International Business News - TNS http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif 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 potential takeover bid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/gfk-drops-its-takeover-bid-for-taylor-nelson.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:07:53 EDT 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 unable to make a "sufficiently compelling" bid. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/gfk-wont-make-offer-for-tns.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:09:52 EDT German market research company GfK AG stressed Thursday that there was no certainty it would make an all-cash offer for British rival Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC after calling off an agreed merger. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/german-market-research-co-may-not-make-tns-bid.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:32:15 EDT Advertising company WPP Group PLC took its $2.1 billion hostile takeover offer for the British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC to shareholders on Wednesday, prompting Germany's GfK to call off its deal announced in June to combine with TNS. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/wpp-takes-bid-for-taylor-nelson-to-shareholders.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:15:09 EDT Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC, the British market research firm that has agreed to a deal with Germany's GfK AG, rejected a fourth unsolicited preliminary takeover offer from WPP Group PLC on Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/taylor-nelson-rejects-wpps-latest-approach.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:28:04 EDT Britain's Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC and Germany's GfK AG said Tuesday they have agreed to merge, forming the second largest market research company behind AC Nielsen Corp. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/market-researchers-taylor-nelson-and-gfk-to-merge.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:15:49 EDT