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Business news December 12, 2018

Business Conference News

Happening today, is a discussion held by executive management at South State Corporation (SSB).  Entitled Investor Day, this event – starting at 11am – will center around corporate strategies of the corporation as well as their financial performance. It will provide a good insight for institutional investors. While the actual event is invitation only, others can pick it up live via the website or 1-409-217-8783/ toll free 1-866-688-2179 (conference ID: #3473637). The focus is guidance…

Business news August 9, 2018

New Addition to the Crawford Lake Capital Management Team

In recent news, Crawford Lake Capital Management, LLC has appointed Dov Lando as General Counsel and as their Chief Compliance Officer. Crawford is a privately-held investment management firm. Their team is lead by Isaac Markowitz and Jack Herzka and they have approximately $800 million in assets under management. They do so for a diverse group of clients from public institutions and individuals to private organizations. Dov Lando comes to Crawford Lake Capital from MKP Capital…

Business news March 7, 2017

VitaminWater Ad Campaign Raises the Bar for Cool Advertising

You may have thought VitaminWater, an energy drink formerly owned by entrepreneur Darius Bikoff, only supplied energy to humans who drink it. If you thought that, however, you would be wrong. In a clever and useful ad campaign found at bus shelters in several cities nationwide commuters can connect their mobile devices a VitaminWater advertisement and juice up while they wait for the bus. The VitaminWater ad campaign, known as “You’re Up” was launched in…

Business news March 7, 2016

Jacques Torres Chocolates Growing in Brooklyn

This past Valentine’s Day marked an important milestone for Jacques Torres Chocolates: they celebrated the opening of a brand new 40,000-square-foot manufacturing plant at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. Valentine’s Day is the biggest single day of the year for purchasing chocolates. On that day alone the company sold close to 300 tons of tasty chocolate, 10 percent of that amount coming from Torres’ Sunset Park facility. “I’m infected by your love and passion for chocolate,…