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Market Cap:$1.7B
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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EU mergers and takeovers (Nov 20)
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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 Launches New Version Of BenTrack - Quick Facts
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Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt File Form S-4 as Part of Next Step in Creation...
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Todays Zacks Rank Value Buy: Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc.
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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
News & Analysis
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Despite Publicity, Most U.S. Workers Have Neither Heard of HSAs Nor Understand How They Work, According to a New Survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide
- 2005-12-02
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c28696) has announced the addition of Health Savings Accounts 2005: Market Adopt., Acceptance, Growth & Regulatory Refinements, Live Audio-Conference on CD-ROM to their offering.
Fewer companies plan worker cost-cutting measures.(companies continue to revamp annual bonus and long-term incentive programs, according to Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey)
- 2003-10-20
Corporate America's employee-focused cost-cutting measures to cope with the uncertain economy may have finally run their course. But companies continue to revamp their annual bonus and long-term incentive programs to attract and retain top performers Corporate America's employee-focused cost-cutting measures to cope with the uncertain...
Belt-Tightening. (Employment).(survey of Florida businesses concerns cost-cutting measures )(Illustration)
- 2002-12-01
Belt-Tightening. Employment Holding off on hiring and reducing staff travel were the chief ways Florida companies cut costs in 2002. One-third of CEO respondents did not take any cost-cutting steps in 2002. Q. Which of these steps, if any, did your organization...
Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey shows U.S. employers cutting bonuses
- 2001-12-01
U.S. employers attempting to balance staff reductions are implementing across-the-board cuts in bonuses and pay raises, according to a survey of 110 mid- and large-sized companies by Watson Wyatt Worldwide.
Stock Option "Overhang" And Stock Price Volatility.(Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey)(Brief Article)(Polling Data)
- 2001-03-01
Is stock option "overhang" a boon or a burden to shareholders? A new study by Watson Wyatt Worldwide indicates that firms with high stock option overhang have greater stock price volatility. By contrast, companies whose executives and emplo Is stock option "overhang" a boon or a...
Benefit Satisfaction Lags For Health Plans.(Watson Wyatt Worldwide survey)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- 2000-07-31
Just 12 percent of employee benefit managers responding to a recent survey by Watson Wyatt Worldwide say their organizations get excellent results from their health plans in terms of employee satisfaction. Only 13 percent got excellent outcomes in te Just 12 percent of employee benefit managers...
Tough times seen for D&O liability insurers.(Watson Wyatt Worldwide's 1996 D&O Liability Survey Report on directors' and officers' liability)
- 1997-02-17
There may be tough times ahead for excess and surplus insurers offering directors and officers liability coverage, a recent study warns. "We could be only a few years away from some fairly adverse loss ratios and shrinking profit margins if There...
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