Gameloft appoints new UK and Ireland country manager
▻http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2017-07-12-gameloft-appoints-new-uk-and-ireland-country-manager
Former Bin Weevils sales boss John-Paul Burke joins major #Mobile publisher
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Dutch, Israeli Farms in Ethiopia Attacked by Protesters - Bloomberg
▻http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-01/ethiopian-protesters-burn-dutch-owned-flower-farm-in-northA Dutch-run flower farm in northern Ethiopia was among a series of foreign-owned plantations attacked by anti-government protesters as unrest in the country spreads.
A “large group” of people invaded Esmeralda Farms Inc.’s farm 13 kilometers (8 miles) south of Bahir Dar city in the Amhara region on Aug. 29, causing about 7 million euros ($7.8 million) of damage, country manager Haile Seifu said by phone Thursday. Flower farms in the area owned by Israeli, Italian, Indian and Belgian companies were among nine commercial properties damaged in the protests, which continued on Aug. 30, he said.
“They were so aggressive, there were also soldiers who couldn’t control them, so we just ran away, as it’s life or death,” he said from the capital, Addis Ababa. “They came actually at once through our compound, through our fence, through our main gate, so everybody left.”
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Core Google products a favorite among Ukrainians
▻http://www.kyivpost.com/content/business/core-google-products-a-favorite-among-ukrainians-366904.htmlGoogle Ukraine country manager Dmytro Sholomko said the nation is high on the tech giant’s agenda but not all of its Internet-related services are localized in Ukraine.
Speaking at a meeting organized by EKO Phygital Hub on Oct. 3, Sholomko recalled he was Google’s only employee in Ukraine when the office was established in 2006. Now 20 people are employed making Google one of the 10 biggest earners in the company’s European ecosystem.
Part of the reason is that its search engine is favored by 66 percent of local users, according to Gemius, a consultancy. Founded in 1998 by Stanford University graduates Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the multinational firm has a market capitalization of $400 billion as of February, the second largest among tech companies.
In Ukraine, Russia’s Yandex is the closest rival for online searches, reaching 50 percent of users.
Moreover, 36 percent of online users favor Google’s Chrome web browser, having surpassed Opera, a veteran browser launched in 1995 that still enjoys 25 percent of penetration, according to Gemius. Android, an open-source mobile operating system developed by Google, is also a leader with 49 percent of mobile device users preferring it, says a recent report by IDC, a market research company.
Talking about web searches, Google’s core business, Sholomko noted that there’s surprisingly little difference in what Ukrainians look for before and after the Euromaidan Revolution. Most users still search for popular TV shows, however there are clearly increasing trends for queries related to buying military products like bulletproof vests.
Au détour de la déclinaison locale du don’t do evil, on apprend que les quincailleries ukrainiennes ont diversifié leur offre en y incluant dorénavant les armes à feu.
Apart from the restrictions determined by law, Google also has restrictions of its own, some of which are being met with frustration by Ukrainian businesses. The policy of AdSense, an advertising platform, prohibits usage on sites that sell or facilitate the sale of weapons and ammunition. This even applies to local stores that sell knives.
“Knives are weapons. Google has its principles, including the policy regarding weapons. We also don’t allow advertising by tobacco companies,” said Sholomko. “We currently see many Ukrainian stores that used to sell, let’s say, electrical tools, but now are selling firearms. We ban them instantly.”
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Pfizer nears $75m Nigeria settlement | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/203205Le responsable de Pfizer explique aux américains que le #laboratoire_pharmaceutique a engagé des enquêteurs pour tenter de découvrir des « liens de corruption » concernant le procureur général fédéral du #Nigéria (qui poursuit Pfizer) et « fuiter » les révélations dans la presse pour faire pression sur lui.
[Pfizer Country Manager] Liggeri said Pfizer was not happy settling the case, but had come to the conclusion that the $75 million figure was reasonable because the suits had been ongoing for many years costing Pfizer more than $15 million a year in legal and investigative fees. According to Liggeri, Pfizer had hired investigators to uncover corruption links to Federal Attorney General Michael Aondoakaa to expose him and put pressure on him to drop the federal cases. He said Pfizer
Comme pour le cas de Shell, ce qui est assez sidérant (ou pas du tout), c’est qu’une entreprise vienne se vanter auprès de l’ambassade américaine de telles pratiques.
L’article du Guardian sur l’affaire donne des infos sur l’affaire qui concerne Pfizer :
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/09/wikileaks-cables-pfizer-nigeriaWhile many thousands fell ill during the Kano epidemic, Pfizer’s doctors treated 200 children, half with Trovan and half with the best meningitis drug used in the US at the time, ceftriaxone. Five children died on Trovan and six on ceftriaxone, which for the company was a good result. But later it was claimed Pfizer did not have proper consent from parents to use an experimental drug on their children and there were questions over the documentation of the trial. Trovan was licensed for adults in Europe, but later withdrawn because of fears of liver toxicity.
