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- The Havas-Aegis Deal Worst-Case Scenario
- Everyone is familiar with Havas boss Vincent Bollore's "long love affair" with Aegis. He holds about 30 percent of Aegis and has made five failed attempts to win two seats on the board of Aegis. The Aegis people don't want him on the board because -- obviously -- it's a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
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- Aegis Puts Up Barrier to Havas Takeover Bid; Has Bollore Missed His Chance?
- It's time to ask whether Havas boss Vincent Bollore may have waited too long in his bid to acquire Aegis. If he wanted to snap up the shares cheap, he should have done so back in November when Aegis was trading at around 47.25. That was also the time when...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- Has Havas Boss Bollore Hamstrung Himself on Aegis Deal?
- Another shareholder meeting at Havas went by last week and once again there was no news about the long-awaited merger with Aegis. Since November, when Aegis lost its CEO, observers have been expecting Havas chief Vincent Bollore to pounce on the company. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Aegis Q4: Not Talking to Havas; Deal Price Getting More Expensive; 780 Jobs Cut
- Aegis used its 2008 full year results to send a number of messages yesterday, some more confusing than others. Let's start with the financials: Aegis reported revenues for 2008 were up 21 percent to £1.3 billion; net income was down 4 percent to £89.2 billion (not adjusting...
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- Havas to add a Carat to global business.
- Byline: Neil Shoebridge Dec 04, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian media agency Carat may soon be merged with rival MPG. The merger would probably take...
- Research articles 2005-12-04
- Late News; Havas' de Pouzilhac expected to step down.
- [Paris] Alain de Pouzilhac is expected to resign as chairman-CEO of Havas prior to a June 21 board meeting, ending a months-long battle with the company's largest shareholder, Vincent Bollore. Jean-Marie Dru, president-CEO of Omnicom Group's TBWA Worldwide, is a lead candidate to succeed Mr. de...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- PROGRAMMING GUIDE week of MAY 28; What you missed and won't want to miss. Your map to highlights from the Ad Age Group.(Programming Guide)(Google acquires Feedburner)(Miller Brewing Co. taps Saatchi & Saatchi)(Vincent Bollore fails to get two nominees
- Blog: After disappearing from his bloggy home for months, Bob Garfield is back, asking for your feedback on a book called "Listen." From the Hotel Legoland in Billund, Denmark, where "the future of commerce is being forged," to Ma Blog: After disappearing from his bloggy home...
- Research articles 2007-05-28
- Havas headlines 52-percent profit leap
- PARIS AFP — French advertising group Havas reported a 52-percent leap in net profits for the first half of the year and said it would raise margins and sales further. The group, the sixth-biggest agency in the world, said that net profits were 34 million euros (42.5 million dollars)...
- Research articles 2005-09-08
- Sarkozy takes new love to ancient Egypt for Christmas
- LUXOR, Egypt AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew in to the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile. French billionaire Vincent Bollore provided the plane that brought Sarkozy,...
- Research articles 2007-12-25
- French president Sarkozy and Bruni fly to Red Sea resort
- LUXOR, Egypt AFP — French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new girlfriend Carla Bruni flew out of Egypt's Luxor on Wednesday aboard a tycoon friend's private jet headed for the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. Sarkozy, once more making controversial use of billionaire businessman Vincent Bollore's plane, left...
- Research articles 2007-12-27
- Wasserstein to boost Lazard restructuring.
- Byline: William Wright The appointment last week of Bruce Wasserstein as head of Lazard will accelerate the restructuring of the web of holding companies that protect Lazard's independence, according to sources close to UBS Warburg. It could also accelerate a future...
- Research articles 2001-11-19
- With CEO Out, Wall Street -- and Havas? -- Plot Demise of Aegis
- Aegis CEO Robert Lerwill has left the company. The company's stock soared on the news. Now analysts and investors expect rival network Havas to make a sixth bid for the company. Already, analysts say they expect Aegis to be subsumed. Aegis was suffering from the recent loss...
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Havas-Aegis Deal Starts to Take Shape; GfK Will "Take a Look''
- The deal for the break up of Aegis and its absorption by Havas seems to be shaping up. According to Brand Republic, the Synovate market research unit of Aegis is being prepped for sale. (The bank doing the pimping is Merrill Lynch, according to MRWeb.) The remainder...
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Lazard shareholders to take on Wasserstein.
- Byline: William Wright and External shareholders of Lazard are set to square up to Bruce Wasserstein, chairman, in the next few months over how much their stakes in the bank are worth and who ultimately controls them. The dispute has been sparked by the...
- Research articles 2003-06-29
- Lazard holding companies in [euro]2.4bn merger.
- Byline: David Rothnie Rue Imperiale and Eurazeo, two of Lazard's holding companies, will present a [euro]2.4bn ($3bn) merger proposal next week which will streamline the ownership structure of the investment bank.The merger will give UBS and Vincent Bollore, the activist investor and corporate ...
- Research articles 2004-02-25
- Aegis becomes belle of the ball.
- Aegis's market research arm is attracting significant attention from suitors. Amanda Vermeulen The trouble with being a very successful company in a bear market is that you often become a takeover target - and so it is with Aegis, which last week reported...
- Research articles 2008-03-26
- French billionaire launches $1.5B EV battery play
- France's Bolloré Group (EPA:BOL) unveiled today its $120 million upgrade to a lithium-metal-polymer battery factory in Québec, Canada, that the company took over in 2007. French billionaire and Bolloré Group CEO Vincent Bolloré told the Cleantech Group that the expansion is part of his company's $1.5 billion initiative to have...
- News items 2009-10-28
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