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	WPP Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		WPP Group plc (LSE: WPP) (NASDAQ: WPPGY), based in London, is one of the world's largest communications services groups, employing 91,000 people working in over 2,000 offices in 106 countries.
		WPP Groups humble beginnings started when Martin Sorrell takes stake in Wire and Plastic Products Plc, a UK manufacturer of wire baskets, following his search for a public entity through which to build a worldwide marketing services company
		WPP Group's advertising agency holdings include the Grey Global Group, Ogilvy and Mather Worldwide, Young and Rubicam, and JWT (formerly known as J. Walter Thompson Co.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WPP_Group (310 words)

	WPP revenue up on emerging markets - Boston.com
		WPP Group, the world's second-largest advertising and marketing group, Friday said revenue grew 23 percent for the latest quarter, driven by strong growth in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States.
		WPP said revenue rose to 1.37 billion pounds ($2.45 billion) in the first quarter of 2006, compared with 1.11 billion pounds in the same period in 2005.
		WPP said it is considering increasing its share buyback program, which currently targets the repurchase of up to 2 percent of its share capital in the market at an approximate cost of 175 million pounds ($312.5 million).
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/04/21/wpp_revenue_up_on_emerging_markets (425 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).
		The group includes Madison Avenue agency Young and Rubicam, co-founded by Raymond Rubicam (1892-1978) and John Orr Young in 1923.
	www.ketupa.net /wpp.htm (436 words)

	WPP Group Public Limited Company
		The Group’s interim results have been prepared under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) which were adopted with effect from 1 January 2004, with the exception of IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’ and IAS 32 ‘Financial Instruments: Disclosure and Presentation’.
		As a result of continued amendments to IAS 39 the Group was not in a position to fully implement this standard for statutory reporting from 1 January 2004.
		As a result the Group has taken advantage of the option in IFRS 1 ‘First-time adoption of International Reporting Standards’ to implement IAS 39, together with IAS 32, from 1 January 2005 without restating its 2004 income statement and balance sheet.
	www.ernstrade.com /LONDRESVAL/WPP.html (450 words)

	Executive Summary - Competitor Profile Report -- WPP Group plc -- AuroraWDC.com Competitive Intelligence, Knowledge ...
		WPP Group demonstrates similarities in strategy to other advertising conglomerates and holding companies in terms of its focus on investments and acquisitions in subsidiary and independent agencies, but with several distinct differences.
		WPP Group is the third-largest advertising firm in the world (behind Omnicom and Interpublic, which are neck-and-neck for the top spot).
		WPP is looking to dominate such industry sectors as media and financial services, and the firm is also targeting small to medium-sized acquisitions in such regions as Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific Rim.
	www.aurorawdc.com /recon/analytica/examples/advertising/wpp.htm (8863 words)

	WPP : marketing and advertising profile at Adbrands.net
		British marketing giant WPP is now neck and neck with Omnicom as the world's biggest marketing group.
		The latter gave WPP ownership of its fifth global advertising network, alongside JWT, 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 2005 with revenue of $10.0bn.
	www.mind-advertising.com /uk/wpp_uk.htm (206 words)

	Internet Journal » WPP Group PLC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		More than three hundred and thirty clients of the WPP Group PLC are served in three or more disciplines; over hundred and thirty clients are served in four disciplines and over hundred clients are served in six or more countries.
		Generally, the WPP Group PLC has seventy two thousand people, working in one thousand and seven hundred offices in over hundred countries.
		WPP agencies were seen to perform particularly strongly in Latin America (Ogilvy the 1st and JWT the 2nd) and Asia Pacific (Ogilvy the 1st, JWT the 2nd, the Y&R 3rd, Grey the 4th).
	www.theinternetone.net /WPP_Group_PLC_285.html (502 words)

	WPP Group plc - Company Profile
		The group is comprised of Bravo, Kang and Lee, the leading U.S. Asian agency, and Mendoza Dillion.
		WPP Group plc was incorporated and registered in England and Wales in 1971 and is a public limited company under the Companies Act 1985, and until 1985 operated as a manufacturer and distributor of wire and plastic products.
		WPP issued £11.3 million in new WPP shares as consideration for Cordiant and its shareholders, entering into a scheme of arrangement under Section 425 of the Companies Act of 1985 (the “Companies Act”).
	www.companyseek.com /wpp.htm (3457 words)

