Investment Grade Bond Rating: Virgin Islands
Soury Communications worked closely with major money center banks and the Virgin Islands government to promote the financial stability and economic development successes of the territory in helping to secure its first investment grade bond rating from the leading agencies: Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.
J.R.R Tolkien Seeks Fair Share of Rings Royalties
The Lord of the Rings movie and merchandising franchise has garnered over six billion dollars in revenues and enormous profits. J.R.R Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, had sold film rights to his books before his death in 1973 for of 7.5% of gross revenues after expenses. After so called “Hollywood accounting,” the Tolkien estate, which is now a charitable trust, had received virtually nothing from proceeds of the films.
University of Cincinnati Campus Police Involved Shooting
The City of Cincinnati faced civil unrest in the aftermath of the University of Cincinnati police shooting of an unarmed African American man in an off-campus traffic stop. The killing was captured in its entirety on the police officer’s lapel camera. This tragic incident occurred as the nation focused on police and community relations after a number of highly charged incidents resulted in a breakdown in relations between city government and the Black community in the midst of one of the most troubled periods of race relations since the civil rights movement.
Corporate Diversity at General Motors
GM's Minority Dealer Development Program, the auto industry's first and most successful diversity program, was under intense media and company scrutiny. The Reverend Jesse Jackson and other civil rights leaders were paying close attention, and asking the company to take a hard look at the program. General Motors agreed to undergo an independent review by prominent attorney Weldon Latham. The company was concerned about how the results of the internal audit would be released and the public reaction.
