WPP Group Seeks to Buy Taylor Nelson Sofres
New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
WPP Group, the advertising and marketing company, said it had made a hostile bid for the British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres.
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WPP launches $2.1 billion hostile bid for Taylor Nelson Sofres
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
U.K. advertising giant WPP on Wednesday launched a 1.08 billion pound ($2.13 billion) hostile bid for Taylor Nelson Sofres after the market research group repeatedly knocked back its previous advances.
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Major Nelson Unveils E3 Hub For Xbox 360 [Xbox 360]
arnsteinblogg 2.0 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Xbox Live's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has set up an E3-devoted hub with an ongoing blog and video already available to track the adventures of the Xbox 360 at the event. So if you like your E3 coverage with a decidedly Microsoft slant, you can check it out. Says Major Nelson: Major Nelson is already lining up exclusive interviews with bigwig industry insiders and TriXie will undoubtedly...
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Nelson Peltz, activist marketer
CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
The job description for a corporate raider is simple: Buy stock in mismanaged companies, and then growl at them until management pays you a lot of money to go away - or you make management go away. Brand reinvention is usually not part of a raider's attack plan, unless you're Nelson Peltz. Peltz, 66, spends hours wandering supermarkets, malls, and fast-food restaurants with his ten children...
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Nick has knack: Utah Valley's Nelson back to defend his State Amateur title
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
At the beginning of last year's Utah State Men's Amateur golf tournament, few competitors or tournament officials had heard of Nick Nelson. He wasn't among those named on anyone's "players to beat" list.
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WPP offers $2.2 billion to buy Taylor Nelson Sofres
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Advertising giant WPP said Wednesday that it will offer 173 pence in cash and 0.1889 of a new WPP share to buy media buying agency Taylor Nelson Sofres . The offer values TNS at 1.1 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), or 260.60 pence a share, based on WPP's closing price of 464 pence on July 8. WPP expects cost synergies of at least 52 million pounds a year from before tax...
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Nelson still talking guano on climate
Crikey Politics Etc RSS (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
It's not the Nelson mis-spoke, just that everyone else thinks something different, writes Bernard Keane .
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Nelson Duffie sells 21-building portfolio
The Houston Business Journal (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A Nelson Duffie Interests Inc. entity has sold a large portfolio of industrial buildings to Jaymar Houston Ventures LLC.
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WPP launches £1bn hostile bid for Taylor Nelson
Times Online (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
WPP, the British advertising giant, today launched a hostile bid for Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) but refused to raise its offer for the market research group above the £1 billion deal already on the table.
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What Fraser Nelson saw in Glasgow East
Daily Referendum (Free subscription) | yesterday
Over on the Coffee House Blog, Fraser Nelson has posted on his visit to Glasgow East. His story, both haunting and sad, takes me back to my youth. According to Gordon Brown we have had 11 years of economic growth and stability, and yet there are areas of our country where life is just one slow, miserable march towards death. A fate that only a lucky few escape. Here is a little of what Fraser...
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Auction of rare Nelson pictures
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rare glass paintings charting the life and death of Lord Nelson are being auctioned in Norfolk.
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South Africa releases Nelson Mandela coin
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | The South African Reserve Bank says 5 million coins featuring a smiling Nelson Mandela will go into circulation on July 18, the former president’s 90th birthday.
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Nelson nibbles away at a 2010 start on carbon trading
Kalimna (Free subscription) | yesterday
Brendan Nelson seeks to gain appeal by abandoning all principle . He has now reverted to the Howard position of not endorsing controls on carbon emissions before other large polluting countries (China, India, Russia) do so. Nelson warns of economic peril in ‘going ahead of the pack’ . Nelson's warning is simply opportunism. As the Garnaut Review suggested the climate change issue...
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PHOTO GALLERY: IHRA Edmonton 2008 by Perry Nelson
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
This photo gallery is from the IHRA Rocky Mtn. Nationals, held this past weekend (plus Monday) in Edmoton, Alberta. The photos were taken by Perry Nelson and include: head and action shots, some dramatic crash images, photos following Dale Creasy Jr.'s incident, as well as pictures of event winner Carl 'The Big Dog' Spiering. Thanks to Perry for the use of these shots! Inside Track Motorsport...
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Taylor Nelson Sofres: GfK wins backer in fight to stop WPP
Times Online (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
GfK, the German market research group, has joined forces with a financial bidder in a last-minute attempt to prevent WPP from winning control of Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), The Times has learnt.
