A division of French ad firm Publicis Groupe SA and drugmaker Hikma Pharmaceuticals have reached separate settlements totaling $500 million to resolve allegations that they helped fuel the deadly opioid epidemic in the US.
Publicis Groupe
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday including Omnicom, General Motors, Deutsche Telekom, Devon Energy and others
The scheduled $35.1 bilion tie-up of both advertising giants Omnicom and Publicis, would be pushed to mid-2014 as the latest date, as announced by both Chief Executives on Thursday.
Worldwide Marketing Services firm Publicis Groupe acquired Enguage Marketing from Halyard Capital.
After the announcement of their merger, Omnicom and Publicis are now targeting industry giants like Google, Tweeter and Facebook for their advertising.
Publicis Groupe SA and Omnicom Group are paving the way for the advertising industry's biggest joint venture.
Publicis Groupe announced that they made a US$15 million strategic investment in Jana Mobile.
China's foremost social media services provider, Net@lk, was acquired by Publicis Groupe.
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