WPP is a multibranded company which has been growing by acquisitions.
Moreover, the company's electronic business was build by acquisitions of previously bank-owned platforms.
Sales rose 80percentto to a record $936.2 million, fueled by acquisitions.
"Memento," which was the year's biggest independent success, had been ignored by acquisitions executives here.
Sales rose 5.7percentto to $1.63 billion, helped by acquisitions and a foreign exchange benefit.
Sales more than doubled, to $1.09 billion from $457.6 million, helped by acquisitions.
He has since, mostly by acquisitions, built the group to be the largest luxury goods company in the world.
The Dutch financial services company ING Groep said second-quarter profit rose 21percentt, helped by acquisitions and lending income.
The company said its 2000 earnings were bolstered by acquisitions like McWhorter Technologies, which makes adhesives and coatings.
And they say Kraft's earnings will be bolstered by improvements in its balance sheet and by acquisitions.
The second quarter's revenues were bolstered by acquisitions, including the consulting arm of PricewatershouseCooper and Rational Software.
