WPP Share News (WPP)

Investec downgrades WPP to 'hold'

(ShareCast News) - Investec downgraded WPP to 'hold' from 'add' and cut the price target to 1,380p from 1,480p, pointing to increased risk to global GDP expectations, "whether perceived or real is yet to be decided." The brokerage said shares have held up well given WPP's position as a global market

WPP adds another app developer

(ShareCast News) - WPP has snapped up its second mobile app developer in as many weeks, acquiring US healthcare specialist The Lathe for an undisclosed sum. New York-based Lathe, which also offers digital design services, has built up a client roster that includes Bayer, Health Brand Group and Roche

WPP Acquires Digital Design Firm Specialising In US Healthcare

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WPP snaps up US app developer

(ShareCast News) - WPP has acquired US mobile app developer ArcTouch Inc, which has developed smartphone and tablet computer apps for the likes of Audi, CBS, Yahoo and Saleforce. ArcTouch, which has offices in San Francisco and Florianopolis, Brazil, will become part of WPP's Grey marketing commu

WPP's Grey Buys US-Based Mobile App Developer ArcTouch

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WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Mobile Streams Up, Pinnacle Technology Down

BUZZ-WPP: Conrad Caine acquisition boosts shares

** Advertising group WPP +3 pct after its digital agency POSSIBLE Worldwide buys Germany's Conrad Caine ** Separately, Citi upgrades WPP to "buy" v "neutral", does the same to ITV, in a note on European media (in which it also downgrades Auto Trader, JCDecaux, UBM and Blinkx to "neutral" v

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WPP buys majority stake in German digital agency

(ShareCast News) - WPP's global digital agency POSSIBLE Worldwide has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Conrad Caine GmbH, a full service German digital agency, for an undisclosed sum. Conrad Caine, which is headquartered in Munich with offices in Brazil and Argentina, delivers digital strategy,

WPP Buys Majority Stake In Germany Digital Agency Conrad Caine

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WPP's Cohn & Wolfe buys majority stake in Brazilian PR firm

(ShareCast News) - WPP's wholly-owned communications agency, Cohn &Wolfe, has bought a majority interest in Brazilian public relations group Máquina for an undisclosed sum. The advertising agency said Máquina's gross revenues for the year ended December 2014 were 60m Brazilian reals (£10.4m) with gr