I thought this should be a great time for such a company. Lots of oppportunty to advertise this year. Lots of sporting events on telly including euro champs, olympics. And of course we have US elections coming up. If this is not a good time then when is?

WPP shares were higher, up 5-1/2 pence to 475-1/2 after SG Securities
upgraded its rating to 'hold' from 'sell' ahead of the advertiser's interims on
Aug 20.
'While concerns for global marketing budgets into 2005 are likely to
persist, it expects WPP's short-term delivery against expectations to remain
unimpaired...'