Publicis Groupe Acquires Qorvis Communications an independent public relations firm in the US; terms not disclosed
- Counting over 80 professionals and based in Washington, D.C. Qorvis will greatly increase MSLGROUP's presence in the important market. Founded in 2000 by Managing Partner Michael Petruzzello, Qorvis counts numerous high-profile sovereign nations, organizations and global brands among its clients, such as AAMCO, Cisco Systems, The Mayo Clinic, The United States Institute for Peace and the American Pharmacists Association. While much of the firm's work is in public affairs, it also offers strong social and digital and is known for its seamless, fully integrated approach.
- As part of the Qorvis acquisition, MSLGROUP also acquires the full-service Clarus Research Group, led by Dr. Ronald A. Faucheux, Ph.D., a respected public opinion and public affairs analyst. Faucheux will also play a leadership role in MSLGROUP North America's overall planning and analytics offering.
- Qorvis' ties to numerous governments in emerging markets strengthen an important dimension of MSLGROUP's world-class global network that is already recognized as the largest of its kind in Asia, India, China and Europe.
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BFW 01/10 16:19 *SYMRISE RAISES PROBI STAKE TO 30.03%, TRIGGERS MANDATORY BID BN 01/10 16:18 *SYMRISE NOW HAS TO LAUNCH MANDATORY PUBLIC OFFER FOR PROBI BN 01/10 16:17 *SYMRISE STAKE IN PROBI INCREASED TO 30.03% BN 01/10 16:17 *SYMRISE ROSE BOOSTED IN PROBI TO 30.03%
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DGAP-News: Symrise AG has increased its holdings in Probi to 30.03 per cent, which gives rise to an obligation to launch a 2014-01-10 16:16:52.791 GMT
DGAP-News: Symrise AG has increased its holdings in Probi to 30.03 per cent, which gives rise to an obligation to launch a mandatory public offer
DGAP-News: Symrise AG / Key word(s): Investment Symrise AG has increased its holdings in Probi to 30.03 per cent, which gives rise to an obligation to launch a mandatory public offer
10.01.2014 / 17:16
Fed's Lacker: Should not overreact to one month's data as a general principle,
takes a few quarters to determine any sustainable adjustment in trends
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Actavis Seen Merging With Teva, Mylan or Novartis: Cowen 2014-01-10 14:57:50.988 GMT
By Catherine Larkin Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Actavis ultimately will combine with Teva, Mylan or Novartis as generic-drug industry faces significant consolidation of suppliers, Cowen analyst Ken Cacciatore says in note. * Says ACT will continue to consolidate complementary businesses and create value in the interim “to better dictate terms upon their own exit” * Sees Meda, Salix, Galderma as acquisition candidates for ACT * Upgrades ACT to outperform from market perform, PT raised to $215 from $130 (vs Bloomberg avg $186) * NOTE: Earlier, Valeant Seen With ‘Most Urgency’ in Specialty Pharma M&A: Susquehanna * NOTE: From Jan. 8, Morgan Stanley Says Specialty Pharma Consolidation Will Continue
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Summary re NFP so far - we believe market looks to buy the dip USD and Equities with picture so muddied
US NFP 74k VERY WEAK
Expected at 197k vs 203k prev
Unemploymentr Rate MUCH BETTER @ 6.7% vs 7.0% expected
Most not working due to weather at 273,000 most since 1970's -
INTOUCHFX VIEW: We feel market looks to sell the rally.. such a confusing picture ... EURUSD looks a good sell at 1.3650.. market was in mood to buy USD ahead of it.. think they discount the headline .. write it off to weather.. and try get the dollars in cheap here
We think you buy the dip in equities and this backed up here... Market was looking to buy ahead of the data.. it's not great but the picture is so confusing we believe market will go back to what they know and how they felt before.. Will be sensitive to any comments from the Fed however, and we believe in particular that comments on extending forward guidance / lowering unemployment threshold could be crucial
Goldies saying its a very strange report.. with Hatzius looking at weaker side to earnings He feels weather accounts for 50k or so, but still a large gap to account for Upward revisions but not huge so hard to know what accounts for such a large affect
UBS on NFP Breakdown: Based on the weaker weather-related
payrolls data plus some household-survey data on not at work
because of weather, we would estimate the weather drag on Dec
payrolls to be about 45k. So still some underlying softening in
payrolls, but the temporary drag from weather was also
noticeable. That weather drag is of course likely to be
exacerbated by the cold patch in January.
Note: *More than a quarter million Americans were not at work
because of inclement weather, the most for any December since
1997*
USTs: Seems to be behind some of the give back in TYh here.
Fed's Lacker (hawkish, non-voter): Businesses remain 'reticent' to hiring and investment; household spending has downshifted
- Expects further reductions in QE to be considered at upcoming policy meetings
- Economic growth to subside in 2014 towards 2.0% area
- Inflation to move back towards 2% over the year or so