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POLS: Platform creates interactive video for campaigning campaigns - Advertising - BizReport
www.bizreport.com | Feb 9, 2012
A new platform, launched from Jivox, may help politicians reach voters in this election year. Called the Jivox Political Ad Kit, it creates multi-screen interactive video ads for embedding on websites, in social media channels and across devices.

Civil service union to consult on further pensions action - News centre - PCS
www.pcs.org.uk | Feb 9, 2012
Senior elected representatives of the largest union in the civil service, PCS, today unanimously agreed to consult members over continued campaigning against the government's cuts to public sector pensions.

FitchResearch
www.fitchratings.com | Feb 7, 2012
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As Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado Vote, Republicans Talk Cuts Not Investment
www.huffingtonpost.com | Feb 7, 2012
Most politicians would brush aside their mother if it meant scoring a photo-op with a Minnesota businessman like John Van Dine. His 22-year-old company, SAGE Electrochromics, is in the middle of a $150 million expansion to double its workforce to total 250, all in Fairbault, Minn., and pulling in a

Romanian prime minister and cabinet resign en masse | World news | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 6, 2012
Emil Boc says he is quitting to 'release tension' after weeks of protests over austerity measures and alleged corruption

Super-Pacs erode Obama’s advantage - FT.com
www.ft.com | Feb 1, 2012
Republicans are rapidly eroding the huge funding advantage that propelled Barack Obama into the White House, with wealthy donors flooding new conservative campaign groups with cash before the presidential election in November. The super-political

French presidential contender takes aim at the banks - The Globe and Mail
www.theglobeandmail.com | Jan 23, 2012
Serious reforms that socialist leader François Hollande proposes aren’t scary (and the scary ones aren’t serious)

Islamic Parties Dominate Egypt Elections - WSJ.com
online.wsj.com | Jan 21, 2012
A small number of Islamist parties won major victories in Egypt's six-week parliamentary election cycle. The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm won about 218 of the 498 elected seats in the incoming parliament, or about 43.7%, final results show.

Keep up democracy push, says Hague - mirror.co.uk
www.mirror.co.uk | Jan 6, 2012
Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned that foreign supporters of democracy must not slacken pressure on Burma's military-backed government while reforms remain incomplete.

Alzwad launches WE3almobile mobile application | ZMS | AMEinfo.com
www.ameinfo.com | Dec 12, 2011
Coinciding with the start of parliamentary elections in Egypt, Alzwad, the leader in mobile services, has launched 'WE3almobile', a new mobile application enabling its users to identify and follow...