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DraftWorldwide, Chicago, acquired Hong Kong-based Strategic Solutions, an advertising, direct marketing, and promotions agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Draft will merge the new business, which brings such clients as Charles Schwab, The Economist Group, and the Hong Kong Tourist Association, with its own Hong Kong office. Draft has other Asian offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand, with affiliates in Korea, Japan, and Australia.