International Business News - WPPGY 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 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. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/sector-snap-ad-stocks-fall-along-with-market.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:37:41 EDT 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 Madison Avenue, industry figures released Wednesday show. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/automakers-ad-spending-falls-for-12th-quarter.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:29:05 EDT 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 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 into a slump. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080915/sector-snap-media-stocks-fall-with-broader-market.htm Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:50:30 EDT 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 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 Friday, and said it could take as long as five years to recover to its target levels of profitability. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/earnings-roundup-rentokil-wpp.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:53:57 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 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 Shares of major Internet companies traded mostly lower Friday, with eBay Inc. dipping after an analyst said that a recent survey indicates the online auctioneer's conversion rates, or listings that result in sales, are down again. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080516/sector-snap-major-internet-stocks-mostly-decline.htm Fri, 16 May 2008 13:47:02 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 The collapse of Microsoft Corp.'s pursuit of Yahoo Inc. is leaving advertisers pining for other ways to reach mass audiences on the Web and to counteract Google Inc.'s dominance of the online ad market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/collapse-yahoo-talks-leaves-advertisers-with-less-leverage.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 15:59:37 EDT Digital marketing company 24/7 Real Media Inc., a division of WPP Group PLC, said Monday it will team with four publishers in a business-to-business online advertising network. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/24-7-real-media-to-team-with-publishers-for-ad-network.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:11:03 EDT The top executive at Microsoft Corp.'s MSN media network is leaving for Los Angeles advertising startup Spot Runner, the software maker said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080313/msn-chief-leaves-microsoft.htm Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:43:50 EDT Shares of media companies traded modestly higher Tuesday on relatively upbeat ad spending comments at the Bear Stearns Media Conference and a boost from the broader market. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080311/sector-snap-media-companies-move-higher.htm Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:12:20 EDT For most of us, Super Bowl ads make fine entertainment. But for the advertisers who make and buy them, Sunday is white-knuckle time. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13988-super-bowl-ads-preview.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/companies-banking-super-bowl-ads.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/companies-banking-super-bowl-ads.htm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:24:46 EST