(PHILADELPHIA)Shares of advertising stocks fell on Monday along with the general market amid news that the $700 billion bailout plan failed to win approval by the House of Representatives.READ MORE

U.S. automakers, the single largest category of advertisers, cut their ad spending 18 percent in the second quarter compared with 2007, continuing to spill Detroit's troubles onto ...READ MORE

(BRUSSELS, Belgium)WPP Group PLC won approval from European regulators Tuesday for its $2 billion hostile takeover of market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC, but the company must sell off t...READ MORE

(NEW YORK)Media stocks fell in morning trading Monday after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy and Wall Street rival Merrill Lynch was taken over by Bank of America, sending global markets...READ MORE

(LONDON)British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC stood defiant against a hostile takeover by WPP Group PLC on Wednesday after its preferred partner GfK AG abandoned its own...READ MORE

(BERLIN)German market research company GfK AG said Wednesday that it has abandoned the idea of making an offer for British rival Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC after concluding that it was unabl...READ MORE

Among the earnings stories for Friday, Aug. 22, from AP Financial News: LONDON (AP)--British services company Rentokil Initial PLC posted an 82 percent drop in first-half profit Fr...READ MORE