Hijacked Walmart Facebook Promotion Holds a Lesson in Local Marketing ReadWriteWeb Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:40 PM PDT Call it a rare win-win-win for online corporate marketing: Internet pranksters successfully hijacked Walmart's Sheets Energy Strips campaign, and Walmart reaped all the publicity it could have hoped for - and the citizens of Kodiak, Alaska, got a rare visit from a rap star. But is there a lesson to be learned? Yes, and itâs about hyperlocalism. Walmartâs online promotion of Sheets Energy Strips ... | City seeks input on pedestrian projects The Shelby Star Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:38 PM PDT KINGS MOUNTAIN -- Baldour promised 160 jobs in January. AT&T is investing $851 million in a data center facility on Kings Mountainâs Countryside Road. Steag Energy Services, located on Linwood Road, also expanded its facilities this year. ... | New scam targeting Xcel Energy customers Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36 PM PDT Xcel Energy warned Tuesday that a new scam is targeting customers in the Minnesota region. Callers claiming to represent Xcel tell customers that their electric service is to be disconnected, the Minneapolis-based utility said. | Obama orders new sanctions targeting Iran CBC.ca Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36 PM PDT President Barack Obama orders new sanctions on Iran's energy sector and on foreign banks in China and Iraq that the U.S. says help the Islamic republic evade international penalties. | US Steel 2Q net income cut in half, but beats view Associated Press via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:34 PM PDT Shares of U.S. Steel jumped 9 percent Tuesday after the manufacturer exceeded Wall Street's expectations for the second quarter by raising some prices and selling more steel to energy companies.U.S. Steel ... | Drought strains U.S. oil production FOX 24 Macon Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:32 PM PDT One of the worst droughts in U.S. history is hampering oil production, pitting farmers against oilmen and highlighting just how dependent on water modern U.S. energy development has become. | | |
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