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		WPP is to expand its Red Cell communications services network in London with the acquisition of a 49% stake in HHCL from Chime Communications for £3.5m.
		WPP is forming an alliance with Asatsu, the Japanese advertising agency, with each company taking a stake of about £100m in the other.
		WPP is said to be planning to acquire a minority stake in Chime Communications, the public relations company that is preparing to acquire the Henry Chaldecott Lury advertising agency.
	www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /wppaaaaa.htm (1437 words)

	WPP: World Propaganda Power - Center for Media and Democracy
		The combined revenues for WPP and Young and Rubicam were $5.2 billion in 1999, and their combined market value was $14.5 billion.
		WPP began from very humble beginnings in 1985 when Sorrell and a partner paid $676,000 to purchase a controlling stake in a British company called Wire and Plastic Products, which manufactured wire shopping baskets, filing trays and assorted oddments.
		WPP is a potential powerhouse, a huge propaganda machine, with the reach and coordinated skills in people manipulation that might allow it to rule the hearts and minds of the entire global population.
	www.prwatch.org /prwissues/2001Q2/wpp.html (1632 words)

	CNN.com - WPP offers $637m for Tempus, topping rival offer by rival Havas - Aug. 20, 2001
		WPP said on Monday that if it acquires Tempus, the total cost of the purchase will be £385 million, including what it has spent on the shares it already acquired.
		Shares in WPP (WPP), which have fallen about 25 percent this year, edged up 0.1 percent to 664 pence, while Tempus (TSG) was off 0.4 percent at 585 pence in midday trade in London.
		Still, WPP said it was on track to meet its operating margin targets of 15 percent in 2001 and 15.5 percent in 2002.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/08/20/wpp.tempus (654 words)

	WPP Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WPP Group plc, based in London, is the world's second largest advertising agency and media planning and buying group (in 1992, it was the largest).
		In addition to advertising, its portfolio includes companies in research and consulting, public relations, lobbying, branding and identity, specialty communications.
		WPP Group's advertising agency holdings include Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, Young and Rubicam, and JWT (formerly known as J. Walter Thompson Co.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WPP_Group (225 words)

	WPP nears $5.7B buyout of rival Y&R - May 8, 2000
		WPP (WPPGY: Research, Estimates) is offering 0.83 of its American depositary receipts (ADRs) for each YandR share, the source said, valuing a deal at $62.67 a share for YandR shareholders.
		WPP (WPP) shares, meanwhile, fell 6.6 percent to 911 pence on the London Stock Exchange, while its ADRs fell 8-5/8 to 66-7/8 on the New York Stock Exchange.
		The paper said YandR executives were concerned WPP had gone too far in trying to tie them down to WPP, by inserting restrictive clauses that locked up their shareholdings and prevented them from working in competition with WPP if they left the enlarged company.
	money.cnn.com /2000/05/08/europe/wpp (690 words)

	CNN.com - WPP revenue grows on acquisitions - Apr. 26, 2001
		WPP, which owns ad agencies such as Ogilvy and Mather, J. Walter Thompson, and Young and Rubicam said revenue rose to £966.4 ($1.4 billion) from £558 million a year ago.
		Still, WPP said it was on track to lift its operating margin by 1 percentage point to 15 percent in 2001.
		WPP (WPP) shares fell 4.2 percent in London trading to 754 pence.
	cnnstudentnews.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/04/26/wpp (239 words)

	WPP: Full-Year Profit Surges 18 Percent
		WPP also attributed its results to strong performances from its media company holdings: "The Group's advertising and media investment management businesses continued the rebound which began in the second half of 2002, with media investment management the fastest-growing sector reflecting strong growth."
		WPP's operating margin rose to 13 percent versus 12.3 percent in 2002.
		WPP expects operating margins to rise to 13.8 percent this year.
	www.adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000446066 (441 words)

	Grey's Meyer Welcomes Sorrell, WPP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Meyer has signed a two-year contract with WPP to remain as chairman and CEO, and he has agreed to serve in the same posts at Grey Worldwide until a successor is appointed, which is expected to happen six months after the deal is completed, WPP said.
		WPP is not expected to sell any of Grey's assets, such as MediaCom, which was of particular interest to Havas, which is in need of additional media resources to prop up its Media Planning Group unit.
		WPP is expected to issue about 82.2 million new ordinary shares, representing 6.5 percent of its enlarged float.
	www.adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000624335 (824 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| WPP wins race to buy Grey Global
		WPP won the auction for Grey Global, the seventh-largest advertiser in the world, against France's Havas and a US private equity firm.
		WPP said the deal would contribute to its earnings from 2005, and would provide scope for $20m in cost savings.
		WPP shares were down 8p at 506p in early trade in London.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3649534.stm (271 words)

