Willow Duttge

Financial institutions have faltered and collapsed, but for their upbeat ad campaigns, irony springs eternal.

Dov Charney's cooler-than-thou clothing chain is scoring big with bargain-basement ads all over MySpace and Facebook.

Got problems? These masters of message will make them disappear.

Shelly Lazarus, longtime C.E.O. of ad giant Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, explains the firm's recent management shuffle, its attempts to land new accounts, and what comes next.