	WPP group in $100 mn BPO deal with WNS
		"The group has decided to outsource a fair amount of work to India and this deal is a part of its bigger plans for the country," sources at the WPP group said.
		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)

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		WPP also said Friday it posted a nearly 5 percent rise in 2004 revenue to $7.9 billion.
		The group said comparable revenues rose more than 2 percent in the first half of 2004 and were up almost 6 percent in the second half.
		In addition, WPP lifted its margin targets for 2005 to 14.3 percent from 14.1 percent and is aiming for 14.8 percent margins in 2006, including results from newly acquired Grey Global.
	www.marketwatch.com /News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={EF1EFCE3-E65A-49A4-A408-36DF41FAAFD5}&tool=1&symb=WPP&sid=123223&siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts (818 words)

	WPP Group Posts 16% Revenue Rise
		BOSTON WPP Group today said its first-quarter revenue rose 16 percent to $2.12 billion compared with the same period a year ago.
		WPP said it posted double-digit revenue growth during the quarter across all regional operations.
		WPP also said it is on target to meet its 14.3 percent combined margin target for 2005, a figure that includes Grey Global.
	adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000893292 (177 words)

	Benatti Countersues WPP Group
		On Jan. 11, WPP sued Benatti in a London court, seeking unspecified damages as the result of Benatti's alleged breach of terms—expressed and "implied"—in his consultancy agreement with the company.
		WPP in Milan was broken into the weekends of Jan. 14 and Jan. 21, sources said.
		Part of Benatti's job at WPP was to introduce the company to acquisition candidates, which he did with Media Club, earning him a commission of $247,000, according to sources close to WPP.
	www.adweek.com /aw/national/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001995246 (574 words)

	WPP - Finsbury
		The Finsbury Group is one of the City's leading financial public relations agency.
		The firm advises around 20% of the FTSE 100 group of companies, and holds a leading advisory position to companies in the Euro 300.
		This network consists of a group of regualtory and public affairs specialists in every EU mnember state, and is a powerful complement to the communications activities of the Finsbury Group.
	www.wppdirectory.com /company.jsp?company_id=245 (128 words)

	WPP Group: Advertising Bellwether
		Another sign the ad market is improving: On Friday, WPP Group (WPPGY), the second-largest advertising conglomerate in the world, reported impressive results for the first half of the year.
		WPP announced that net profits soared 43% and revenues climbed 22% in the first half of 2005.
		WPP also faces the challenge of securing business in an industry where clients switch representation after an average of three to seven years to seek new creative insight.
	kiplinger.com /personalfinance/columns/picks/archive/2005/pick0829.htm (727 words)

	pressure group
		On the other hand, there are other groups, especially the more powerful organizations representing narrow interests, that prefer to have their activities and influence go unnoticed by the public at large.
		Because any particular pressure group reflects the interests of only a part of the population, it is argued that such organizations are contrary to the interests of the general public.
		The power of an interest group is usually dependent on the size of its membership, the socioeconomic status of its members, and its financial resources.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0840083.html (623 words)

	CNN.com - WPP pre-tax result leaps to $544M - Aug 18, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		LONDON, England (Reuters) -- WPP Group, the world's second-biggest advertising and marketing company, said its first-half profit climbed almost 30 percent on growth in most of its markets, with even lackluster Britain showing signs of recovery.
		The owner of ad agencies including JWT and Young and Rubicam said pretax profit for the six months to the end of June was 287 million pounds ($544 million), or 316 million pounds excluding goodwill, amortisation and other items, at the upper end of analyst expectations.
		By region, WPP's like-for-like growth was up 9.4 percent in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, 4.5 percent in North America, 4.5 percent in continental Europe and 1.2 percent in the UK.
	www.cnn.com /2006/BUSINESS/08/18/wpp.earns.reut/index.html (431 words)

	WPP Group Revenue Surges
		London-based ad holding company WPP Group (WPPGY:Nasdaq ADR) said Friday that quarterly revenue jumped 16% from a year ago to 1.1 billion pounds ($2.1 billion).
		The gains were fueled by strong organic revenue growth and reflect a first-time contribution from Grey Global Group, which WPP acquired last year.
		WPP holdings include global agency networks including Ogilvy and Mather, J. Walter Thompson and media buying agency MindShare.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/stocks/sandybrown/10219385.html (85 words)

