Officials at the agencies that handle advertising for WorldCom and MCI also declined to comment.
Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners will handle advertising and Lime Public Relations and Promotion will handle public relations.
Bartle Bogle continues to handle advertising for other Unilever products like Bertolli olive oil and Axe, a men's spray deodorant.
De Cecco USA, New York, owned by the Italian food company De Cecco, chose Block & DeCorso, Verona, N.J., to handle advertising and public relations.
Concept Farm, New York, will handle advertising; the Zimmerman Agency, Tallahassee, Fla., will handle public relations; and U.S. International Media, New York, will handle online and offline media.
The United States division of Pret a Manger named Walrus, New York, to handle advertising assignments that include digital marketing, in-store marketing and event marketing.
He said the agency continued to handle advertising for companies including Allied Domecq, British American Tobacco and Pfizer, but he declined to estimate the agency's remaining billings.
* Ask Jeeves, Emeryville, Calif., to Enlace Communications, Los Angeles, to handle advertising for the introduction of pregunta.com, its Web site aimed at Spanish-speaking consumers.
* The Week, New York, a weekly news magazine being introduced by Dennis Publishing, named Boston MediaWorks to handle advertising space sales in New England.
The Bali Company, part of the Sara Lee Corporation, named Shahid & Company in New York to handle advertising for its Bali, Barelythere and Wonderbra apparel brands.
* The Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Mich., selected Mullen, Wenham, Mass., to handle advertising for its new Gladiator GarageWorks line of products for the garage.
