LONDON (Reuters UK) - Germany's GfK Holdings AG GFKG said on Thursday it wished to clarify that there could be no certainty it would make an offer for market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS. On Wednesday it had emerged that GfK was working on a...
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters UK) - Germany's GfK Holdings AG is working on a cash offer for rival British market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres after Martin Sorrell's WPP tried to muscle in on their original merger plan with a cash and shares bid. WPP...
By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Germany's GfK Holdings AG is working on a cash offer for rival British market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres after Martin Sorrell's WPP tried to muscle in on their original merger plan with a cash and shares...
MUNICH (Reuters UK) - Germany's GfK Holdings GFKG said on Wednesday it wants to make a better offer for Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS than Martin Sorrell's advertising group WPP. "We will and must make a better offer than WPP," a GFK spokesman said. WPP Group, the...
The investment vehicle owned by two scions of the German retail billionaire Herz family is tipped as a financial backer of a possible counter-offer for TNS by Nuremberg-based GfK. GfK's original plans for an all-share nil-premium merger with TNS were dissolved this week following a hostile bid...
ASouthern Cross Healthcare 100p (up 15.75p, 18.69 per cent) Reports of bid interest from private equity. ABellway 434.75p (up 50.75p, 13.22 per cent) Housing sector rally. ATaylor Nelson Sofres 274.5p (up 26.5p, 10.69 per cent) Talk of possible GfK bid to counter WPP,...
The battle for TNS is hotting up: WPP has made a hostile 1.1bn bid for the company; the plans for a TNS-GfK merger have been pulled; and GfK is trying to put together private equity funding for an all-cash offer instead. Before the Takeover Panel's "put up...
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...
Need for Anywhere Technology Driving 10 Percent Annual Growth ARLINGTON, Va. -- Worldwide revenue for consumer electronics CE will grow nearly ten percent this year, hitting the $700 billion mark by 2009, according to new data from the Consumer Electronics Association CEA[R] and the GfK Group. According to...
AUSTIN, Texas -- A consumer information poll today reported that Americans are more likely to talk about their weights, ages, religious views and even their health problems, than they are willing to talk about credit card debt. According to the poll, conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and...
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...
The fight over TNS, the market research group, is to be brought to a head, after The Takeover Panel set a "put up or shut up" deadline for WPP to confirm whether it is to make a third offer for the company by the middle of next week. ...
WPP, the advertising giant, is calling for clarification about the legal role of the Bavarian not-for-profit group with a major shareholding in GfK with regards to the proposed nil-premium merger between the German company and TNS. WPP's two bids for TNS have been rejected by the board...
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...
FRANKFURT AFP — German consumers and bosses share serious worries about the economy but record eurozone inflation will likely prevent policymakers from easing their concerns with interest rate cuts. "German consumers have now really thrown in the towel," UniCredit Markets analyst Andreas Rees said Tuesday after the GfK...
Study Reveals Only 28 Percent of Workers Feel They Will Be Able to Retire Comfortably, Amongst Other Findings NEW YORK, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A new study released by Bankrate, Inc. shows that more and more Americans are concerned about their retirement prospects. The poll, conducted...
FRANKFURT AFP — German consumer confidence has fallen to a 30-month low because climbing energy prices have eaten away at household purchasing power, a study by the GfK research institute showed on Tuesday. The latest barometer of consumer sentiment in Europe's biggest economy slipped to 3.9 points from...
Research reveals that despite the perception of increased bleeding compared with Plavix, a large portion of physicians are likely to prescribe new competing drug prasugrel for ACS patients EAST HANOVER, N.J. -- Awareness and intent-to-prescribe levels are promising among physicians for the Phase III drug prasugrel, for patients...
Leading market researcher leverages Informatica B2B Data Transformation and Informatica Data Quality to diversify its marketing services REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Informatica Corporation , the leading independent provider of data integration software and services, today announced that GfK Retail and Technology, a division of...
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...
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