British boot maker apologizes for dead rock icon ads
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Footwear maker Dr. Martens apologized  on Friday for any offense caused by ads showing four dead rock  icons wearing its boots in heaven -- and fired its advertising  agency, which, in turn, dismissed an employee it found at  fault.
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Microsoft has been rapped over the knuckles over an anti-Lunix advertising campaign. The Advertising Standards Association in the UK has ruled that the ad makes &quot;misleading&quot; claims, and has told the company change the copy on the advertisement forthwith.
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Testy bargain-hunter unable to find specified tat eBay has been rapped over the knuckles by the UK advertising industry regulator for a misleading web ad.â¦
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China has kicked up a stink over a Nike  footwear advertisement in which U.S. basketball star LeBron  James takes on and subdues a series of traditional Chinese  characters ranging from a cartoon kung fu master to a couple of  dragons.
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And 'the worst kind of a**holes' to boot FoTW Last Friday we ran a revealing piece on the unfortunate tale of an old timer in Dorset who fell down a manhole and whose cries for help were duly ignored by his fellow Brits.â¦
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Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ has sent letters of apology to those who contacted the company over its use of the wreckage of the World Trade Center in a recent ad for its MusiQ line of MP3 players, and pulled the ad.
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China has kicked up a stink over a Nike footwear advertisement in which US basketball star LeBron James takes on and subdues a series of traditional Chinese characters ranging from a cartoon kung fu master to a couple of dragons.
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British drugs wholesaler and retailer  Alliance Boots Plc  said on Monday it had rejected an  approach worth 9.7 billion pounds ($18.8 billion) from private  equity firm Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts .
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Leather may be one of the oldest artists' mediums in the world, but Timberland, the Stratham, N.H., boot and apparel maker, this week is bringing it out in new form.
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Memorabilia rock ad un asta benefica a Londra
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LONDON: Former England coach Clive Woodward has apologised for his stinging comments about owners, directors and coaches at some English clubs.
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Newly-merged Alliance Boots confirms it has received a potential takeover approach from an unnamed bidder.
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Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has demanded an apology from two Swedish tabloids that gave the band&#39;s August 3 concert in Gothenburg bad reviews, media reported on Wednesday.
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Britain's broadcasting watchdog criticized the BBC Monday after ageing rock wildman Iggy Pop used the expression "Paki shop" on live television.
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Cadbury apologises after recalling thousands of chocolate bars which lacked nut allergy warning labels.
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Hoping to build on the success of a shoe that generated big sales but also ridiculed when it was introduced 15 years ago, Reebok Inc.
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Britain's annual salute to music of black origin, the Mobo awards, is to unfold under a cloud of controversy after two reggae stars got the axe for failing to say sorry for gay-bashing lyrics.