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P&G to debut ad campaign during NFL playoffs
Procter & Gamble Co. plans to premiere a commercial during the NFL playoff games this Sunday as part of a new advertising campaign for a revamped line of Old Spice products. The Cincinnati-based maker of consumer goods (NYSE: PG) signed Deon Cole, one...
Woodforest National Bank promotes executive to president, CEO
The Woodlands-based Woodforest National Bank, the 11th-largest bank in the Houston market by local deposits, named a new president and CEO. James “Jay” Dreibelbis was tapped to lead the bank by the company’s board of directors in a Jan. 17 press rele...
Bitcoin review: Coinme and Coinstar team up, DC impasse slows startup momentum
To keep readers up-to-date on the latest price fluctuations and trends pertaining to cryptocurrencies, we here at the New York Business Journal compile a list of the week's top stories each Friday. Peruse the listicle below for the headlines you might ...
Bona taps 30-year-old Connie Perkins to build nursing program
St. Bonaventure University is making a push to build a full suite of healthcare programs to both recruit from and serve the Southern Tier.
Special Report: Oregon universities deliver big benefits to their hometowns
Oregon universities deliver big benefits to their hometowns.
Minneapolis agency Solve named agency of record for Sunoco
Sunoco Fuels has chosen Minneapolis advertising agency Solve as its agency of record for brand strategy, creative, media planning and buying, and digital and social media support. Dallas, Texas-based Sunoco Fuels, a division of Sunoco (NYSE: SUN), ch...
How marketing firm Spectrio is putting plans for rapid growth in Charlotte into play
Spectrio's sales and marketing team is based out of Charlotte, where the company hired nearly 30 people last year and plans to hire up to 90 more in 2019.
Exclusive: Fintech picks Apple veteran to fuel growth
Bill.com's new executive has extensive fintech experience. She landed a summer internship in 2000 at a promising startup: PayPal.
Palo Alto AR education startup acquired by Zuckerberg-backed unicorn
Augmented reality-based game startup Osmo has been acquired for $120 million by Byju's, an India-based company backed by Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan. The Palo Alto startup, whose legal name is Tangible Play I...
Exclusive: Fintech picks Apple veteran to fuel growth
Bill.com's new executive has extensive fintech experience. She landed a summer internship in 2000 at a promising startup: PayPal.
Female-owned Miami public relations firms join forces
Leading public relations firm rbb Communications has acquired Miami-based Z|Comm, the latest boutique agency to join rbb's family of brands. Founded in 2001 by Amy Zakarin, Z|Comm (previously known as ZMPR) represents well-known South Florida compani...
Cincinnati universities rank among nation’s best for online programs
Three Greater Cincinnati universities have been recognized among the nation’s best in several fields for online degrees. The University of Cincinnati, Xavier University and Union Institute & University all landed on top 100 lists created by U.S. News ...
UNC Chancellor Carol Folt announces resignation
In an unexpected announcement Monday evening, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt announced her intention to retire at the end of the academic year. “First, you’ve heard me say many times that it is the privilege of my life to serve as chancellor o...
P&G to debut ad campaign during NFL playoffs
Procter & Gamble Co. plans to premiere a commercial during the NFL playoff games this Sunday as part of a new advertising campaign for a revamped line of Old Spice products. The Cincinnati-based maker of consumer goods (NYSE: PG) signed Deon Cole, one...
Woodforest National Bank promotes executive to president, CEO
The Woodlands-based Woodforest National Bank, the 11th-largest bank in the Houston market by local deposits, named a new president and CEO. James “Jay” Dreibelbis was tapped to lead the bank by the company’s board of directors in a Jan. 17 press rele...
Bitcoin review: Coinme and Coinstar team up, DC impasse slows startup momentum
To keep readers up-to-date on the latest price fluctuations and trends pertaining to cryptocurrencies, we here at the New York Business Journal compile a list of the week's top stories each Friday. Peruse the listicle below for the headlines you might ...
Health
Elderwood parent to pay $47M for Weinberg
Elderwood’s owners will pay $47 million to add the Weinberg Campus into its senior-care network, according to new filings with the New York State Department of Health. Details on the asset purchase agreement were previously undisclosed. The project, r...
Sports
A new front door: A sneak peek inside the $1.2B Hub on Causeway
The TD Garden is one of the first landmarks commuters see as they cross the Zakim bridge or emerge from North Station. Soon, it will be The Hub on Causeway, a project that has been 20 years in the making.
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Tesla laying off 7% of its workforce, its second mass cut in less than a year
Tesla Inc. is cutting more than 3,000 people from its payroll — roughly 7 percent of its global workforce — to cut costs and remain profitable, CEO Elon Musk said in an all-hands email today. In his note, Musk warned investors that the company would e...
MillerCoors hires Kraft Heinz brand leader as chief marketing officer
MillerCoors has hired its first female chief marketing officer. The Chicago-based beer company with significant Milwaukee operations named Michelle St. Jacques its new CMO, the brewer announced Friday. St. Jacques, who has nearly two decades of brand ...
Ocean Spray zeroes in on tiny things in ad from Energy BBDO Chicago
Ocean Spray, the cranberry growers cooperative founded way in back in 1930, is definitely going in a different — and rather odd — direction in the first ad campaign from the grower cooperative’s new ad agency of record Energy BBDO Chicago. Energy BBDO...
P&G to debut ad campaign during NFL playoffs
Procter & Gamble Co. plans to premiere a commercial during the NFL playoff games this Sunday as part of a new advertising campaign for a revamped line of Old Spice products. The Cincinnati-based maker of consumer goods (NYSE: PG) signed Deon Cole, one...
Woodforest National Bank promotes executive to president, CEO
The Woodlands-based Woodforest National Bank, the 11th-largest bank in the Houston market by local deposits, named a new president and CEO. James “Jay” Dreibelbis was tapped to lead the bank by the company’s board of directors in a Jan. 17 press rele...
Bitcoin review: Coinme and Coinstar team up, DC impasse slows startup momentum
To keep readers up-to-date on the latest price fluctuations and trends pertaining to cryptocurrencies, we here at the New York Business Journal compile a list of the week's top stories each Friday. Peruse the listicle below for the headlines you might ...
Elderwood parent to pay $47M for Weinberg
Elderwood’s owners will pay $47 million to add the Weinberg Campus into its senior-care network, according to new filings with the New York State Department of Health. Details on the asset purchase agreement were previously undisclosed. The project, r...
People to know health care: Patrick Lee
Patrick Lee is chief financial officer, PharmaCord.