Asked for examples of cross-pollination — clients of one agency or the other that are working with the joint venture — Mr. Bidwell listed John Deere, "a Malone client, for which we're bringing in thinking from OgilvyAction," and SC Johnson, "an OgilvyAction legacy client, which people on the JWT side are deeply involved in helping".
Correction: February 5, 2000, Saturday An entry in the Addenda listing on the Media Business page yesterday about the presentation of awards by the New York Festivals misstated the client for which Ogilvy & Mather New York, part of the Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide unit of the WPP Group, won the Best of Show award for best product and service.
Among the clients for which Craft is working are Aldi, Coca-Cola, General Mills, L'Oréal and Microsoft (Xbox).
The initial consultation with clients, for which there is no fee, takes place in a private room.
It depends on whether the firm gives advice to clients, for which it can be sued, or bears the risks of clearing and settling securities.
"The extent of non-compliance introduces significant risks to the department and their clients, for which it owes a duty of care," it says.
On Thursday, Senator John McCain, the Arizona Republican, plans to call for a complete ban on accounting firms' performing any consulting services for clients for which they also serve as external auditor.
Mr. Vincent is more forthcoming about the clients for which he worked previously, when he was at Siegel & Gale and, before that, agencies like Octagon, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies.
The committee asked the firms to identify clients for which they had provided both executive pay consulting and other services and to disclose total revenue received for each type of service from January 2002 through December 2006.
On the other side, when agency executives were asked for the percentage of major clients for which they were they able to do their best work, the response was 56.6percentt.
It said that while IHMS did comply with some requirements, "the extent of non-compliance introduces significant risks to the department and their clients, for which it owes a duty of care".
