International Business News - WPP 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 WPP Group PLC, the world's second largest advertising and marketing conglomerate, is shedding assets to satisfy European regulatory requirements in its acquisition of British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081111/wpp-nielsen-swap-assets.htm Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:10:58 EST 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 two units to satisfy antitrust concerns. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/eu-regulators-bless-wpps-bid-to-buy-taylor-nelson.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:23:58 EDT Earlier this month, workers dabbed their eyes with tissue as sheets of paper rolled out of two massive milling machines for the last time. After a century of supplying jobs to this town of 6,300 and neighboring communities, the paper-making factory has stopped production, leaving residents worried about their community's future now that its key business is gone. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/131569-paper-woes.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/sour-economy-hits-paper-mills-small-town-workers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/sour-economy-hits-paper-mills-small-town-workers.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:15:01 EDT Wausau Paper Corp. said Monday it will permanently shut down one of two paper machines at its specialty products mill in Jay, Maine, by the end of the year because of higher costs and difficult market conditions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/wausau-paper-to-cut-capacity-at-maine-facility.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:50:24 EDT Britain's WPP Group PLC, the world's second-largest advertising company, said Friday its first-half profit climbed 14 percent on the back of strong sales in emerging markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/uk-ad-company-wpp-first-half-profit-up-14-percent.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:17:51 EDT WPP Group PLC, the world's second largest advertising company, said Tuesday that its division, Ogilvy Group, named Miles Young as global chief executive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/ogilvy-group-names-miles-young-as-new-ceo.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:26:50 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 First, it was the orders coming into Wausau Paper that dried up. Then it was the jobs. Now, the stream of snowmobilers and ATV riders who stock up at Emerson Outdoor Outfitters en route to New Hampshire's north woods is slowing down, a victim of high fuel prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/mills-closing-drives-nail-in-n-h-towns-coffin.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:57:04 EDT Paper company Wausau Paper Corp. on Thursday said it will make a $15 million capital investment to improve its fiber handling and stock blending systems at a mill in Wisconsin. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/wausau-paper-to-invest-15-million-in-mill-system.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:47:29 EDT Yahoo Inc. said Friday it will team with WPP Group PLC on digital display advertising. Three of WPP Group's divisions, GroupM, 24/7 Real Media and WPP Digital, will work with the Internet search engine pioneer to give their advertising customers more Web options. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/yahoo-teaming-with-wpp-grp-on-digital-advertising.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 07:12:34 EDT