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Watson Wyatt Worldwide

(WW) is in the Business Services Industry

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

Contact Information

901 N Glebe Rd

Arlington, Virginia 22203

www.watsonwyatt...

(703) 258-8000

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Human Resources Consulting Services: 541612

Company News

Recent Events

EU mergers and takeovers (Nov 30)

11/30/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin detail merger background

11/12/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Cisco Net Falls 18%; Time Warner Sales Up

11/05/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Q1 Net Profit Down, Adj. EPS Beats Estimates; Guides Q1 Below Estimates; Backs...

11/05/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Watson Wyatt Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for First Quarter Fiscal 2010

10/15/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Launches New Version Of BenTrack - Quick Facts

9/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Watson Wyatt Earnings Fall, but Beat Expectations

8/13/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
IDA seeks to keep Towers Perrin in county

7/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Business in the Burbs: Towers Perrin gets IDA offer to stay in Westchester

7/16/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt to Combine, Form 'Towers Watson'

7/06/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to Merge

6/30/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Concerns Brew About Integration of Watson Wyatt, Towers Perrin

6/29/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
REFILE-Bank of America promotes two M&A bankers

7/06/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
UPDATE 1-US consultants Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt to merge

6/28/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

software and watson wyatt worldwide - All News and Analysis

Federal Policy Options to Support a System of Employment-Based Health Insurance

BNET - 2004-04-12

The majority of Americans obtain their health insurance through an employment-based system, with decision-making about the purchase and delivery of health care shared among the consumer, the health care provider and the employer-sponsored plan. This paper explores the barriers of the individual health insurance market and concludes that it does...

Tags: Health Insurance, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Health Care, Benefits, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Payroll Solutions, Insurance, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance
The Future of Retiree Health Benefits in Higher Education in the United States

BNET - 2004-03-15

Employer provision of health insurance for retirees arose somewhat accidentally several decades ago when many employers did not understand the nature of the commitment they were making. Over the decades, all employer-sponsored health benefits have been subject to high rates of cost inflation. That phenomenon in combination with the common...

Tags: Education, Health Benefit, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Health Care, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software
Intranet Nirvana: Keeping Employees Focused and Productive

BNET - 2002-06-11

The presentation is on Intranet. Using web technology to improve workforce effectiveness and productivity while optimizing B2E and E2E relationships. This presentation discusses few key approaches of web such as: Improve ROI by reigning in multiple, disparate employee-facing web initiatives, Redundant content management efforts, Overlapping license, software and hardware maintenance...

Tags: Web, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Intranet, Workforce, Payroll Solutions, Web Technology, Channel Management, Content Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software