WPP wins Â£700m Unilever account
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WPP yesterday scored a victory for the big-is-best approach to the advertising business by winning a â¬1bn (Â£700m) Unilever account ahead of two smaller rivals.
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âDell Inc. said Thursday that it has won a $700 million, 5-year contract to provide computers and services for Royal Philips Electronics.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - The world's second-largest advertising and marketing company WPP's 's fourth-quarter results are in line with analyst expectations, Chief Executive Martin Sorrell said on Thursday.
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Hewlett-Packard&#39;s outsourcing business has scored an extended contract with Unilever worth $675 million, HP said Wednesday.
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WPP Group Plc, the world&#39;s second- largest marketing and advertising company, said it will pay about $1.52 billion for Grey Global Group Inc.
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Estate agency firm Countrywide accepts a Â£940.7m takeover bid led by private equity firm 3i.
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British advertising company WPP Group  Plc. has won the auction for U.S. rival Grey Global, agreeing  to pay about $1.34 billion, sources familiar with the situation  said on Sunday.
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Unilever's efforts to promote sustainable tea production could be a major profit maker.
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UK-based advertising giant WPP is to buy US rival Grey Global in a deal worth $1.31bn . New York based Grey Global is the world&#39;s seventh largest advertising company and has a number of blue-chip clients, including Procter &amp; Gamble, 3M and Warner Bros.
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Business & money: Heineken takes another step to becoming Britain's biggest beer group after Â£7.8bn bid is confirmed
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LONDON -- IBM said Monday that it won a Â£500 million ($972 million), seven-year services contract to help move U.K. bank Lloyds TBS from its traditional voice infrastructure to a converged voice and data network.
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WPP Group Plc, the world&#39;s second- largest marketing and advertising company, said it won the bidding for Grey Global Group Inc.
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Cable &amp; Wireless plc (NYSE: CWP - message board) is significantly ramping up its investment in local loop unbundling (LLU) in the UK, and it plans to spend up to Â£85 million ($152.
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Unilever, the consumer products giant, said its fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled after it sold its European frozen foods business. Net profit rose to 2.10 billion euros ($2.72 billion) from 736 million euros in the period a year earlier on a one-time gain of 1.2 billion euros ($1.55 billion) from the sale of its frozen foods business to the private equity investor Permira. Sales fell to 9.73 billion euros ($12.6 billion) from 9.76 billion euros.
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Business & money: BHP raises shares offer to Â£70bn mega deal, but China and Australia may fight potential monopoly
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Britannia Building Society thanks its recent purchase of Bristol & West for lifting first-half profits to a record Â£76m.
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Gallaher Group, the maker of the Benson & Hedges brand in Europe, said it had received an offer of Â£7.5 billion ($14.7 billion).