Havas' Shares Take a Tumble

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NEW YORK Havas’ stock price dipped 6.7 percent in trading today to close at $4.58 a share, following earlier comments by company chairman Vincent Bolloré, who conducted his first press conference since taking control of Havas in June.

Investors bid the stock up 6 percent last Friday, anticipating that Bolloré would outline a broad growth strategy for the Paris-based holding company.

Instead, Bolloré downplayed expectations for full-year 2005 and the first half of 2006.

For 2005, revenue is expected to be $1.4





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