Milton Julian, Creator of the Preppy Look, Dies at 96
Milton Julian who was known as the “ultimate haberdasher” and created the Ivy League preppy look, passed away at the age of 96. He lived and worked in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and developed More...
InSightec Raises $59 Million to Expand Non Invasive Medical Tech
Israel’s InSightec developer of high intense ultrasound devices called MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS), announced that it closed on a $59 Million Series D financing led by major institutional investors More...
Maurice Levy on How to Infect People’s Brains in Fast, Blurry World
Maurice Levy of the French marketing firm Publicis gave a talk at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership to talk about the realities of marketing in a blurred, fast world, as reported by Forbes. Like a More...
Russian Tycoon Buys James Watson’s Nobel Medal and Gives It Back
Alisher Usmanov, richest man in Russia and major shareholder in Arsenal, the British football team, purchased a Nobel Prize medal auctioned at Christie’s, so he could return it to its original More...
Publicis’ Maurice Levy Wants to Disrupt Marketing
It’s not exactly news that traditional companies need to adopt unique approaches to do business in the technological age. Maurice Levy, CEO of Paris-based Publicis, addressed this issue in a press More...
New Film Claims Coco Chanel Was a Nazi Collaborator
Was French fashion designer Coco Chanel a Nazi collaborator during the German occupation of France in World War II? A new French documentary called “The Shadow of a Doubt” claims to prove that she was. Broadcast More...
Publicis raises growth target after Sapient deal
– Advertising group Publicis pledged on Thursday to grow revenue faster than rivals and expand margins in a four-year plan building on its $3.7 billion acquisition of digital specialist Sapient. Helped More...
Bereaved Maurice Saatchi Proposes Bill To Make Experimental Treatments Available
– Lord Maurice Saatchi, founder one of the highest profile advertising companies in the world, has proposed a bill to prevent others from experiencing losses like his. After the death of his More...
Holywood Raises Over $33 Million To Support Israel Defense Forces Soldiers
– Over $33 million was raised at the annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala last night, breaking all records at the event where more than 1, 200 respected leaders More...
Maurice Levy’s Publicis to Buy Sapient of US for $3.7 Billion
– French advertising group Publicis says it is to buy Boston-based marketing, communications and consulting firm Sapient for $3.7 billion. Publicis says in a statement Monday that once completed, More...