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Share deals net $22m for Omnicom boss John Wren, $3.85m for Interpublic's Michael Roth

Share deals net $22m for Omnicom boss John Wren, $3.85m for Interpublic’s Michael Roth

By Stuart Smith on March 21, 2012

Omnicom president and CEO John Wren (pictured) has just sold a lot of shares in his own company. Interpublic Group chairman and CEO Michael Roth is about to do the same. What is it that they know, and we don’t? First, some background. Wren sold 258,110 Omnicom shares, worth $12,549,308 on March 9, according to [...]

Posted in Agencies, Finance, News | Tagged Interpublic, IPG, John Wren, Michael Roth, omnicom, sec, sell signal, share options, share sales

Two top Microsoft Bing marketing executives fired for 'mismanagement of company assets'

Two top Microsoft Bing marketing executives fired for ‘mismanagement of company assets’

By Staff on March 20, 2012

Microsoft has fired two senior Bing marketing executives, Eric Hadley and Sean Carver, for allegedly misusing company funds. Microsoft says:”We can confirm that as the result of an investigation, Eric Hadley and Sean Carver’s employment with Microsoft has been terminated for violation of company policies related to mismanagement of company assets and vendor procurement.” Hadley [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Finance, News | Tagged bing, crispin porter+bogusky, dismissals, Eric Hadley, fbi, fraud charges, JWT, mccann-erickson, mcgarrybowen, Microsoft, Nick Brien, posterscope, Sean Carver, sec, Thom Gruhler, universal, verizon, windowes phone, wunderman

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