The New Oxford American Dictionary recently chose its word of the year. And what new word summed up the final year of this nameless decade? Unfriend. Fitting, no? The competition was stiff as the short list included a number of beloved words from technology and economics, such as ‘hashtag’, ‘intexticated’, ‘freemium’, and (a personal favorite) ‘zombie bank’.

So what about the word of the decade? Well, the Global Language Monitor (which, incidentally, now has the number of English words past the 1,000,000 mark) says the term ‘global warming’ was the most popular word of the decade. Apparently, ‘climate change’ was the ‘Top Phrase of the Decade’, which strikes me as odd since ‘global warming’ is also a phrase. But whatever. It’s all about the truthiness.

A rather special bond connects Eye for Image, New Zealand and Copenhagen. So I was interested to read that included among New Zealanders’ top travel loves and loathes is Copenhagen Airport. As the only specific airport mentioned in the list, which was released by the New Zealand travel agency House of Travel, this level of awareness on the other side of the world is quite something. Add to that the fact that you don’t need to tip in Denmark (which, apparently, New Zealanders love), Copenhagen Airport really is a winner. As long as the beaches, hotels and humid weather don’t ruin the experience, Denmark could be marketed as an attractive holiday destination to New Zealanders!

Long-time Eye for Image customer FLSmidth has been named best Large Cap company in the Nordic region in terms of investor communications. FLSmidth got the award from the IR Nordic Markets 2009 study, based on research carried out by the analytics institute REGI Research Strategi.

FLSmidth beat off some tough competition to claim the award. More than 150 Nordic companies were considered for the awards. And each company was judged on 21 investor relations-related criteria, including daily IR communication and reports.

Congratulations to FLSmidth from all of us at Eye for Image.

You can read more about the awards on the Dansk Kommunikationsforening website.