Posts Tagged ‘WPP’

Published 15th Mar 2013, 11:01

Sector share prices: March 2013

The MSFI Index of marketing companies’ share prices continued to close the gap on the FTSE All-Share Index in the month to 12 March, the third consecutive month when this has happened. The... Read more
Published 9th Mar 2013, 09:31

Publicis makes progress in race to match WPP’s financial performance

Publicis achieved the greatest growth in revenue and the best operating profit margin among the major global groups last year. And while some of its arch rivals may hint that the French group... Read more
Published 4th Mar 2013, 19:24

Bids and Deals: March 2013

WPP has made a strategic investment in SFX Entertainment, a New York based digital media company that provides a global platform for electronic dance music events with a collective audience of over... Read more
Published 1st Mar 2013, 12:46

Tax distortion wipes out WPP’s small profit growth

WPP achieved a small increase in revenue and pre-tax profit in 2012, but the profit available to shareholders was reduced by the distorting impact of an exceptional tax rebate in the previous... Read more
Published 15th Feb 2013, 07:55

Sector share prices: February 2013

The MSFI Index of shares prices of companies in the marketing communications sector continued to make progress at a faster rate than the FTSE All-Share Index in the month to 12 February 2013,... Read more
Published 8th Feb 2013, 09:20

Black Rock builds WPP stake to 5.1%

Global investment manager Black Rock has increased its shareholding in WPP to 5.12%, it was announced this morning.  As a result the Black Rock stake has become the biggest single shareholding... Read more
Published 1st Feb 2013, 22:29

Bids and Deals: February 2013

WPP’s global marketing communications network Y&R has acquired a majority stake in creative digital advertising agency CS Reklam Hizmetleri Sanayi Ve Ticaret, trading as "C-Section", that... Read more
Published 1st Feb 2013, 09:33

WPP’s share price breaks through £10 barrier

The price of a share in WPP broke through the £10 barrier this morning, the first time the shares have been at that price since September 2000. Today’s price compares with lows of 320p in March... Read more
Published 23rd Jan 2013, 19:01

WPP buys Salmon e-commerce technology specialist

WPP has bought the highly profitable UK e-commerce technology consultancy Salmon along with its parent company Okam. The Okam group made a post-tax profit of £2 million in the year to 31 October... Read more
Published 12th Jan 2013, 14:13

Sector share prices: January 2013

Prices of shares in the marketing sector recovered confidence in the month to 12 January after faltering in the previous month.  The sector’s MSFI Index rose by 6.53% to 36.1 (Jan 2001: 100)... Read more