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Dyson vacuum cleaners are considered to be cutting edge design technology and their creative marketing skills have seen them move into the large and expanding personal weight reduction sector (with a little help from digital enhancement and an astute advertising agency) as seen in this video.
Dyson Vacuum Cleaners Enter Personal Weight Reduction Market
Season Greetings From John Elliott
John Elliott and his production team would like to wish you all Seasons Greetings and best wishes for the New Year!
Victorian Jaguar Club Celebrates E-Type’s 50th Anniversary (1961-2011)
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Classic Jaguar E-Type’s first release in 1961, the Victorian Jaguar Car Club recently held a special public display of vintage and classic Jaguar cars at Wesley College’s Waverly sports arena.
John Elliott Interviews Michael Feeney, The XLANT Editor In Chief
To end the year on an Elders IXL/Fosters note, John interviews the ex Pommie DJ, Mike Feeney who immigrated to Australia in the 1970s. He was appointed to the Elders Strategy Team in the early 1980s and was sent to Canada within days of his appointment to oversee the Carling O’Keefe brewery acquisition. He also he spent 6 months in New Zealand in 1988 following the New Zealand Forests Products takeover by Elders Resources.
Broo’s Kent Grogan Featured In Australian Financial Review
I was pleased to see Kent Grogan continuing his 100% Australian ownership campaign against the ASX in a combined interview and article by Jason Clout in last weekends Financial Review. If you read the article you would see how tall Kent is when standing against 6 slabs high of Broo.
South African Jack’s Unusual Hand Shanking Style
If you have been to South Africa you will appreciate this short video clip.
John Elliott’s Carlton – Bottega Tasca’s Father And Son, Aldo & Paul
The John Elliott film crew recently interviewed Aldo Tasca and his son Paul who own and operate this popular wine and liquor retail shop in Lygon Street where Aldo’s other son Fabio also works in the business. With the summer period fast approaching, Lygon Street’s BYO restaurants become very popular and Bottega Tasca has a wide range of wines, in both quality and price, to suit your palate and wallet.
John Elliott & Ismail Akinci, CEO Videolink International
The Videolink International Group have been sponsors for my website since we started back in March 2009 and their videoconference business has expanded. Recently I interviewed Ismail Akinci, the CEO of Videolink who provides an overview of their expanding product range and main areas of focus.
John Elliott’s Monday Aussie Congratulations
Given the Aussie’s pathetic Test cricket performance in Hobart today, no sporting items will get a mention this week. Fortunately there is a good mixture of other worthy congratulation nominations.
John Elliott’s Business Life – Episode 13 “Elders BHP Share Raid”
This week John outlines the strategy behind Elders – IXL’s then record breaking share market raid on BHP conducted on April 10 1986 where BHP subsequently invested $1 billion in Elders IXL preference shares as a prelude to Elders- IXL launching their next UK Brewery takeover, Courage.
Paul Hogan and Cockfosters
Back in the late 1980s Paul Hogan was the lead actor in Fosters innovative TV media campaign to promote Fosters in the UK, but also educate the English beer drinkers to drink their beer cold.
This video is a classic. By the way, Cockfosters is a station on the London underground.
Kevin Lindeberg’s View On Recent Canberra Deck Chair Shuffle
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Our regular Queensland cartoonist, Kevin Lindeberg has once again captured the moment when the new House Of Representatives Speaker took the chair.
Many thanks Kevin.
John D.Elliott
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