AC and R Advertising, a subsidiary ofTed Bates Worldwide, a unit of one of the largest advertising
agencies in the U.S., Saatchi and Saatchi, said it will merge
with two other Bates units to form a new entity under Bates
called AC and R/DHB and Bess.
    The company said the other units are Diener/Hauser/Bates
(DHB) and Sawdon and Bess. AC and R chairman Stephen Rose said
the combined billings will be 311 mln dlrs, representing a
total of 157 clients.
 Reuter
