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Taylor Nelson Sofres

May 2009

  • Market Forces blog
    Kazakhmys leads miners higher as bull market rally stutters

    It was not exactly "sell in May and go away", as the old adage has it, but there were signs of some profit taking after the recent bull market run

October 2008

  • TNS succumbs to Sorrell's offer of £1.1bn after six-month fight

  • Sir Martin Sorrell

    TNS yields to WPP advances and recommends £1.1bn takeover

August 2008

  • Market research: TNS vulnerable as German bid is scrapped

    Market research firm still confident finding a bidder in the City and avoiding low WPP offer

  • Market Forces blog
    London shares retreat as 'torpor' prevails

    Continued worries about the state of the global financial sector are pulling shares in London lower, offsetting the impact of rising oil and mining stocks

  • Sorrell casts doubt on GfK's bid for TNS

    WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has queried his German rival GfK's ability to find the cash for a takeover of market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres. By Chris Tryhorn

June 2008

  • TNS surrenders the minimum to Sorrell

  • Market research firms agree £2bn merger

May 2008

  • TNS spurns improved offer from Sorrell

    Taylor Nelson Sofres insists Sir Martin Sorrell's deal is too low, preferring a rival bid from Germany's GfK. By Katie Allen

  • Sorrell harries TNS after it rejects his £1bn spoiler bid

    Advertising company WPP has targeted expansion in the fast-growing market research area as a key priority. By Katie Allen

  • Sorrell 'surprised' at TNS rejection

    Sir Martin Sorrell said he was 'surprised and disappointed' that his near-£1bn bid for market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres had been rejected. By Chris Tryhorn

September 2006

  • Taylor Nelson Sofres heads off bid rumours

    The world's second-largest market research firm, Taylor Nelson Sofres, yesterday launched a robust defence of its business in the face of speculation that it could fall prey to a bid following a dire profits warning back in July.

March 2006

  • Internet forces Taylor Nelson shift towards advisory work

    Taylor Nelson Sofres, the world's second largest market research business, signalled a move into advisory work yesterday as it admitted that a surge in internet research had put pressure on prices.

September 2005

  • High street gloom hits TNS

    Taylor Nelson Sofres, the world's second largest market research group, yesterday reported a fall in UK revenues following a decline in consumer spending. By Dan Milmo.

August 2002

  • TNS plugs Swedish gap

    Market research group Taylor Nelson Sofres is believed to be ready to fill one of the few gaps in its worldwide network by paying an undisclosed sum for Swedish firm Svenska Gallup.

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