In an article earlier this summer on PandoDaily, titled Celebrities Will Drive the Next Wave of eCommerce, Jeremy Liew, a seasoned e-commerce investor from Lightspeed Venture Partners, argued that the pervasiveness of social media creates an opportunity to take celebrity endorsement from mere brand association to a direct acquisition mechanism.

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After a few weeks a tripartite mechanism involving the regime, the United Nations and the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the regional block, was established and eased barriers such as the visas aid workers need, and the permits required to import equipment.

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An official at the association told The Wall Street Journal that it held a meeting on reforming the bond-issuance mechanism, but declined to elaborate.

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The event, organized in cooperation with the Macedonian Institute for Media and the Journalists' Association of Macedonia, was attended by approximately 40 representatives of the media, including the Broadcasting Council, the Union of Syndicates, the President of Journalists' Association of Macedonia and the President of the Council of Honour (the only self-regulatory mechanism in the country).

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