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- Growing Hostility: Are Unsolicited Deals on the Rise?
- The age of unfriendly deals may be upon us. Some the largest and most visible acquisition bids so far this year have been hostile. InBev's play for AnheuserBusch, currently valued at $52 billion, began as a hostile takeover bid. Microsoft's less successful bid for Yahoo! Inc. was also unsolicited. China...
- Research articles 2008-07-21
- Small Fries; In a landscape ruled by supersized agencies, these boutiques are brave (foolhardy?) enough to go it alone.(Statistical Data Included)
- For Mike Lescarbeau, London has nothing on Vadnais Heights, Minn. In his U.K. days he worked at the very cool Leagas Delaney, but then he was just an employee. Now he's got his own ad agency, where he's partner, creative director and-at times-chief cook and bottle ...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- WPP Leaves U.K. for Ireland to Avoid Tax
- When the going gets tough, WPP gets going -- to Ireland. With the British economy in tatters and the government desperate to shore up its tax revenues, Martin Sorrell's WPP Group has fled the country to set up its legal headquarters in the tax haven of Ireland. The company issued...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Advertising Roundup: More agency layoffs; Y&R Wins Round Table; Fiat Picks WPP
- Advertisers gain upper hand in web formats -- As growth in online advertising slows, some Internet companies are easing the restrictions they impose on the categories and formats of advertising they will accept. Web sites have started letting marketers create bigger, more intrusive ads that take up more space on...
- Blog posts 2008-12-29
- Advertising Roundup: Sprite Pitch Narrows; Mediaedge Wins Sony; Layoffs at Omnicom in UK; More ...
- Sprite pitch down to two -- Wieden & Kennedy and Bartle Bogle Hegarty are facing off in a pitch for marketing duties on Coca-Cola's Sprite brand, according to executives close to the matter. [Source: Ad Age] Mediaedge wins Sony LatAm -- WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia has been awarded...
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
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- Grey Names Ingram U.K. CEO.(WPP Group PLC, Tamara Ingram appointed)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK -- Tamara Ingram, president of WPP Group's research consultancy the Kantar Group for the past two years, has been named U.K. Group CEO of WPP's Grey, a new position, the agency said. NEW YORK -- Tamara Ingram, president of WPP Group's research...
- Research articles 2005-05-18
- People.(Annette Nazaroff appointed as director of WPP Group's Kantar Media Research Group)(Nigel Jones and Rupert Howell appointed at Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.)(Alina Kessel appointed as CEO of Grey Worldwide)(Brief Article)
- Annette Nazaroff to exec VP, WPP Group's Kantar Media Research Group, New York, from consumer insights director, Asia/Pacific at WPP's MindShare, Hong Kong, effective Sept. 16. She will be succeeded at MindShare by James Chadwick, previously manager, Annette Nazaroff to exec VP, WPP Group's Kantar Media...
- Research articles 2005-08-29
- Preferably not: WPP. (WPP Group)
- WPP Group PLC head Martin Sorrel's debt restructuring proposals have angered WPP's most powerful shareholders, the holders of convertible preference shares issued in 1989. WPP's failure to make debt payments in Apr and Oct 1991 has allowed these stockholders to gain 78% voting rights under a preference clause.IT SEEMED a...
- Research articles 1992-06-20
- People.(The World)(Jose Antonio Martinez appointed at WPP Group PLC)(Philipp Schindler appointed at Google)(Pierre Woreczek appointed at McDonald's Europe )(Brief Article)
- Jose Antonio Martinez to VP-general manager of WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia Puerto Rico, San Juan, as the media agency opens there. Mr. Martinez was VP-media services at WPP's Y&R Puerto Rico. Jose Antonio Martinez to VP-general manager of WPP Group's Mediaedge:cia Puerto Rico, San Juan,...
- Research articles 2005-07-11
- Stock evaluation rating change for WPP GROUP, ROYAL & SUN ALL, UNILEVER, ROLLS ROYCE, and SMITHS GROUP.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2002-LondonStockPicks.Com: Stock evaluation rating change for WPP GROUP, ROYAL & SUN ALL, UNILEVER, ROLLS ROYCE, and SMITHS GROUP C1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05092002 LondonStockPicks.Com (http://www.londonstockpicks.com) makes the following stock ratings for the short term: ...
