Publicis Groupe to complete Sapient takeover today
Publicis Groupe has overcome the final hurdles in its takeover of Sapient for $3.7 billion after gaining all the required regulatory approvals, and expects to complete the transaction today.
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Unilever reviews $4.5 billion global media account
The review is a statutory process Unilever embarks on every three years. The current contract ends at the end of 2015, and a decision is expected before then.
SC Johnson consolidates global media planning with PHD
SC Johnson, the owner of Mr Muscle, has consolidated its global planning account with PHD in the US.
Nokia to dump Ovi brand for Nokia Services
GLOBAL - Nokia is to drop the Ovi name from its applications store and replace it with Nokia Services, as it prepares to abandon its Symbian smartphone operating system and develop a strategic alliance with Microsoft.
Publicis buys US digital agency Rosetta for US$575m
GLOBAL - Publicis has bought the North America-based digital agency Rosetta Group for US$575 million, in an acquisition it claims takes digital to more than 30 per cent of its total revenues.
Apple predicted to dominate tablet sales to 2015
GLOBAL - Apple will dominate the exploding tablet market up to 2015, when it will still have nearly half of a market that will be four times bigger than this year, according to new research.
Nokia readies super-cheap phone for emerging markets
GLOBAL - Nokia is releasing a new music-oriented handset, the X1-00, in April, which targets the "next billion" mobile phone users in emerging economies.
Reckitt profits climb as SSL takeover drives revenues
GLOBAL - Profits at Reckitt Benckiser rose by 4.7 per cent to US$798 million in the first quarter of 2011, with the integration of SSL pushing total revenue up 14 per cent compared to the same period last year.
Apple usurps Google as most valuable global brand
GLOBAL - Apple has leapfrogged Google and IBM to become the world's most valuable brand, according to Millward Brown.