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On this story Social media add value and become ever more mobile McDonald's global footprint remains the envy Apparel sellers add value with store revamps High speed broadband and better service help boost BT Campaigns demand a leap of faithIN Global Brands Nike sees gold in fitness data The power of peer to peer puts the corporate persuaders in their placeMarket manoeuvres National brands can punch above their weightBrand power Diversity is the name of the game

The top 10 brands in the US, continental Europe and the UK grew strongly in value over the past 12 months, while brands from many emerging markets suffered. No brands from India and only one from the African continent made the rankings this year, and there were fewer from China than in 2013.

"We are seeing signs of consumer confidence returning and this has been exploited by strong brands," says Peter Walshe, global director of BrandZ. "These brands got a real wake up call in the recessionary period after 2008. Strong brands have taken on that message and have thought hard about their customers, and how to be relevant to them."

Steve Wilkinson, managing partner of UK and Ireland markets, Ernst Young, says consumer products companies led the way over the past five years. "But we've had a tectonic shift in the last twelve months. We've been reminded of the natural volatility of emerging markets."

Overall, the combined value of the top 100 brands grew 12 per cent from $2.6tn to $2.9tn, beating the average growth rate of 9 per cent a year since the rankings began in 2006. During the recession, the value of the top 100 brands grew 8 per cent a year on average. Only 18 of the top 100 brands lost value this year, compared with an average of 30 each year since 2006 and 38 a year during the recession.

"The Cheap Jerseys 'power' of brands has grown substantially since the recession, that is, more consumers are purchasing solely based on the brand," says Mr Walshe. "There really is something different about this top 100."

Mr Walshe points out that those joining the list for the first time such as Twitter and PayPal have more than two and a half times the 'brand power' of an average company. "Newcomers are really playing the branding game," he says.

"One of the themes is that these brands are becoming part of our lives," says Elspeth Cheung, head of BrandZ valuation at Millward Brown Optimor. "The other big theme is globalisation as western brands are coming back this year."

Despite the new entrants, the names at the top are familiar. Technology companies dominate the top 10, although their order in terms of brand value has shifted.

Google has bounced back as the most valuable global brand, with a brand value of $159bn, up 40 per cent since 2013. Google held the number one slot from 2007 until 2010, but fell to second or third place in the years since 2010.

Apple, in turn, has slipped down to second place. Its brand value of $148bn has fallen by a fifth over the year, while the brand value of the technology sector as a whole has grown by 16 per cent. "Different brands have different strengths," says Ms Cheung. "Google performs particularly highly on being meaningful to consumers."

She argues that the more powerful a brand a company has, the greater a premium it can charge for the same product compared with competitors.

The growing power of social media is demonstrated by the appearance for the first time in the top 100 of Twitter 71st with a brand value of $13.8bn and LinkedIn 78th at $12.4bn. The fastest riser in the top 100 is the Chinese portal Tencent, whose value rose 97 per cent over the year, making it the most valuable Asian and Chinese brand globally. Facebook was the next fastest riser, up 68 per cent.

Overall, just under a fifth of the top 100 brands are in the technology category and with 18 brands valued at $827bn combined account for nearly a third of the total value.

The next most valuable sector is finance, which has many more brands but, at $584bn, less than three quarters of the value.

Brands that have earned consumers' trust score highly in the rankings. Global banks, unsurprisingly, scored particularly badly on this metric, while the three leading logistics businesses UPS, FedEx and DHL boosted by the rise in internet shopping and thus parcel delivery scored particularly well.

Consumers also trust Samsung maker of the popular Galaxy mobile phone to deliver good products at a reasonable price, even if they are not regarded as truly wholesale jerseys original.

The brand which has grown most in value since 2006 is Subway, the US sandwich franchise company, albeit from a low base. Subway's brand Wholesale NFL Jerseys value has risen more than 7,000 per cent over that period, considerably outperforming the next highest growth brands AT and Amazon whose value has grown by less than Cheap NFL Jerseys 1,000 per cent each.

BrandZ has identified some themes common to the ranking's most successful brands. One key determinant of success, it says, is how a company creates or maintains "positive differentiation" of its brand.

One example it cites is BT, up from 94th to 64th in the Wholesale NFL Jerseys rankings and the UK's top riser this year. It offers a "triple play" to UK consumers which includes televised sports.

Amazon, Mr Walshe says, has "insinuated" its brand into more and more aspects of consumers' lives. It has taken a place in the top 10 for the first time this year, with a brand value estimated at $64.3bn.