- Research articles 2002-05-10
- Ford to sign global ad pact with WPP Group.
- Byline: Jean Halliday Ford Motor Co. will sign a global contract with advertising giant WPP Group for 2004, replacing local agreements with three WPP agency networks that handle major Ford brands worldwide. WPP may get more Ford business across its 130 companies...
- Research articles 2003-07-07
- A matter of survival - UniWorld Group and WPP Group form advertising partnership - Brief Article
- To stay competitive, UniWorld Group forms advertising partnership with WPP Size does matter, especially in the increasingly competitive advertising industry. Recognizing a changing battlefield, New York-based UniWorld Group Inc., the nation's largest African American-owned multicultural advertising firm (No. 1 on this year's BE ADVERTISING AGENCIES list with $230 million...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Conflicted over Tempus; Havas, WPP point at each other's auto biz.(WPP Group PLC and Havas bidding for Tempus Group PLC)(International Pages)(Brief Article)
- In the battle for Tempus Group, rival suitors WPP Group and Havas each claims the other has clients that would pose intractable conflicts. But the suitors' claims could be a Tempus in a teapot: It's not clear any of the purported conflicts is a deal breaker. ...
- Research articles 2001-08-27
- Merger creates auto ad conflicts.(Marketing)(Bates Worldwide is acquired by WPP Group)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Laurel Wentz The acquisition of advertising agency Bates Worldwide by London-based WPP Group - whose largest global client is Ford Motor Co. - creates a host of ad account conflicts involving U.S., European and Asian automakers. The deal was approved...
- Research articles 2003-08-04
- UniWorld Group, Inc. And WPP Group Form Communications Business Partnership
- WPP Group plc WPP, one of the largest communications services companies in the world, recently announced a strategic alliance and an investment representing a 49% stake in UniWorld Group, Inc., the leading African-American and multicultural marketing communications firm. Under the terms of the arrangement, UniWorld will continue to operate...
- Research articles 2000-07-10
- WPP Group plc Commences Cash Tender Offer for 24/7 Real Media Inc. at $11.75 Per Share
- NEW YORK & LONDON -- WPP Group plc (NASDAQGS:WPPGY) (LSE:WPP) ("WPP") is commencing today, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TS Transaction Inc., a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of 24/7 Real Media, Inc. (NASDAQ:TFSM) ("24/7 Real Media") at a price of $11.75 per share. This tender offer follows a...
- Research articles 2007-05-31
- Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) shareholders have rejected a 1bn [pounds sterling] bid from UK advertising giant WPP Group following its hostile bid for the company earlier this month.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)
- Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS shareholders have rejected a 1bn [pounds sterling] bid from UK advertising giant WPP Group following its hostile bid for the company earlier this month. TNS shareholders are demanding a ... Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS shareholders have rejected a 1bn [pounds sterling]...
- Research articles 2008-05-16
- WPP Group plc Plans to Close $11.75 Per Share Offer to Purchase 24/7 Real Media Shares at Midnight June 27, 2007
- NEW YORK & LONDON -- WPP Group plc (NASDAQGS:WPPGY; LSE:WPP; "WPP") announced today that, having received the necessary clearances from regulatory authorities in the United States and Germany relating to the offer, its wholly-owned subsidiary, TS Transaction, Inc., intends to close and purchase all shares of common stock of 24/7...
- Research articles 2007-06-26
- Five questions with WPP's Robyn Putter.(WPP Group USA Inc.)(Interview)
- Byline: Lisa Sanders Robyn Putter, a longtime player in South African advertising circles as well as within Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, is moving into a WPP Group role as worldwide creative chief-the post formerly held by the notorious Neil French, who resigned last October...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- Forbes And Wpp Group Form Custom Publishing Joint Venture
- Forbes Magazine Group New York and WPP Group New York, a communciations services group and parent of such companies as J. Walter Thompson, Ogilvy, MindShare, Research International and Media Edge, have entered into a joint venture to establish a new custom publishing group. The venture will provide custom communications, including...
- Research articles 2001-04-30
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