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TalkBiz On Smooth 98.1fm Alima Attah Dies Of Cancer

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educationist, MD of  Sesema PR and host of TalkBiz on Smooth 98.1fm, Alima Atta has died. Alima, recently named one of Nigeria’s ‎100 most influential women died on Saturday June 6th after a battle with cancer.     ( May her soul rest in peace, amen .)        Alima Atta studied French and Marketing and had a successful career in Public Relations and Marketing for over 20 years and worked at MMD Marketing Communications and Anderson Soames in the UK before establishing her own PR agency in 2002.  PR Guru, educationist, MD of  Sesema PR and host of TalkBiz on Smooth 98.1fm, Alima Atta has died. Alima, recently named one of Nigeria’s ‎100 most influential women died on Saturday June 6th after a battle with cancer.

As The Stock Market Climbs Ever Higher, 'Companies' Adjust There Profit

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As the stock market climbs ever higher, professional investors are warning that companies are presenting misleading versions of their results that ignore a wide variety of normal costs of running a business to make it seem like they're doing better than they really are. Specialist Michael Pistillo watches his screens at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. As the stock market climbs ever higher, professional investors are warning that companies are presenting misleading versions of their results that ignore a wide variety of normal costs of running a business to make it seem like they’re doing better than they really are.   What's worse, the financial analysts who are supposed to fight corporate spin are often playing along. Instead of challenging the companies, they're largely passing along the rosy numbers in reports recommending stocks to investors. "Companies are tilting the results," says fund manager Tom Brown o...

Kate Moss Has Been escorted off a Plane being Disruptive while Traveling from Turkey to London

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Supermodel Kate Moss has been escorted off a plane after reportedly being disruptive while traveling from Turkey to London's Luton airport In this Thursday, 30 April, 2015 file photo, Kate Moss poses for photographers at the screening of Pitch Perfect 2 in central London. Supermodel Kate Moss has been escorted off a plane, Sunday June 8, 2015, after reportedly being disruptive while traveling from Turkey to London’s Luton airport. The 41-year-old was escorted off a flight operated by budget airline easyJet from the Turkish resort of Bodrum. Without naming Moss, Bedfordshire Police responded to inquiries about the incident by confirming they were called to help staff with a passenger being disruptive on a flight. Police say the passenger was not arrested, and no complaints were made.  Moss is one of the world's most familiar faces. Discovered at 14, she has since graced the covers of hundreds of magazines and has worked with designers including Louis Vuitton and Ste...

President Barack Obama's Politically Fraught Trade Quest In Washington Trailed

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama during a concert at the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Sunday, June 7, 2015. The two-day summit will address such issues as climate change, poverty and the situation in Ukraine. The leaders spent more than an hour privately discussing trade issues as they opened a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven leading industrial nations. The talks in the majestic Bavarian Alps coincided with the delicate debate in Washington over giving Obama the authority to move trade agreements through Congress more quickly. In addition to the summit events at Schloss Elmau, a one-time artist retreat turned luxury spa, Obama met privately with British Prime Minister David Cameron and joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel for beer and sausages in a nearby town. From left, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Japanese P...