Other companies, BrandZ says, have achieved success through careful long term nurturing of their brand. Visa's brand, for example, is worth more than those of MasterCard and American Express combined.

This year also saw a good performance by Microsoft, which benefited from consumers' perception that the company's aim is not solely the pursuit of profit.

The work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation contributed to the value of the company's brand.

BrandZ uses a mixture of financial information and consumer surveys to come up with its rankings for the top 100 most valuable global brands.

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About a dozen recent former players are trying to ease the transition of the new Michigan football coach, whomever he may be, by showing there is a support network in place.(Photo: Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press file photo)

About a dozen recent former players hope to ease the transition of the new Michigan football coach, whomever he may be, by showing there is a support network in place.

These players they come from the end of Lloyd Carr's tenure, Rich Rodriguez's three year tenure and Brady Hoke's four year tenure drafted a letter of support. It's intended to show that there's unity even with those who played under different coaches.

Former defensive lineman Ryan Van Bergen shared the letter with the Free Press, and teammates Steve Watson, Mark Hugye and Will Heininger were Wes Horton Panthers Jersey actively involved. They want the letter to represent the group sentiment and not an individual.

In a modern twist, the players will endorse the letter by sharing through their social media networks. That process is expected to start this afternoon.

The letter, shared with the Free Press:

To Michigan Supporters The Team

December 5, 2014

First, we would like to formally thank Coach Brady Hoke and his staff. Regardless of win percentage, Brady Hoke was an incredible mentor and strong positive influence in all of our lives. He, along with his staff, had a very genuine love and passion for the University of Michigan and the players he recruited. We wish you and your families all of our best.

As the search for a new head coach continues, it is important that we support the current members of the University of Michigan football team. We also support the individuals tasked with making the decision of hiring our new head coach. We have no doubt that the upcoming decision Thomas DeCoud Jersey will represent the best interest of the University of Michigan and its rich football tradition. We write this letter to publicly support Michigan interim athletic director James P. Hackett and University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel and believe their current effort will lead to the right hire.

As former members of the team, we believe it is Jerricho Cotchery Jersey our place to lead by example and publicly commit to the current players and to the new coach. We have a first hand perspective of coaching transitions and how they can affect a program. We were present for the first year under Rich Rodriguez (2008, 3 9), as well as Brady Hoke's first year (2011, 11 2).

There is no denying the skepticism surrounding the Rich Rodriguez hire. Many at the time considered this to be a poor decision. Coach Rodriguez was not familiar with the Big Ten conference, and was introducing a very different system. Fans and players struggled to initially accept Coach Rodriguez, and this doubt spread among the players. This caused many veteran players to transfer, which drove a wedge between players and coaches, resulting in the poor 2008 season. A poor season lead to more scrutiny, which was difficult to overcome and ultimately lead to the firing of Rodriguez.

When Coach Hoke was hired, he was recognized as a "Michigan Man". Our fans and alumni provided a very warm welcome and there was an optimistic outlook toward the future of Michigan football. The positive outlook rubbed off on us players. We were able to come together and prevent the mistakes made during the previous transition. We were able Authentic Jerricho Cotchery Jersey to fully commit to this new coach and staff, which Authentic Thomas DeCoud Jersey made us that much stronger during the season. We saw the commitment of former players and the re commitment of fans which allowed us to have whole hearted belief in our coaches. This provided the environment for our team to be successful. We were able to win every home game that year, as well as win the 2012 Sugar Bowl.

Our purpose of collectively writing this letter is to encourage the same welcoming and positive atmosphere Thomas DeCoud Panthers Jersey that was afforded to Coach Hoke in 2011. If the new hire is looked at with skepticism similar to Rich Rodriguez, we can be sure that we will see similar results. We believe in the new head coach and offer our Wes Horton Jersey long term support during his career. We believe in the current players and the recruits. They have the ability to be successful and for continued success. Before they can have success, they need our confidence and our support. So Authentic Wes Horton Jersey most importantly, we want to provide a statement of confidence to the players and belief in the new coach.

We, the former players, believe you can be successful. Michigan is, and will Jerricho Cotchery Panthers Jersey continue to be, one of the most prestigious academic and athletic universities in the entire world. We encourage other former players and fans to share this message, along with anything they want to contribute to help promote a positive outlook toward the future of our program.

