Posted by Ben Barren on February 10, 2009 – 4:11 pm
How good has Corporate Australia been in stepping up to assist the bushfire cause with expenses starting at $500m but the bill could top $2bn according to The Age Feb 10, every cent is needed and quickly, so the fast corporate response, and we all know how um fast/slow they can be, they have moved decisively, see agile is possible :
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This list combines SMH Small Business, Herald Sun - both today, and even the joint Fox/MMM Austereo Simulcast - which i turned on this morning instead of Nova.
- Fox/TripleM at $1.3912M for their telecast so far!
- Tabcorp $2M
- Australia Post $1M
- NAB $1M
- ANZ $1M
- Commonwealth Bank $1M plus $100 for every run scored and $5000 for each six during Tuesday’s one-day international between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.
- Westpac $1M
- News Limited $1M
- Woolworths $1M / Sydney collecting donations
- Coles - all profit from supermarkets on Friday 13th Feb 09 750 stores nationwide.
- Hoyts $2 for every movie ticket sold
- Western Australian Government $1M
- Myer matching contributions up to $500K
- Suncorp $500K
- Crown $500K
- Fosters $500K
- Wesfarmers $500K (and insurance arm $50K)
- Bendigo + Adelaide Bank : Launched an appeal on Sunday with an initial $100,000. Said donations had already reached $1m.
- Qantas $100K
- Fairfax $100K
- AXA $100K
- CGU $100K
- Rabobank $100K
- Mercedes $107K
- ALH $200K
- ACTU $250K
- Federal Government $10M (+$1k/$22K for fire affected)
- State Government $10M
- Telstra $500K
- Suncorp $500K
- Santos $500K
- Kmart $100K + $500 vouchers for those affected
Tonite, while watching Trust Me, I might source the links for the websites for corporates above so those that have donated can get a bit of google and blog link love, which will help with some natural search engine optimisation. Who said charity doesnt help drive marketing performance. Although Telstra and Qantas could definitely ante up given their background, size, executive bonus payments etc.
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chopper-hopper from an exhibition going on somewhere in north america whose link i lost between google reader and wordpress duh, oops, dont come after me mr blue velvet.
Open my google reader of 3k feeds, and all I can see is “Netbooks“. Om has a nice CES wrapup of the phenomenon : “These little machines have caught the imagination of many and sold millions of units this past holiday season. Personally, I am staying on the sidelines, happy with a Macbook Air and the touchscreen joys of an iPhone; but the trend continues unabated, as more and more devices come to market. The growing popularity of these low-cost netbooks, which are now mimicking regular laptops, is a scary prospect for PC component makers, especially Intel.So far, Intel is holding its own in the category, but it has two worries: the success of ARM-based netbooks and whether such devices will steal sockets from gear powered by its higher margin chips. When it reports earnings on Jan. 15, analysts are sure to ask if Atom is cannibalizing sales of Intel’s higher-end processors, such as Celeron and Pentium Dual Core.”
Is it a netbook if expensive ? Ala candy-red-quasi-netbook-vaio_p
Om’s sister site JK_on_the_run has the product deets : “What we can expect to see is more of the same for the most part. More models, Atom inside, 8 - 10-inch screens, etc., etc. Asus is pushing the limits a bit with the touchscreen convertible T91 we spied last night but no word is being shared on pricing for this little netbook. Little it is too with the 8.9-inch screen meaning the keyboard will be on the small side for touch typists. MSI is offering up the U115 Hybrid as yet another model to the Wind line and while hybrid storage technology is interesting it will certainly come at a price. Price is the bugaboo that these OEMs have to contend with as it is a primary factor in which netbooks jump off the shelves and which don’t. We’ve said it many times the more features you add the higher the cost soars and this is a problem in the netbook market. HP will be showing off their new HP Mini 2140 and we are looking forward to seeing that in the flesh. We expect they’ll also be showing their Mini 1000 Mi with the fancy HP Linux shell.”
A.P.C. x Nike Sportswear All Court via Sneakerfiles
Tonite’s Viewing : Watching Aussie Rose Byrne + playing pure evil Glenn Close in Damages Season 2 Premiere, lets hope it lives up to Season 1. Torrent’ere.
9 Sneakers Being Looked Forward to in 09
So poverty delirium is kickin in, but sure is fascinating what Venture Beat have to say about Google’s Android operating system running on a Netbook : “Google is planning to use Android for any device — not just the mobile phones.. Now think of Chrome, Google’s web browser, and the richness it allows developers to build into the browser’s relationship with the desktop — all of this could usher in a new wave of more sophisticated web applications, cheaper and more dynamic to use.. Android is designed to run on any device in a category widely referred to as “embedded devices.” The fact that various OHA partners have already developed Android enough to easily work on our netbook may be considered evidence enough that Google is getting increasing buy-in from industry players to realize this vision.” - Gonna be some noice Aapl/Goog battles in the future.
Some Nice APC Boat Shoes if it Gets Warmer
