetime Advertising Auction
- Milligan auction fetches £73000
Agency backs off from land auctions
Los Angeles Times,nbsp;CAnbsp;
Environmentalists had accused Bush administration of giving energy industry a ‘parting gift. By Nicholas Riccardi November 26, 2008 Reporting from Denver — The Bureau of Land Management on Tuesday backed off from plans to auction more than a dozen leases to explore for oil and gas on the doorstep of several national parks, deflecting accusations by environmental groups that it was handing a “parting gift” to the energy industry before the Obama administration takes over. The agency still will proceed with more than 100 lease sales at a Dec. BLM officials did not return calls for comment Tuesday night, but they released a statement with the National Park Service after a Monday meeting, saying the two agencies had come to an agreement on protecting the environment.
Synutra Leads its Industry in 2009 CCTV Primetime Advertising Auction
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0 million (USD $23. 23
million) in the previous year. The slots granted to the Company exceeded
those granted to the other dairy and infant formula industry participants in
the auction. William Weiqiao Wu, Synutra’s President of Sales and Marketing, said,
“The CCTV primetime slots will significantly boost our share of voice in the
marketplace, and this primetime advertising opportunity is an important part
of our brand rebuilding initiative and growth strategy for next year. We will
frontload the primetime spots in the first calendar quarter of 2009, with
corporate branding and product campaigns geared toward brand equity
revitalization and new product launches, and will use the remaining slots to
maintain our airwave presence throughout the year. ”
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Milligan auction fetches £73000
BBC News,nbsp;UKnbsp;
The top lot was a collection of seven Christmas cards that ex-Beatle George Harrison sent to Milligan, which sold for £7,200. The comic’s widow put the items up for sale because she is moving house. The Beatles, who all knew Milligan, featured prominently in the auction. One card from Harrison reads: “Spike – I told you – you should have joined the Beatles!”
A Christmas gift from the musician also fetched £3,360. A poem and cartoon created by Sir Paul McCartney entitled The Poet Of Dumbwoman’s Lane, went for £6,000 and a copy of Arthur Janov’s The Primal Scream given to Milligan and signed by John Lennon sold for £4,200.