GLOBAL - The Football Association (FA) is looking to use a new sponsorship deal with Budweiser to promote the FA Cup globally, taking on internationally popular competitions such as the Premier League and the Champions League.
LONDON - Air Asia owner Tony Fernandes is in talks with Queens Park Rangers over a possible £100m purchase of the football club.
GLOBAL - Chris Burggraeve, Anheuser-Busch InBev's global chief marketing officer, has left the brewer and has been replaced by Asia-Pacific zone president Miguel Patricio.
GLOBAL - Louis Vuitton is to pay Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie more than US$10 million to be the face of its high-end fashion label.
GLOBAL - Nokia is axing 7,000 jobs in an effort to better compete in the smartphone market.
GLOBAL - Bart Becht is retiring from his role as chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser after 12 years and will be replaced by marketer Rakesh Kapoor, executive vice-president and global category manager.
GLOBAL - Subway has pinched the crown of the world's largest restaurant group from McDonald's, the company says.
LONDON - VCCP is expanding into Australia, opening an office in Sydney where the advertising agency will launch an as yet unnamed major brand into the Australian marketplace.
Rupert Murdoch will be chairman of the divided News Corporation empire but will not be chief executive of the publishing arm, home to The Sun and The Times newspapers, the media company today (28 June) confirmed.
GLOBAL - PepsiCo is slashing 8,700 jobs, around 3% of its workforce, and is to mirror rival Coca-Cola by announcing a major investment in advertising and marketing.
GLOBAL - McDonald’s has appointed internal candidate Kevin Newell to replace Steve Easterbrook in its top global marketing role.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has extended its flagship iPad app to include separate regional editions for users in Europe and Asia.
GLOBAL - United Biscuits (UB), the owner of Jaffa Cakes and KP Nuts, is in talks with one of China's biggest food companies about a potential multi-billion pound takeover, according to reports.
GLOBAL - Global advertising spend grew 12.5 per cent to US$110 billion in the first quarter and has "turned the corner", according to Nielsen's latest Global AdView Pulse report.
GLOBAL - Global advertising spend grew 12.5 per cent to US$110 billion in the first quarter and has "turned the corner", according to Nielsen's latest Global AdView Pulse report.
GLOBAL - Global advertising spend grew 12.5 per cent to US$110 billion in the first quarter and has "turned the corner", according to Nielsen's latest Global AdView Pulse report.
GLOBAL - Kraft Foods, the US food giant and owner of Cadbury, is bidding to steal a march on its rivals by introducing 'thin-film' packaging to prevent its chocolate bars from melting.
GLOBAL - David Beckham is to become the brand ambassador for the global sports entertainment brand EA Sports as he bids to further enhance his superstar status.
GLOBAL - FMCG giant Reckitt Benckiser is to buy Durex condoms maker SSL for US$3.6 billion.
GLOBAL - McDonald's has U-turned on its decision to appoint former UK chief executive Steve Easterbrook (pictured) to the job of global chief branding officer.
GLOBAL - Burger King, the fast food giant, is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal valued at US$4 billion.
GLOBAL - Foursquare, the mobile social network, is set to hit the one million-user mark in half the time it took Twitter to reach the milestone.
GLOBAL - Embattled Japanese car maker Toyota has suspended sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 across the world, after a US consumer title urged people not to buy it because of safety concerns.
GLOBAL - Online auction company eBay has sold a majority stake in internet telephone company Skype to a private investment group, for a cash payment of US$1.9 billion.
GLOBAL - BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has appointed ZenithOptimedia as its media buying and planning agency for the UK and international markets.