http://www.warc.com/news Summaries and links to the full text of the latest WARC News from around the world. 2008 Copyright and database rights owned by WARC. Fri, 05 May 2006 14:33:00 GMT World Advertising Research Center news@warc.com webmaster@warc.com 5 http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24371 World Advertising Research Center LONDON: Following a meeting with recently appointed Aegis Group chairman John Napier, French corporate raider Vincent Bollore pictured is reportedly "more confident" of gaining the two seats on the board of the media and research... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24367 World Advertising Research Center MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: Hard news, often a scarce commodity over holiday weekends, is frequently supplanted by desperate news editors with scuttlebutt. This Thanksgiving weekend was no exception, with rumour rife that Microsoft had resuscitated its... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24365 World Advertising Research Center LONDON: UK telecoms giant BT is facing an investigation by the country's Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that its trials of a targeted online advertising system contravened privacy laws.Tests of the Phorm-designed service, which tracks the websites visited by... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24366 World Advertising Research Center TOKYO: Ninety-eight of Japan's 100 largest corporations believe the nation's economy is in decline, a figure that has soared from just 24 in June, reports a survey by one of the country's biggest newspapers The Asahi Shimbun.... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24370 World Advertising Research Center WASHINGTON, DC: Eager to clear his in-tray and buff his less than shiny image before the Obama administration takes office in January, the Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Kevin J Martin... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24368 World Advertising Research Center ROME: Italian prime minister and media magnate Silvio Berlusconi has urged the country's citizens to buy cars produced by Fiat rather than delay purchases because of the credit crisis, a move motivated as much by economics as concern for... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.warc.com/news/topnews.asp?ID=24369 World Advertising Research Center ISLEWORTH, UK: News Corporation's UK satellite services provider BSkyB is to appeal a British government ruling ordering it to reduce its 17.9% stake in ITV, the nation's largest commercial broadcaster, the value of which has plummeted since Sky bought... Tue, 2 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT