NEW YORK - The rejection of the US government's $700bn plan to solve the financial crisis was down to a "failure of branding" in the way it was sold to the American people, according to the leaders of US ad agencies.
A £6 million government campaign to encourage people to save energy and cut bills has been attacked as "a drop in the ocean" compared with the huge advertising budgets of the energy companies.
Fiat has apologised to the Chinese government for a TV commercial that features scenes of Tibet and the movie actor Richard Gere, an outspoken critic of China's crackdown on political freedoms in the country.
The BBC has been criticised by its commercial rivals after a review by the BBC Trust revealed that the corporation had overspent on its online budget by nearly £36 million last year. The BBC's digital operations cost £110 million, nearly 50 per cent more than the £74 million it had planned to spend.
LONDON - Australia and Asia's football associations have rejected the English Premier League's controversial global expansion plans to stage a round of 10 competitive matches across the world.
LONDON - Seafood companies have attacked the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) decision to review its recommendation that consumers should eat at least two portions of fish a week.
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