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Pink Slips Handed Out at Needham
CHICAGO–Nancy Rice, a founding partner of the former Fallon McElligott Rice, was among 21 employees laid off by DDB Needham Chicago, where she was a senior vice president and group creative director. Agency chairman Alan Pilkington said the layoffs were part of cost controls based on projected revenues. The cuts represented approximately 3 percent of the 653-member staff.
United Air Lines to Tout New Routes
CHICAGO–United Air Lines is expected to break advertising highlighting new routes, schedules and fares in Washington and Los Angeles, company officials said.