WPP advertising profits up despite sterling 'ravages'

The world's biggest advertising group, WPP, has said it faced "strong currency headwinds" in the first half of 2014. It reported a 1.5% rise in headline pre-tax profit to £532m ($882m), but when currency movements were stripped out the rise was 15.6%. via Pocket http://ift.tt/1tP56fU