	WPP Group PLC (Management) \| Business solutions from AllBusiness.com
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		To stay competitive, UniWorld Group forms advertising partnership with WPP Size does matter, especially in the increasingly competitive advertising industry.
		Recognizing a changing battlefield, New York-based UniWorld Group Inc., the nation's largest African American-owned multicultural advertising firm (No. 1 on this year's BE ADVERTISING AGENCIES list with $230 million in sales for 1999), has announced a strategic alliance with WPP Group P.L.C. (WPP), a London-based communications giant.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/topic/2894993-1-2.html (294 words)

	Datamonitor ComputerWire - WPP Group plc - Company News & Research
		WPP Group, a global communications company, provides a wide range of diversified advertising services.
		The company holds a 7.5% share in the world advertising industry and ranks sixth amongst all media companies in the world.
		WPP has a workforce of about 57,800 employees and is headquartered in London, UK.
	www.computerwire.com /companies/company/?pid=2504A33F-B381-422A-9ADB-D63C2A9708A7 (143 words)

	IEEE P802
		There was a strong fear that slide 11 from this presentation dictated application level testing for evaluating wireless performance, and many in the group did not agree with this.
		Due to document server issues, a straw poll was taken on the "Starting Point" document, asking whether TGT was in favor of accepting the metrics and test methodology approach, and passed unanimously.
		Our current mental model for WPP has wireless performance as a function of the test environment, under a given device configuration, with specific metrics measured that impact an application's performance.
	grouper.ieee.org /groups/802/11/Reports/wpp_update.htm (892 words)

	SIC 7311 Advertising Agencies
		WPP Group PLC, a marketing conglomerate built by takeovers and the world's third largest advertising company in 1998, claimed the title as the world's largest ad agency based on billings in 2002.
		In 1989 it became the world's largest advertising company by purchasing Ogilvy Group in a transaction that nearly crippled the company by overloading it with debt during an industry-wide recession.
		This region provided a sizeable market of young consumers, as 65 percent of its population of 450 million was under 30 years old, and 37 percent was between the ages of 10 and 29.
	www.referenceforbusiness.com /industries/Service/Advertising-Agencies.html (4026 words)

	WPP Group plc Company Profile - News, Press Releases, Key Numbers & Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		WPP Group is the world's second largest media and communications services conglomerate (behind Omnicom Group), with operations in more than 100 countries.
		WPP's holdings also include public relations firms, media buying and planning agencies, and many specialized marketing and communications units.
		In addition, its Kantar Group division is one of the world's leading market research organizations.
	www.smartbrief.com /news/companyData.jsp?companyId=4495&brief=IAB&lmcid=2480533& (210 words)

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		WPP Group plc Declares 20% Increase In Interim Dividend
		BRIEF: For the six months ended 30 June 2006, WPP Group plc's revenues increased 16% to £2.86B.
		WPP Group plc: Business description, financial summary, 3yr and interim financials, key statistics/ratios and historical ratio analysis.
	today.reuters.com /stocks/Overview.aspx?symbol=WPPGY&chart=3 (372 words)

	A matter of survival - UniWorld Group and WPP Group form advertising partnership - Brief Article Black Enterprise - ...
		John Zweig, CEO of WPP's branding and identity, healthcare, and specialist communications businesses says of the alliance, "We really see an opportunity in the expertise at UniWorld, which we do not have.
		WPP brings enormous resources to UniWorld in research, healthcare and specialty communications, promotion and event marketing, media planning and buying, and interactive and new media.
		WPP also recently announced plans to merge with rival agency Young & Rubicam, New York's largest agency, which would make WPP the world's largest advertising agency, supplanting the present leader, Omnicom.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1365/is_2_31/ai_64910146 (738 words)

	WPP Group’s Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Announces Acquisition of Federalist Group, a Government Relations ...
		The Holmes Report has named Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide 2003 International Agency of the Year; marking the fourth consecutive year the firm has been awarded "Agency of the Year." Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide is part of the WPP Group, the world's largest marketing communications company (http://www.wpp.com).
		The Federalist Group, a Washington-based government relations firm, specializes in legislative advocacy, policy initiatives, securing federal appropriations, legislative and executive relationship building, regulatory advocacy and grassroots campaigns.
		The Federalist Group's professional staff has decades of experience in grassroots and advocacy groups, campaigns, House, Senate and Executive offices and prides itself on the ability to anticipate and mitigate actions by government that can adversely affect clients' profitability and stability.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2005/9/emw284117.htm (1156 words)

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