	Business Unlimited \| Business latest \| WPP joins private equity approach for Europe's largest media buyer
		It is understood WPP is interested in Aegis's market research business Synovate and not its media buying arm, whose prize asset is the Carat unit.
		WPP declined to comment yesterday but it is understood the consortium has not made an indicative offer or discussed a possible price with Aegis.
		WPP is not expected to bid for Aegis's media buying business, which buys advertising space on behalf of clients, because of regulatory barriers created by its market-leading position in the industry through subsidiaries such as MindShare.
	business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,3604,1584857,00.html (754 words)

	Business Unlimited \| Business latest \| WPP faces shareholder anger
		Advertising giant WPP is facing a protest from shareholders over its pay policy at its annual general meeting today.
		WPP has moved to mollify shareholders since last year's meeting, when nearly half of shareholders opposed or abstained from voting on remuneration.
		The WPP boss saw his pay rise by a third to top £2m last year, according to the company's annual report.
	business.guardian.co.uk /story/0,3604,1248930,00.html (419 words)

	WPP Posts 15 Percent Profit Increase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		WPP's operating margins were 14.1 percent in 2004 compared to 13 percent a year earlier.
		WPP rival Omnicom on Tuesday said its full-year global net income increased 15 percent to $724 million.
		WPP's $1.3 billion acquisition of Grey Global Group is expected to close on March 7, four days after shareholders vote on the proposal [Adweek Online, Feb. 18].
	www.mediaweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000817557 (237 words)

	WPP expects 'bath-shaped' recovery - Feb. 20, 2002
		WPP profit bounds up 25% thanks to Olympics, election year - Feb.
		But the company warned revenue would be flat on a like-for-like basis in 2002 as the global ad industry experiences its worst downturn in a decade.
		Sorrell said he expected the recovery to be "bath-shaped or saucer-shaped," with a gradual upturn, rather than the sharp rebound some have predicted in the industry.
	money.cnn.com /2002/02/20/international/WPP (303 words)

	TheDeal.com - WPP wins bid war
		In New York-based Grey Global, WPP obtains the world's largest remaining independent advertising agency for a total consideration of $1.52 billion, which falls to $1.309 billion after adjusting for net cash balances and the exercising of all options.
		Merrill Lynch & Co. and Morgan Stanley are advising WPP on the acquisition.
		WPP expects the deal to add to earnings in 2005 and has already identified synergies of $20 million.
	www.thedeal.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hpa&c=TDDArticle&cid=1094678762471&p=M4YD5AR1 (676 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| WPP's chief apologises for 'sexist' French
		WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has apologised for a sexist outburst by a former employee, who described women working in the advertising industry as "crap" and "wimps".
		Neil French was worldwide creative director at WPP until he resigned last week after his comments at an industry event earlier this month received widespread press attention.
		WPP also reported an organic revenue increase of just under 5% in the third quarter yesterday.
	www.guardian.co.uk /france/story/0,11882,1604188,00.html (619 words)

	WPP group in $100 mn BPO deal with WNS
		The world's largest media conglomerate, the WPP group, has inked a $100 million outsourcing deal with WNS Global, India's largest third party business process outsourcing company.
		As a part of this strategy, WPP group advertising powerhouse Ogilvy and Mather has already begun outsourcing its creative and non-creative work to its Indian affiliate.
		WNS Global also confirmed that it has signed up with the WPP group for market research, but refused to divulge the actual quantum of work, citing a non-disclosure agreement.
	inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/jun/11bpo.htm (272 words)

	[ WPP - The Web Preprocessor ] Macros
		I've developed WPP by keeping in mind that it had to be easy to use, possibly faster than other solutions (i.e.
		But in everyday work you may need extra features that WPP doesn't have or simply you need a way for doing something during the preprocessing and incorporating it's output.
		Run wpp parser over a specified block of text, the parsed output is returned.
	wpp.sourceforge.net /manual_6.html (1339 words)

	CNN.com - WPP in talks with Tempus, may offer to top Havas's bid - Aug. 16, 2001
		It revealed that it was in talks about a possible cash offer from WPP (WPP) in a statement to the London Stock Exchange early on Thursday.
		WPP's tentative offer would be pitched at 550 to 555 pence per Tempus share, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
		WPP Chief Executive Martin Sorrell has offered key positions to the company's management in the merged company, according to a number of reports.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/08/16/wpp (466 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| WPP-Grey Global merger 'on hold'
		Advertising giant WPP's $1.3bn (£726m) purchase of Grey Global has been put on hold after files submitted to EU regulators were found to be incomplete.
		WPP won the auction for Grey Global, the world's seventh-largest advertiser, having bid against France's Havas and a US private equity firm in September.
		WPP has expanded rapidly in recent years by buying up firms such as Ogilvy & Mather and Cordiant Communications.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/4036313.stm (174 words)

