BNET Industries
Market Cap:$1.9B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.7B
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Watson Wyatt simplifies the messy world of human resources. Founded in 1878 as actuarial firm R Watson & Sons, and headquartered in Arlington, VA, Watson Wyatt Worldwide (NYSE: WW) provides consulting on human resources issues. The company offers solutions in three groups: Benefits, Technology Solutions, and Human Capital. It has exertise in retirement plans, benefits services, employee management, compensation, disability, and HR procedure streamlining. It operates from over 90 offices in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The company has annual revenue of about 737.42 million and employs about 3,875 people. In August 2005 Watson Wyatt & Company acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of European-based Watson Wyatt LLP. In January 2006 it changed its name to Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
Number of Employees 6,235
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Human Resources Consulting Services: 541612
Recent Events
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Watson Wyatt Worldwide Announces Regular Quarterly Dividend
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EU mergers and takeovers (Nov 30)
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Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin detail merger background
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Cisco Net Falls 18%; Time Warner Sales Up
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Watson Wyatt Q1 Net Profit Down, Adj. EPS Beats Estimates; Guides Q1 Below Estimates; Backs...
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Watson Wyatt Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for First Quarter Fiscal 2010
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Watson Wyatt Earnings Fall, but Beat Expectations
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IDA seeks to keep Towers Perrin in county
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Business in the Burbs: Towers Perrin gets IDA offer to stay in Westchester
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Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt to Combine, Form 'Towers Watson'
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Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to Merge
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Concerns Brew About Integration of Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin
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REFILE-Bank of America promotes two M&A bankers
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UPDATE 1-US consultants Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to merge
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Are There Alternatives to the Traditional Option Plan?
BNET
- 2004-11-01
The introduction of the new accounting standard IFRS 2 by the International Accounting Standards Board and the intention to revise FAS 123 in the United States is likely to create a new investor focus on the efficiency of executives' share-based reward. This report seeks to explore whether the traditional share...
The Impact of Human Capital Management on Shareholder Value
BNET
- 2004-02-20
Two years ago Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global consulting firm, released its Human Capital Index or HCI. The study, the first one that ever demonstrated the link between superior human resource practices and the creation of shareholder value, surveyed 405 public companies in North America. It identified thirty practices that...
Stock Option Overhang- Shareholder Boon Or Shareholder Burden?
BNET
- 2001-11-13
Stock options are instruments through which individuals are granted stake in an organization. In stock option, the stockholder is given the right to buy or sell the stock, at a specified price, by a specific date. Sometimes, situation arises when a block of securities become large enough to put downward...
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