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Market research group GfK 'may bid' for TNS (AFP)
AFP - German market research group Gfk said Wednesday that it was mulling a takeover bid for British peer Taylor Nelson Sofres after the pair ended their plans to merge.
GfK chairman Hajo Riesenbeck resigns after differing views on growth
Hajo Riesenbeck, chairman of the German market research company GfK, has resigned after clashing with his chief executive over the group’s failed efforts to join forces with its London-listed rival Taylor Nelson Sofres. 
WPP Lurks Over Taylor Nelson Deal
WPP expected to swoop on the market research company, which on Tuesday agreed terms of merger with Germany's GfK.
GfK says no certainty it will make an...
German market research company GfK AG stressed on Thursday that there was no certainty it would make an all-cash offer for British rival Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC after calling...
Taylor Nelson Sofres: GfK wins backer...
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),...
WPP launches £1bn hostile bid for...
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...
WPP takes hostile takeover offer for...
WPP Group PLC, the world's second largest advertising company, took its 1.08 billion pound (US$2.1 billion) takeover offer for Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC to shareholders of the...
WPP makes hostile $2.1 billion TNS...
Reuters - WPP Group , the world's
second-largest advertising company, launched on Wednesday a
hostile bid worth 1.08 billion pounds ($2.13 billion) for
British market...
TNS's biggest shareholder rejects WPP's hostile offer
Cedar Rock Capital, the largest shareholder in Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) with 9.4 per cent, is understood to have rejected WPP’s £1.1 billion hostile offer for the British market researcher, The Times has learnt.
Sorrell must bid £1.2bn to halt TNS-GfK merger
Sir Martin Sorrell will have to bid at least 300p a share - £1.2 billion - for Taylor Nelson Sofres to prevent the proposed £2.2 billion merger between the British market researcher and Germany's GfK, analysts said.
Hostile WPP Bid Is Trumped By German...
Attempt to buy market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres is sidetracked after GfK mulls a counterbid, saying it has lined up a private investor's support.
WPP bid offer for TNS will not be...
WPP will not make a pure cash offer for market research group Taylor Nelson
Sofres (TNS), it has emerged ahead of the advertising giant’s put up or shut
up deadline to make...
GfK plans to better any bid for TNS...
GfK, the German market research group, has teamed up with a financial bidder
in a last minute effort to prevent WPP from winning control of Taylor Nelson
Sofres (TNS), The...
Taylor Nelson Sofres rejects new...
Leading shareholders in Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) called on WPP to increase
its £1 billion offer after the market research group rejected a third
approach at 260p per share.
Taylor Nelson rejects fourth approach...
Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC, the British market research firm that has agreed to a merger with Germany's GfK AG, rejected a fourth unsolicited preliminary takeover offer from WPP...
Painting by numbers
Arts & entertainment: Are focus groups in the arts a useful tool - or a death blow to creativity?
YouGov issues profit warning after failed takeover attempt
YouGov, the market research group, today warned that full-year profits will fall short of expectations after taking a one-off £1.2 million hit from a failed takeover.
Marketing vital when drawing playgoers
You might not think that teaching marketing at Cal State Northridge and running a market research consulting business would interrelate with writing and producing plays.
Olympic Sponsorship A Boon For Some...
Study by CTR Market Research shows that Chinese consumers regard corporate identification with Games as a stamp of quality but sometimes associate the wrong firms with the event.
Monday Manifesto: David Lowden of TNS...
David Lowden is playing for high stakes. If he gets it right, the chief
executive of Taylor Nelson Sofres gets to run a company twice the size. If
it goes wrong, the...
Taylor Nelson Sofres to open books to...
British market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres PLC said on Monday that it will open its books to rejected takeover suitor WPP Group PLC, a week after agreeing to a merger...
TNS merger with GfK could include...
Taylor Nelson Sofres' (TNS) £2.1 billion all-share merger with Germany's GfK
could be restructured to give the UK market research group's investors a
cash sweetener but may...
Macworld - Research sees U.S. making gains in...
Germany, Sweden, and the U.S. are expected to be the biggest broadband penetration gainers in the next five years.
Expect less junk mail as marketers...
Marketers are generally a persistent lot, but they're beginning to think that bombarding your mailbox might not be worth it.
Apple, RIM gain in smartphone market
Surging demand for the latest iPhone and Blackberry models helped Apple and Research In Motion to win larger shares of the smartphone market in the third quarter at the expense...
Macworld - Worldwide broadband prices continue...
Broadband subscribers all over the world are getting more their money. The cost for cable, fiber and DSL (digital subscriber line) subscriptions are all dropping, and at the...