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Havas is in the early stages of looking for private-equity investors to help finance a purchase of Grey Global Group, sources said last week. Alain de Pouzilhac, chairman of the French holding company, was said to have been in the U.S. last week meeting with potential investors.

Few, however, think that Havas, which issued a fiscal-year 2003 profits warning in February, has much of a chance to line up the investors it needs. After paying $2.1

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