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The article informs about how Univar Solutions is taking a bold claim in the chemical distribution marketplace by committing to digitalization. Topics include how even for distributors investing heavily in digital, the focus has been on reducing paper and allowing buyers to find product, while the customer experience remained disconnected and incomplete; and how Univar Solutions is focusing on several essential areas of the customer experience.

Johnny Earle grew up with a learning disability and attention problems. Johnny is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Johnny Cupcakes, and on paper, he doesn't seem like someone running one of the most innovative brands in the country. We turned our attention not just to branding but to leadership - the connection between the heart and soul of the person at the helm of a company and the brand experience it created for its customers. That proved wildly successful, eventually taking our agency from the Low Country in South Carolina to Manhattan, from working with local rule-breakers to developing brand strategies and brands for the likes of 20th Century Fox, USA Today, NFL On Location, E&J Gallo Winery, Legendary Digital Networks, and hundreds more. [Extracted from the article]

Information about several papers discussed at the conference titled "Structural and Cyclical Elements in Macroeconomics" held March 16, 2012, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in California, is presented. Topics include cyclical and structural economic changes, stimulatory monetary and fiscal policies, and financial system frictions. The conference featured several economists including Martin Sommer, Jinzu Chen, and Andreas Fuster.

The article focuses on the reflections of Tony Thomas, a former editor, on the successes and twists of the economy in Australia. The paper also emphasizes the contributions made by the journal "Business review Weekend" in publishing the country's business trends. It was stated that bad news are still good news for the media.

Reports that in the past two years a revolution has occurred in Australian fixed-interest markets that has been largely unnoticed by private investors and the full significance of which might not yet be reflected in share prices. How Australian three-year bonds are selling at a lower yield than similar United States paper; Significant change in the semi-government securities market; Comments from Laurence Freedman, who had launched an Australian bond fund in the United States.

The article reports on the performance of C5 petroleum resins in China. The said polymer has numerous uses in the industry, including additives for adhesives, inks, rubber anchoring agents, paper sizing agents and coatings. Due to the expansion of application sector as well as the increase of market demand, it entered a stage of rapid development and encountered an annual growth of 12% in recent years.

The author discusses her views on the trend to emerge as the recession panic appears to have lost its stronghold on the collective consciousness of lawyers. An anti-strategy trend will appear which serves as the freedom to be opportunistic without three sets of position papers and a partner vote. This trend emerges partly because the fear has been taken out of poor financial results. The author also predicts the plight of top firms as well as those less fashionable ones.

The article reports on the prediction of a long-term “super-cycle” which may cause the improvement in Australia’s office markets to last longer compared to previous short-term cycles, according to a study by Jones Lang LaSalle. John Sears, the author of the white paper on the office market in Australia, explained that the office rental cycle averaged 5.5 years since 1987, but there is a longer-term super-cycle of about 30 years.