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Seven Days
to 10th May 2012

Advertisers
Argentina's Olympic Committee ends war of words over Falklands ad

Toyota reports weak results but promises strong year ahead

Billionaire Carlos
Slim moves into Europe with large holding in Dutch telco KPN

Coca-Cola and McDonalds join
forces in UK for
new drinks launch

Full year results from Sainsbury's and BT

Pharma group Abbott pays near-record fine for off label drug marketing

Disney follows John Carter flop with Avengers mega-hit

Asahi Breweries guzzles down milk-based Calpis
for $1.5bn

BlackBerry appoints new COO and chief marketing officer

Agencies
WPP captures Bank of America account with new cross-agency team

Chime to press ahead with sale of Bell Pottinger PR arm

Iris Worldwide files record profits for 2011

O&M chief Shelly Lazarus to retire
in summer

TBWA launches new Disruption Works management consultancy

Walgreens awards creative account
to GDS&M

OMD wins business in China, Canada & Australia but loses
to MEC in Germany

Cramer-Krasselt gets Panera Bread

Home Depot picks ZenithOptimedia
in Canada

Media
Yahoo's new CEO resigns over
inaccurate CV

Trinity Mirror newspaper chief Bailey steps down after pay row

Facebook moves ahead with $96bn May IPO

TOP ADVERTISING TERRITORIES
by projected ad expenditure
for 2012
USA ($154.1bn)
China ($61.7bn)
Japan ($50.0bn)
Germany ($25.3bn)
UK ($21.1bn)
Brazil ($20.8bn)
France ($15.1bn)
Canada ($14.2bn)
Australia ($14.1bn)
Italy ($13.1bn)
Russia ($11.9bn)
Spain ($8.4bn)
India ($7.8bn)
S Korea ($7.5bn)
(source: GroupM
Summer 11)

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