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Taylor Nelson Sees Higher Revenue in First 5 Months

LONDON (Reuters UK) - Market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS said underlying revenue growth was around 6 percent in the first five months and it expects to see similar growth for the year as a whole. "Trading continues to be strong for TNS, with actual...

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News items 2008-06-25

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Utah Men's State Amateur

Soldier Hollow State Park golf course, Midway, Utah First-round matches Nick Nelson def. Jason Hargett 4 and 2 Steve Poulson def. Patrick Fishburn 19 holes Nathan Page def. Steve...

Articles 2008-07-12

Market research group GfK 'may bid' for TNS

LONDON AFP — German market research group Gfk said Wednesday that it was mulling a takeover bid for British peer Taylor Nelson Sofres after the pair ended their plans to merge. Gfk and TNS announced they were scrapping their planned tie-up, in a statement issued Wednesday a few...

Articles 2008-07-09

Main movers

AITV 42.6p (up 1.5p, 3.6 per cent) Shrugs off bearish ABN Amro note to build on previous day's rally. AWM Morrison 254.5p (up 7p, 2.83 per cent) Supermarket sweeps up with backing from Shore Capital. ARio Tinto 5,600p (up 140p, 2.56 per cent) Rumours...

Articles 2008-07-05

Miss Texas Organization Announces Preliminary Competition Winners

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Miss Texas Organization today announced the winners of the preliminary competitions for the Miss Texas Scholarship Pageant and Miss Teen Texas Pageant. The preliminary competitions were held on July 1, 2 and 3 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center Theater...

Articles 2008-07-04

Taylor Nelson Sofres - Update on the Proposed Merger With GfK

LONDON, July 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the light of the recent 260p per share approach and claims made by WPP, David Lowden, Chief Executive of TNS, gives a short video interview on the proposed merger with GfK. This programming is not for release, publication or distribution in...

Articles 2008-07-04

German authorities will vote against merging TNS and Gfk

A proposed merger of the market research companies Taylor Nelson Sofres and GfK of Germany could be threatened by political opposition to the deal, it emerged yesterday. Several German local authorities, which own stakes in GfK through an unusual shareholder structure, have said they will vote against the deal at...

Articles 2008-06-27

Karl J. Nelson, partner in Saul Ewing's Baltimore office, dies at 44

Karl J. Nelson, a 44-year-old partner in Saul Ewing LLP's Baltimore office, died of cancer Tuesday. Nelson's death marks the third loss for the office this year. In January, Nelson's assistant, Susan McGuire, suffered a fatal heart attack at work. In April, another 44-year-old lawyer, Robert A....

Articles 2008-06-26

TNS agrees to open its books to WPP

Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS has finally agreed to open its books to WPP Group, which is attempting to gatecrash the market research company's agreed merger with Germany's GfK, despite its board already having rejected two proposed bids from the advertising powerhouse. TNS announced yesterday that it would...

Articles 2008-06-10

Prep sports

Region 4 Baseball MVP - Daniel Sechrest, Lone Peak First team Adam Kelsch, Lone Peak; Kade Andrus, Lone Peak; Dillon Robinson, Lone Peak; Matt Williams, Lone Peak; Brennan Holmstead, Lone Peak; Brock Duke, Spanish Fork; Tyler Hanks, Spanish Fork;...

Articles 2008-06-09

THE ANCOR MAN HE HE'S BEEN BRANDED A RIGHT ROYAL SYCOPHANT OVER HIS

WHEN earlier this year it was announced Sir Trevor McDonald had been wooed from retirement to relaunch the News At Ten, the reaction could hardly have been more jubilant had a Brit won Wimbledon. Everything, it seemed, was not lost. Civilisation was not, after all, going to hell in a...

Articles 2008-06-08

High school baseball: All-State honorable mention

CLASS 5A RIVERTON: Nate Slaymaker, Alex Newman, Tanner Banks; ALTA: Parker Webster, Kavin Keyes; TIMPANOGOS: Mitch Foster, Grant Jimenez, Christian Stewart; LONE PEAK: Dillon Robinson, Kade Andrus; SPANISH FORK: Gentry Mitchell, Damon Ward, Adam Duke; DAVIS: Mitch Manning, Colby Berg; Brighton, Joey Enser, Creed Mangrum, Kody...

Articles 2008-06-05

Taylor Nelson Sofres and GfK agree on Pounds 2bn merger of equals

Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS, the market research group, and Germany's GfK have agreed the details of a merger of equals to create a 2bn behemoth that would be the second largest company in the sector. But WPP, the global advertising giant, still has the option of tabling...

Articles 2008-06-04

GfK - TNS: a Merger of Equals - Live Presentation

LONDON, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A live video presentation to analysts and investors will take place today (03.06.08) at 09:00BST (10:00 German time) outlining the proposed merger between the market research companies GfK and Taylor Nelson Sofres. The event at http://www.gfktns-merger.com/ will be hosted by Hajo Riesenbeck,...

Articles 2008-06-03

High school sports All-Region

BASEBALL Region 6 MVP Ryan Thomas, Cottonwood First Team Cottonwood -- Steve Rogers, Austin Wadsworth, Eric Doi, Desmond Paulson, Nelson Tait. Cyprus -- Cody Butler, Austin Shakespear, Austin Pollock, Taylor Jones, RJ...

Articles 2008-06-03

Guggenheim fellows for 2008

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation recently awarded its fellowships, totaling $8.2 million, to 190 artists, scientists and scholars in the U.S. and Canada. Artist recipients are: Shimon Attie, Erika Blumenfeld, Robert Feintuch, Joe Fyfe, Phoebe Gloeckner, Sue Hettmansperger, Sedrick Ervin Huckaby, James Hyde, Martin Kersels, Simon Leung, Pam Lins,...

Articles 2008-06-01

Quotes about David Archuleta from the Energy Solutions Arena on

Quotes about David Archuleta from the Energy Solutions Arena on Wednesday night: Twelve million?!! Skippy Jessop 30 a fan I feel bad for him. I couldn't believe it. Ryan Mayfield Taylorsville ...

Articles 2008-05-22

Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) shareholders have rejected a 1bn [pounds sterling] bid from UK advertising giant WPP Group following its hostile bid for the company earlier this month.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)

Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS shareholders have rejected a 1bn [pounds sterling] bid from UK advertising giant WPP Group following its hostile bid for the company earlier this month. TNS shareholders are demanding a "substantial" improvement on WPP's 950m [pounds sterling] offer. The holding group, which comprises...

Articles 2008-05-16

Taylor Nelson Sofres rejects WPP's revised Pounds 996m proposal

Business News IN BRIEF *The market research giant Taylor Nelson Sofres yesterday snubbed a revised 996m takeover proposal from Sir Martin Sorrell's global advertising group WPP. TNS, which is in rival merger talks with the German information services group GfK, said its board had "unanimously" rejected a...

Articles 2008-05-14

Sorrell urges TNS investors to back takeover offer from WPP

Business News IN BRIEF *The advertising giant WPP urged Taylor Nelson Sofres to start talks over a possible offer yesterday. The news sent shares in the market research group up 25 per cent to 240.5p amid hopes that WPP could table a higher offer. On Sunday, TNS...

Articles 2008-05-07