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Today’s top brands—like Papa John’s, Oakley, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Moneysupermarket.com, Microsoft, and Nike-partner with ExactTarget to deliver industry-best mobile marketing campaigns. Our mobile marketing solutions connect businesses with on-the-go consumers in 80 countries around the world. In addition to being active in the CTIA and Mobile World Congress, and sponsoring the Mobile Insider Summit and International CES, we’re honored to be the first North America Premier Member of the Mobile Marketing Association.

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For more than a decade, ExactTarget’s core offerings have included a powerful, award-winning multi-channel marketing platform that supports clients big and small. Our 12+ years of innovation have resulted in the industry’s most comprehensive and secure cross-channel digital marketing platform and the foundation of the ExactTarget Marketing Cloud. And we’re proud to be one of the only cross-channel marketing providers to be awarded the ISO 27001 Certification—the most stringent certification for information security

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The markets seemed pleased with a decreased likelihood of US military action against Syria in the short term. We don’t have any special insight into the future in Syria, but we are skeptical that a Russian diplomatic offer will provide final resolution. Expect Syria to stay in the news through the fall.

This was the second consecutive week global equity markets rose with international stocks leading the way. One or two weeks don’t make a trend, but the pattern is worth watching. Many in the US have abandoned international developed and emerging market stocks due to poor performance this spring and summer. For those who currently lack global diversification, it may be time to reconsider.At $49 billion, the Verizon debt sale was a massive one. Despite paying slightly higher rates