In an interview with British broadsheet the Daily Telegraph, Havas chief executive David Jones has spoken candidly on Europe's economic recovery and his take on the Publicis-Omnicom super-merger.

Steve Ballmer hasn't quite ridden off into the sunset yet. The Microsoft CEO has agreed a $7bn acquisition of Nokia's mobile division, transferring hardware licenses, patents and 32,000 employees.

Per multiple media outlets, iProspect of the Aegis group has purchased iSpy for an undisclosed amount, with Aegis claiming: "the acquisition would help iProspect's search billings rise from more than £100m in 2010 to more than £150m."