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Campaign India Team
Aug 27, 2008

GfK ends takeover talks with TNS

WPP Group's prospects of winning the battle for market research firm TNS improved this morning as the German suitor GfK ended talks to buy the British firm. In a statement this morning TNS said that after four months of talks GfK had informed them that it was "no longer pursuing a possible offer for TNS".

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