Tensions are high in the Motor City, with good reason. At this point, the only chance General Motors and Chrysler have of avoiding bankruptcy is for President Bush to tap the remaining $15 billion from the first half of the $700 billion TARP fund. Unfortunately, the stress of the situation has gotten the better of some folks in SE Michigan. Four vehicles with foreign nameplates were vandalized recently at a Woodhaven, Michigan strip mall, just a stone's throw away from a Ford stamping plant. Each of the vehicles had two slashed tires and the phrase "Buy American" written on them. Surveillance video caught one middle aged gentleman as he got out of a red Ford Escape to slash one of the car's tires and write something on it. Police say, however, they have no evidence that links Ford employees from the stamping plant to these acts of vandalism. We hope that remains the case, as headlines of organized labor attacking innocent Hondas and Toyotas is the last thing the Detroit 3 needs as it awaits the cash filled hands of our lame duck president.

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Nobody is gonna buy a malibu for 40k USdollar in korea.

Thats another reason why GM Daewoo(mostly GM rebadge made in korea) makes so much sense , that has very good portion of market share in korea.

Simply put, thats what most goverment does to protect their own industry.

However, KOREA US FTA is going on as we speak, where it suppose to ease tax on American made goods including cars to korea.

That would most likely balance the US trade deficit with korea in auto sector.

As for japan, they are no different than korean.

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Send these foriegn car companies back where they came from before it's too late I propose a 1000 % tarriff on ALL foriegn products coming into the US!

Americans PLEASE UNITE! DIVIDED,,, WE FALL!

BOSTON TEA PARTY? Bet your booty! We need one!

TARRIFFS? I haven't heard that word mentioned on the news for quite some time now. A East Indian truck line operating on American soil? You'd better believe it!

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I never did understand the obsession with making decisions on which car to buy based on geography. but then again I'm from a little island where every car is an import, so I never learned how to obsess over that stuff. lol. Even so, just like everything else I buy: computers, electronics, clothes, food, shoes, you name it. I buy whichever car is the best for Jordan Matthews Eagles Jersey the money, and every now and then I just buy whichever one I like and not care too much about the other guy's extra mpgs, G's Kiko Alonso Eagles Jersey on the Evan Mathis Eagles Jersey skid pad or few tenths/mph quicker/faster in the quarter mile.

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I was the old hillbilly looking guy who hopped out of the Ram just south of the Trinity Mills exit and limped away from the truck.

If you were one Thomas Davis Panthers Jersey of the two or three motorists who honked at me, offering what looked to be obscene gestures, I will try next time to stage my vehicle fires in a more convenient location.

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And it's probably wise to respect that.

More plastic under the hood

Open the hood of your late model car or truck, and you'll see a half acre of plastic actual engine pieces like valve covers, caps and containers for various liquids.

Thirty years ago, most of the pieces under the hood were metal and resistant to fire.

New vehicles are also equipped with high pressure fuel pumps and systems designed to make their fuel injection equipment more efficient. March 20, sailing sublimely along at about 70 mph in the right, northbound lane of the tollway.

It was about 68 and sunny, and the sunroof was open.

Up to that point, the Ram I was test driving had been flawless very serious competition for anything built by Ford or Chevy.

As I approached the Trinity Mills exit, I caught a whiff of gasoline but didn't pay it much mind. My sense of Thomas Davis Jersey smell is extremely poor, and I assumed it came from an old Chevy pickup in front of me.

Within seconds, though, the Ram began to lose power and speed, dropping quickly to 50, 35 and then to 20 mph.

I headed for the exit, figuring I had some sort of bizarre computer problem and just needed to turn the engine off and reboot everything.

About halfway onto the ramp, I ran out of steam, stopped and turned on the emergency flashers still oblivious to any potential danger.

As I unbuckled my seat belt, I noticed a gray Ford Explorer a lane over with a young woman gesturing at me from the passenger seat.

Stephanie Swindell, 24, an oncology nurse from Carrollton, was trying to tell me that the Ram was on fire a fact I discovered as soon as I opened the door and saw flames snaking out of the Cheap Jerseys left front wheel well.

Her fianc, Daniel Fleming, was driving and had realized long before I did that my problems were much more serious than a malfunctioning computer.

"I was in the middle lane probably 100 yards behind you, and I saw cars quickly trying Authentic Thomas Davis Jersey to get around you, like they wanted to get away from you," said Fleming, also 24 and a corporate marketing manager for the Frisco RoughRiders. "I could see flames literally dripping off the truck. They came all the way out the back and seemed to grow and retract, like you were pushing on the gas or something."

When I stepped out of the Ram Wholesale Jerseys admittedly a little dazed Daniel and Stephanie had already stopped ahead of me on the exit ramp and urged me to beat feet.

That was a bit of a challenge. I had foot surgery in mid March and was wearing a heavy, knee high boot. But I had no problem beating feet.