Publicis Groupe Income Improves 50%

BOSTON Fueled by a strong new-business performance, Publicis Groupe today said its first-half net income grew nearly 50 percent to $156 million on a 4.5 percent revenue increase to $2.3 billion, compared to the same period a year ago.

Factoring out the impact of currency fluctuations and acquisitions, organic growth for the first half was more than 6 percent, the company said.

Paris-based Publicis Groupe said it won more than $6 billion in new business during the first six months of the year, including key assignments from General Motors and Telefonica.