WPP
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Earnings Scorecard: WPP Group -
Zacks.com submits: Ireland-based advertising
titan WPP Group plc. (WPPGY) reported encouraging results for the first half of 2010. Its results were driven by strength across all geographies except for a modest decline in the European ...
19:35 :
WPP raises forecasts as advertising rebounds -
A rapid rebound in advertising in North America and on television that surprised even Sir Martin Sorrell pushed WPP, the world’s largest marketing services group, to raise its earnings guidance for the year
06:11 :
WPP lifts outlook for the year as profit rises 39% -
WPP PLC, the world’s biggest advertising group, reported Tuesday a 39% increase in first-half profit following strong growth in the U.S. and U.K. The firm also raised its outlook for the year.
07:24 :
WPP five-month revenue up 1.8% -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Advertising giant WPP said revenue for the first five months of 2009 climbed 1.8%, or a 2% rise on a comparable basis. Revenue, profit and operating margins were all above budget and ahead of last year, the firm said. ...
11:17 :
WPP wants close probe of Google's Admob buy -
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Regulatory authorities should look closely into Google's buy of mobile advertising leader AdMob as this reinforces Google's market power, the head of WPP , the world's largest advertising group by sales, said on Monday.
08:02 :
Ad firm WPP raises forecasts -
Apr 30 - The world's largest ad firm WPP raises its key like-for-like full-year revenue forecast to 2 percent growth from a previous prediction of flat after a strong turnaround in the U.S.
18:25 :
WPP joins early dividend rush -
Large public companies have quietly accelerated the payment of more than £1bn of dividends ahead of the introduction of the new top rate of income tax for wealthy investors
05:16 :
WPP profits fall despite signs of stabilisation -
The advertising and markets research group reports a 21% fall in full-year profit, but says it expects events such as the football World Cup and the Shanghai expo to boost revenues
03:32 :
European shares higher ahead of jobs data -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares gained ground ahead of key U.S. jobs data due out later Friday.
Xstrata shares were advancing in a stronger mining sector after signing a deal to sell some Columbian coal assets to shareholder Glencore. ...
02:59 :
WPP posts broadly flat fiscal-year profit -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Advertising giant WPP said Friday that its fiscal-year net profit was broadly flat at 437.7 million pounds, compared to 439.1 million pounds a year ago. Sales rose 16.1 to 8.68 billion pounds. WPP said that ...
07:28 :
Unilever keeps incumbent agencies -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Household products giant
Unilever said it's keeping its incumbent agencies -- Omnicom , WPP Group and Interpublic -- after a review which started in July. Omnicom has contracts in
China and ...
03:23 :
European shares edge lower -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares edged lower in early trading on Friday, with shares of telecom equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent down 3.1% after it posted a wider net loss and oil producers also moving lower. Still, shares of advertising giant WPP ...
02:45 :
WPP revenue up 17%, helped by acquisitions -
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. advertising and marketing group WPP said Friday that its total third quarter revenue rose 16.7% to 2.01 billion pounds ($3.33 billion), reflecting its acquisition of Taylor Nelson Sofres and gains from currency ...