LONDON - The advertising world gets a catchy new agency acronym this week as Californian advertising agencies Italia/Gal in Los Angeles and Zuckerman Fernandes in San Francisco merge to form G/F/D/M.
LONDON (Brand Republic) - The WPP Group has acquired specialist pharmaceutical research agency The Ziment Group, which is to form the basis of a new global healthcare practice.
LONDON - News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has refuted claims that he is interested in buying Optus, the cable business of Australia's Cable & Wireless.
LONDON - BOL.com, the online book retailing arm of Bertelsmann, is to be folded into the group's book club division as part of a re-evaluation of online operations at the German media giant.
LONDON - Digital consultancy Agency.com is set to lay off around 35% of staff at its London office, as part of a global redundancy programme that will see 25% of employees shed worldwide.
LONDON - Shares in Publicis were down slightly this morning as the world's fifth-largest advertising group posted a record 78.3% rise in first-quarter billings.
LONDON - Shares in internet portal Lycos Europe jumped by almost 30% yesterday after the company posted narrowed losses for the third quarter.
Bertelsmann is folding its online book and music retailing proposition BOL.com into its worldwide network of book clubs
Powergen to sponsor new ITV weather site
FT to launch new recruitment section
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