Publicis Groupe will acquire the Performics search marketing business from Google.

Predictive marketing firm has expanded its employee base. The 14 new positions include five senior-level executives.

Jean-Yves Naouri, executive VP of group operations and a member of the Publicis Groupe Management Board, has been appointed to oversee Publicis Healthcare Communications Group

Publicis Groupe has acquired Portfolio, a Korean digital marketing agency.

Denny’s is seeking consumer-generated videos that show people’s best impressions of the 2008 presidential candidates in its latest online contest.

Digitas US CEO Laura Lang will get a more global view from her office window as she steps up to become CEO of the worldwide Digitas agency and its 21 offices in eight countries.

It has been a fabulous year for us, says Laura Lang, CEO of Digitas USA. I tell everyone that I couldn't have imagined a better outcome. She's talking

Publicis Groupe has acquired EmporioAsia, a Shanghai-based digital marketing agency, for an undisclosed sum.

Depending on what reference you source, there are either more bikes in Holland than people (16 million) or exactly as many (13 million). In any case, the Dutch are definitely a two-wheeled culture. Even the Dutch royal family has taken to pedaling their offspring around by bike regularly.

The on again, off again drama of Microsoft's potential acquisition of Yahoo came to a close this past weekend, for now at least. This first chapter or perhaps conclusion of a story, took just north of three months to unfold.