|  NEW YORK, US: Global ad spend increased 12.8%* in the first six months of 2010 when compared with the same period in 2009 and totalled 238 billion USD - driven by booming emerging markets and a return to double-digit ad spending in automotive, durables, fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), financial services, and telecommunications. 12 Oct 2010 10:42 The annual Design Indaba conference has kicked off at the Cape Town International Convention Centre this morning, Wednesday, 24 February 2010, and you can follow some of the action through the Bizcommunity.com twitterfall - or twitterwall - right here on Bizcommunity at www.bizcommunity.com/designindabatwitter.html or through the Design Indaba site at www.designindaba.com/juitter. Also follow Biz journalist Herman Manson on Twitter at @marklives and Biz contributor Terry Levin at @terrylevin. 24 Feb 2010 09:39 | |