| Swan blames inflation rise on previous govt
Roll your sleeves up and get to work. Agree (0) Alert moderator colin: 23 Jan 2008 4:30:31pm We are only 2 months since the election and the blame game has started.Already typical of this labour Government. The Libs presided over great jobs growth,great wealth creation measures which the labour has falsly inherited by slick rehtoric at the last election.Now we want that put into action as well as the promised tax cuts and real reform of the tax system or the labour party will once again be shown as poor financial managers. Agree (0) Alert moderator ABC (Moderator): 23 Jan 2008 4:35:56pm This article is now closed for comment. If you have any further thoughts on the issue, you can contribute to our Emails page via our contact form.
The Search For The Elusive Captive Audience Means No More ...
It's actually interesting at times but you're really not there very long. I was crushed the other day while I filled up to hear that Eric Clapton was at Madison Square Garden at the same time we were already going to be in California! If we hadn't had other firm plans they might have driven a sale. And it's not very intrusive as I find that pumping gas isn't much of a "personal" moment where such things might be seen as an intrusion. YMMV .... (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) As predicted by ... by KD on Feb 28th, 2008 @ 10:34pm Ever read The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth? A number of Heinlein's novels depicted intrusive advertising in passing, not as a main theme. Many SF writers since have included intrusive advertising to some degree in their stories.
Super-size ads invite visitors to interact with them
Consumers can interact with advertisers' messages projected onto floors, walls and screens when they visit Las Vegas. The giant ads are on display from the time they arrive at the airport and throughout their stay as they roam the casinos and the resort city's various entertainment venues. To find out how to get your client's message in front of tourists as well as business people during the trade show capital's busiest convention season, read on. This is one in a Media Life series on buying the new out-of-home venues. They appear weekly. Fast Facts What Large projected ads in public spaces that consumers can interact with. Who Monster Media, headquartered in Orlando. How it works The ads, which are displayed in hotels, public transit stations and at the airport, change when a consumer walks into a space, waves an arm or otherwise engages with the display.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
A trip to the airport on the metro costs six euros for one passenger, but it's only 10 euros for two people (five euros per person) and just 15 euros for three people (5 euros per person). And if you're under 18 or over 65, the ticket costs 4 euros. The same fare also applies to the disabled and parents who can prove they have three or more children. A monthly pass to ride the metro to the airport costs 100 euros. Metro tickets can only be purchased from metro stations, which have both automated ticket machines and staffed ticked booths. Tickets must be validated before boarding the train. Metro tickets are valid for passengers travelling in a single direction can make a stop at an intermediate station. Passengers travelling without valid tickets are fined on the spot. A 24-hour pass is available at 3 euros and is valid on all buses, trolleys, the subway and airport express routes.
Chrysler sets out new shrink-to-fit strategy
Chrysler has embarked on an ambitious, four-to-six year plan to bring its operations in line with its shrunken market share and with the changing tastes of American car buyers. Comparing the troubled Detroit carmaker to a person who has lost weight but never bought new clothes to fit, Jim Press, Chrysler's vice-chairman, said that “we've got to face reality. If we get our overheads and our capacity in line, we really have a strong future." .
Wounded Nation
It has pursued and pinned down thousands of high-profile and complex networks of national and international corporate and public fraudsters. Drug kingpins, smugglers and racketeers have felt the Scorpions' sting. A major gang that smuggle platinum, South Africa's biggest foreign exchange earner, to a corrupt English smelting plant has been bust as the result of a huge joint operation between the SFO and the Scorpions. But the Scorpions, whose top men were trained by Scotland Yard, have been too successful for their own good. The ANC government never anticipated the crack crimebusters would take their constitutional independence seriously and investigate the top ranks of the former liberation movement itself. The Scorpions have probed into, and successfully prosecuted, ANC MPs who falsified their parliamentary expenses.
Shell Continues to Innovate at the Pump
HOUSTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Shell becomes the first gasoline retailer in the world to adopt Pay By Touch biometric payment technology at its pumps and inside convenience stores. A recognized industry innovator, Shell also is testing attendant hand-held wireless card scanners abroad. Both technologies are intended to add more convenience and security to customer transactions. Simultaneously, "infotainment" technologies are also launching at various Shell-branded stations across the United States to further maximize outstanding customer experiences and to educate them about the importance of fuel quality. "We want Shell to be the first choice for motorists and we aim to achieve that with operational excellence," said Chris Suess, manager of Global Refueling Innovations.
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