	Potential Testing Standard for WLANs
		Azimuth's chief scientist, Charles Wright, is the chair for the WPP SG that was formed at the IEEE 802.11 meeting in January in Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
		The WPP SG is in a "request for proposal" stage trying to find and catalog all measurable traffic patterns according to Wright.
		The WPP is not meant to supplant the work of the Wi-Fi Alliance -- that third-party vendor consortium exists to test for interoperability between products, not to measure network traffic and specifications.
	www.wi-fiplanet.com /news/article.php/3324251 (702 words)

	::► Nachrichten \| WPP Announces Execution of Merger Agreement With Grey Global ◄::
		The board of WPP is committed to delivering added value to its clients, its shareowners and its people by continuing to be a leading company in the global advertising and marketing services industry.
		WPP businesses without Grey maintain the 2006 margin target of 15% or more, giving a new target for the enlarged group of 14.5% or more for 2006.
		WPP has adopted a prudent financing structure for the deal and the cash element will be funded from existing resources; WPP would expect to maintain its existing credit rating.
	www.finanznachrichten.de /nachrichten-2004-09/artikel-3843680.asp (2165 words)

	Home - International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) Homepage on Peace and Nonviolence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The WPP believes that programs that specifically empower women peacemakers, and encourage women and girls to become involved in peacebuilding and civil society building, are essential for development.
		WPP's objective is to increase the empowerment of women through active nonviolence.
		This is accomplished through an annual international training for nonviolence trainers, regional consultations for women in conflict situations, gender and nonviolence trainings, workshops on using the media for peace, campaigns such as the annual May 24 International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, and through the documentation of women's peace initiatives.
	www.ifor.org /wpp (664 words)

	[ WPP - The Web Preprocessor ]
		WPP is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
		The prototype for WPP was written in awk and it can do only templates inclusion and few other things, then I've started studying perl and so WPP became what you're seeing.
		Actually WPP cannot check for recursive template inclusion (while 1.34 do that) or macro call, this stuff will be fixed as soon as possible.
	wpp.sourceforge.net (750 words)

	Business Unlimited \| Business latest \| WPP agrees Australian takeover
		WPP is to take full control of Australia's most famous advertising agency in a A$80m (£34m) deal.
		WPP's chief executive, Sir Martin Sorrell, told analysts today that he had agreed terms overnight although no formal announcement has yet been made.
		WPP has owned 30% of Patterson since 2003, when it took over Cordiant.
	www.guardian.co.uk /business/story/0,3604,1557051,00.html (419 words)

	WPP
		WPP is one of the world’s leading communications services groups.
		The programme is unique in its multidisciplinary approach and is designed to complement the recruitment activities of individual WPP companies.
		WPP is offering a number of WPP Marketing Fellowships to applicants who will graduate in 2005 or 2006 and have yet to embark on a full-time career.
	www.get.hobsons.co.uk /profile/1357/wpp (395 words)

	WPP Group: Overview
		Th e global WPP group encompasses the J. Walter Thompson, Ogilvy & Mather, Tempus, Grey Global and Young and Rubicam advertising agencies.
		WPP czar Martin Sorrell was the 'third brother' at Saatchi & Saatchi (now part of Publicis) from 1975 to 1986 before acquiring UK shopping cart manufacturer Wire and Plastic Products (WPP).
		In 2003 WPP successfully bid for the ailing Cordiant group, acquired for a mere US$17 million (plus assumption of debts).
	www.ketupa.net /wpp.htm (436 words)

	WPP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		British marketing giant WPP is now neck and neck with Omnicom as the world's biggest marketing group.
		The latter gives WPP ownership of its fifth global advertising network, alongside J Walter Thompson, Ogilvy and Mather, Red Cell and YandR, as well as a substantial portfolio of market research, PR, direct marketing, design and consultancy subsidiaries.
		Advertising Age ranked WPP as the #2 ad organisation worldwide in 2004 with revenue of $9.4bn.
	www.mind-advertising.com /uk/wpp_uk.htm (177 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		WPP had ``continuing growth in the United States, strength in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East and less growth in the United Kingdom and western continental Europe.''
		WPP agreed to pay about $1,005 a share, half in cash and half in shares, for Grey in a deal that will narrow the gap between WPP and Omnicom Group Inc., the world's No. 1 ad company by sales.
		WPP's bid for Grey beat Havas, the world's sixth-largest owner of advertising agencies, raising investor speculation that Havas is now an acquisition target.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aVspNrRPfXRs&refer=europe (970 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.K.
		WPP, the world's No. 3 advertising and marketing company, will provide advertising, media and direct marketing services for HSBC, the London-based bank said in an e-mailed statement.
		WPP shares gained 15 pence, or 2.8 percent, to close at 550 pence before the statement was released.
		WPP, whose agencies include Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide and J. Walter Thompson, will create a team dedicated to the HSBC account and led by Thompson.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=abJL4HW9PJOs&refer=uk (372 words)

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