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WPP buys stake in Richard Attias & Associates

Advertising giant WPP has purchased a 30 per cent stake in strategic consultant Richard Attias & Associates. Richard Attias has helped to organise events such as World Economic Forum in Davos, the Clinton Global Initiative, launch of the Euro in 2000, the 2008 Arab Strategy Forum and the APEC CEO

WPP's Kantar to buy Fisheye Analytics

WPP's data investment management business Kantar has agreed to buy Fisheye Analytics, a media monitoring and analytics services business in Singapore. Fisheye will become part of Kantar Media and works with some of the biggest sports governing bodies, international organisations and governments fr

London pre-open: FTSE to decline on tapering concerns

- FTSE to fall on tapering concerns - US stock markets sink - Eurozone industrial production due out today City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open 26 points below yesterday's close of 6,507.72, dragged down by a poor finish across the Pond, where markets suffered steep losses on the back of con

WPP to buy stake in Belgium social marketing agency

WPP, the multinational advertising and public relations company, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Social Lab, a social marketing agency based in Belgium, through its wholly-owned marketing communications network, Ogilvy & Mather. The transaction will allow the business to develop its onli

WPP acquires social media marketing firm Vocanic

WPP's wholly-owned operating company, GroupM, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Vocanic Pte, a social media marketing business in Singapore. The acquisition furthers WPP's programme of developing its networks in fast-growth markets and sectors and continues its strategy of strengthening th

London pre-open: Modest rise ahead of UK data, Chinese data mixed

- FTSE to track US stocks higher - Chinese data comes in mixed - Market awaits UK industrial production numbers City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open nine points below yesterday's close of 6,559.48, as investors balance a new record high on the S&P 500 with mixed data out from China overnigh

London midday: Mining stocks drag FTSE 100 lower

- Miners lower as investors digest China trade data - Japanese growth estimates lowered for Q3 - Tullow disappoints after abandoning well techMARK 2,677.57 +0.26% FTSE 100 6,539.02 -0.20% FTSE 250 15,341.86 +0.16% Weakness in the heavyweight mining sector kept London's FTSE 100 index in the red on

WPP snaps up London-based semantic advertising firm

In a move to strengthen its position in digital media and mobile advertising, WPP announced on Monday that it has acquired semantic advertising solutions group Crystal Semantics. The purchase was made by the media group's marketing technology arm, 24/7 Media. London-based Crystal Semantics uses te

London open: Markets flat as investors digest mixed data from Asia

- Markets still digesting non-farm payrolls - Chinese export growth picks up - Japan Q3 GDP revised lower techMARK 2,678.36 +0.29% FTSE 100 6,553.51 +0.02% FTSE 250 15,359.05 +0.27% Markets opened more or less flat on Monday morning as investors continued to digest last week's strong US data, as w

Mobiles to drive faster global advertising growth - Publicis unit

LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Growth in global advertising spending will accelerate to 5.8 percent a year by 2015, driven by demand for marketing via mobile devices and a broad-based economic recovery, a market research group forecast on Monday. ZenithOptimedia said spending on advertising was

Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

Afren: FinnCap lowers target price from 170p to 165p and downgrades to hold. Amlin: Espirito Santo upgrades to buy with a target price of 509p. Betfair: Citi raises target price from 1150p to 1225p maintaining a buy recommendation. Brewin Dolphin: Canaccord Genuity increases target price from 285

Motor racing-Stewart ends 45-year relationship with IMG

By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Triple world champion Jackie Stewart has ended one of the longest personal business relationships in Formula One by moving to Just Marketing International (JMI) after 45 years with IMG. "I am joining JMI," the Scot, 74, told Reuters before att

FTSE 100 movers: Experian declines on Goldman Sachs's advice

Shares of Experian fell to the bottom of the pile after Goldman Sachs recommended shifting the stock. The broker reduced its rating on the stock to "sell" from "neutral". Kingfisher also fell after the DIY retailer's third-quarter results coming in well below forecasts on Thursday. The B&Q and Scr

WPP acquires digital marketing firm

WPP's New York advertising network POSSIBLE Worldwide has acquired Media Republic Development, a digital marketing firm in the Netherlands. Media Republic will become part of GreyPossible Benelux, which itself was formed earlier this year when WPP merged its Grey agency's Amsterdam and Brussels op

WPP Partnership Buys Dutch Digital Marketing Company