“[Starbrand has also provided added features for The L Word first-season DVD -- a fact that David Bowers, vice-president of marketing for program distribution for Showtime Networks, says dovetailed nicely with his own promotional plans for the show.] It came out of the blue. At the time when I was making the DVD for season one, we were looking for a cost-efficient, unique way to communicate with the fan base, ... Dedicated fans want to know everything about their favourite characters, and this lets them feel closer to them.”
“All the warning signs that had been detected in recent surveys have come to a head. There is now a deep-seated view that core inflation is on the rise and monetary policy should be tightened. This comes at a time when global growth expectations are already softening.”
“The euphoria we saw at the beginning of the year about the world experiencing a synchronized cyclical recovery has disappeared. While it doesn't feel like a recession is around the corner, fund managers are clearly less confident that the recovery can be sustained.”
“Pounding the pavement, standing up long hours at events, the kinds of things you have to do in a campaign ... It's definitely disappointing and frustrating. But we'll live to fight another day.”
