(MENAFN - PRovoke)
NEW YORK Zippo, whose name is synonymous with its windproof lighter, has named Ogilvy its global PR, creative and social agency following a competitive pitch.
Ogilvy will support Zippo s brand and communications strategy with an integrated team that combines expertise across creative, media relations, influencer marketing, social strategy, and performance media. The account will be led out of Ogilvy s New York office.
DeVries Global was Zippo s previous PR agency partner, although Ogilvy has handled PR duties in Asia-Pacific markets. Zippo s move to the WPP agency was motivated in part by the company s desire to work with an integrated agency with global scale.
US Dollar mostly strengthened versus ASEAN currencies this past week Rising longer-term Treasury yields, idling ASEAN equities key factors ASEAN, Key News Ahead: Singapore CPI, Thailand trade, Fed Chair
US Dollar ASEAN Weekly Recap
Last week, the US Dollar saw some strength against ASEAN currencies. It was relatively unchanged against the Singapore Dollar, while gaining ground against the Indonesian Rupiah and Thai Baht slightly. A notable standout was the Philippine Peso, which weakened 0.85% against the Greenback. In fact, USD /PHP rose the most since March, almost one year ago. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell about 0.5%.
Over the past 5 trading sessions, global funds sold the most amount of Philippine equities since late January, according to Bloomberg. These capital outflows may have pressured PHP, which can be quite sensitive to them. Meanwhile, the Bank of Indonesia cut its 7-day reverse repo rate to 3.50% from 3.75% prior, as expected. While USD/IDR gained, the
(MENAFN - Gulf Times) The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has launched A decade of displacement in the Middle East and North Africa, the centre s first report on the scale, drivers, patterns and impacts of internal displacement in the Mena region, in a virtual event co-organised with the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and Qatar Charity (QC).
The event was attended by many representatives of UN organisations and those concerned with internal displacement. The number of those internally displaced in the Mena region has tripled since 2011 A symposium on the sidelines discussed the findings of the report and explored sustainable solutions to contribute to refugees and internally-displaced persons (IDPs ) stability.
Renowned scholar, Eve Troutt Powell, discussed the historical relationship between slavery, colonialism, and racism in the Arab world and its legacy today, at the inaugural Dean s Global Forum a new lecture series at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q).