Turkey Trims Ballard Partners' Fees
Wed, Jun. 20, 2018
By Kevin McCauley
Turkey slices monthly fees paid to Trump-connected Ballard Partners nearly 50 percent to $62,500.
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Turkey slices monthly fees paid to Trump-connected Ballard Partners nearly 50 percent to $62,500.
Qatar gives New York-based Lexington Strategies $1.5M to build support in the US and Qatar for its hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
Bahrain has signed BGR Government Affairs to a two-year strategic communications contract worth $1.6M. (5 reader comments)
Former Minnesota Republican Senator Norm Coleman represents ZTE Corp, which scored a major victory today as the US Commerce Dept. announced a deal to lift sanctions imposed on it.
Qatar, which has faced an economic blockade for the past year, signs $1.2M pact with Blueprint Advisors, a firm that has close ties with president Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani. (4 reader comments)
Hill+Knowlton Strategies has signed up for a two-month project with Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority, the Kingdom's market regulator. (1 reader comment)
Mercury Public Affairs has a $75K monthly retainer account to represent ZTE Corp, the Chinese smartphone company sanctioned by the Trump Administration for selling gear to Iran. Senators call ZTE a threat to national security. (4 reader comments)
Lobbying firm Sorini, Samet & Associates has been hired by a Manila-based trade association to advocate on behalf of a potential bilateral free trade agreement between the US and the Philippines.
Brunswick Group is working with Abu Dhabi, which is the richest part and capital of the United Arab Emirates, to better position it on the world's stage. (3 reader comments)
Mercury Public Affairs is providing strategic media relations, influencer engagement, issues/crisis management, digital services to the Embassy of Turkey under an eight-month contract worth nearly $900K. (1 reader comment)
APCO Worldwide has named Prashanth Rajan, a State Dept. veteran who served in India and Pakistan, as director in its public affairs practice.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld will represent Oman as the Arabian Peninsula country seeks an exemption from President Trump’s contentious steel tariffs.
BGR Government Affairs has inked a $35K monthly pact to represent war-torn Somalia before the Trump Administration, Congress, media and policy community.
Clare Parsons has been named the newest global chairman of PROI Worldwide. (1 reader comment)
The Embassy of Morocco has hired ThirdCircle to a $480K one-year pact to promote film production in the Kingdom.
Qatar has hired Donald Trump-connected Ballard Partners for a $2.1M one-year outreach program in Washington and Florida, the site of the president’s winter White House.
APCO Worldwide represents Saudi Arabia as it seeks meetings with officials from US museums, arts, cultural and civic groups. (1 reader comment)
Taiwan hires Potomac International Partners to push for a free trade agreement with the U.S. and for a more muscular strategic to counter 'water/air/lab grabs' by China.
BerlinRosen has picked up a $250K contract to provide media relations and strategic communications services to the exiled Cambodian National Rescue Movement.
APCO Worldwide updates its engagement with Egypt to show fixed fee of $333K for social, website, digital outreach.
FleishmanHillard is helping Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science & Technology learn how Boston developed its education/technology ecosystem. (1 reader comment)
Avenue Strategies Global is representing Yulia Tymoshenko, the former prime minister of Ukraine.
APCO Worldwide has scooped up Saudi Arabia's National Center for Performance Measurement, which evaluates the efficiencies of public agencies. (1 reader comment)
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