LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC said Thursday that its wholly-owned marketing communications network, Ogilvy & Mather, has acquired dnx, a UK-based marketing agency. Under the acquisition, dnx will merge with OgilvyOne's B2B division and Ogilvy Primary Contact. The combi Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Telecom Plus, Britvic, DCC Lead FTSE 350 Risers

21st May 2014 11:37

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Petrofac, up 1.8%, and AstraZeneca, up 1.6%. The companies Read More

WPP Acquires Romanian Market Research Agency Daedalus

21st May 2014 08:37

LONDON (Alliance News) - Advertising and public relations giant WPP PLC Wednesday said its subsidiary Millward Brown has acquired Romanian market research agency Daedalus for an undisclosed fee. WPP said the acquisition of Bucharest-based Daedalus will provide Millward Brown with a presence Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: LSE And Aviva Top And Tail FTSE 100

15th May 2014 11:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- London Stock Exchange Group, up 2.4%. The group said its full-year revenue r Read More

WPP's Grey Agency To Buy The Volcano Group In South Africa

15th May 2014 08:10

LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Thursday said its marketing communications agency Grey has agreed to buy a majority stake in South African advertising and communications company The Volcano Group. WPP didn''t give any financial details for the deal, but said Volcano, whi Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: JPMorgan Raises BSkyB Price Target

12th May 2014 09:05

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- GOLDMAN RAISES WPP PRICE TARGET TO 1555 (1540) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- BERNSTEIN RAISES RSA INSURANCE PRICE TARGET TO Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Petrofac And Tullett Prebon Lead Indices Lower

9th May 2014 10:42

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- WPP, up 0.5%. Shares in the media buying giant have risen after France-based P Read More

WPP's Kantar Sells Center Partners To Qualfon

7th May 2014 16:23

LONDON (Alliance News) - WPP PLC Wednesday said that Kantar, its wholly-owned data investment management arm, has sold Center Partners in the US to Qualfon Inc. The media buying giant said Center Partners is a customer sales and support company which made revenue of almost USD110 million in Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: AstraZeneca Asks For Investor Patience

6th May 2014 11:22

LONDON (Alliance News) - AstraZeneca Tuesday set out its defence against a GBP63 billion takeover offer from US rival Pfizer Inc, urging its investors to be patient because it is set to grow quickly after it invests in its pipeline and transforms the company over the next few Read More

WPP Buys South African Digital Marketing Agency Quirk

6th May 2014 08:39

LONDON (Alliance News) - Media buying giant WPP PLC Tuesday said it has agreed to buy Quirk, South Africa's largest independently-owned digital marketing agency. It didn't provide any financial details for the acquisition. Quirk has five agencies in Africa and in London, and employs 2 Read More

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