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(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-03 10:59 Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-JJB hit by probe into Sports Direct stake (Interactive Investor) STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News Twenty forecasts full year loss (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance) Shares in Aim-listed marketing group Twenty tumbled as it warned of a full-year loss as the recent deterioration in the economic outlook from October has had a direct impact on both new business levels and the activity levels of some existing clients. STAR Marketing Appoints Matthew Sinacori Vice President, Operations and Business Development (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) STAR Marketing Services Group has appointed Matthew Sinacori Vice President, Operations and Business Development. MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Board of Directors Nominates Two New Board Members (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) MELVILLE, N.Y.----MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC. , "MSC" or the "Company," one of the premier distributors of Metalworking and Maintenance, Repair and Operations supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States, announced today that its Board of Directors has nominated Louise Goeser and Charles Boehlke for election to the MSC Board at the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting to ... Datran Media Executives Hit the Road to Discuss Multi-Channel Marketing (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Datran Media, an industry-leading digital marketing technology company, has announced plans to participate in five key industry events during the month of December, including the iMedia Connection Agency Summit, MediaPost's Email Insider Summit, the National Center for Database Marketing Conference 2008, an exclusive Datran Media produced publishing Webinar featuring New York Magazine and ... News in brief (West Salem Coulee News) Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper. McClatchy News VP Howard Weaver to Retire (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Howard Weaver, the vice president of news at The McClatchy Company who twice led the Anchorage Daily News to Pulitzer Prize gold medals for public service, has announced his retirement at the end of the year. Marketing in Turbulent Times: Don't Give Up the Ship (Advertising and Marketing Review) When times get tough, as they are today, many companies begin cutting back. Sometimes they let employees go and stop there. Other times, they eliminate their marketing. "A bad move," said communications pro Stacy Cornay. "The public has to be reminded about who you are and what you're selling . . . Farmer Bros. to Acquire Sara Lees Direct-Store Delivery Coffee Business (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) TORRANCE, Calif.----Farmer Bros. Co. announced a definitive agreement to acquire from Sara Lee Corp. its U.S. direct-store delivery Foodservice coffee business. Mercedes sales up 18% in ME (AME Info) Mercedes Benz sales rose 18% in the Middle East in the first 11 months of this year compared to the same period last year, Frank Bernthaler, director of sales and marketing for Mercedes-Benz in the Middle East and Levant, told Gulf News. Bernthaler said that sales reached 18,000 cars this year, in comparison to last year's 15,200 in the same period.
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