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Ogilvy, Adams & Rinehart is renamedOgilvy Public Relations Worldwide (Ogilvy PR).
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The Ogilvy & Mather PR Asia/Pacificnetwork of 17 offices changes its name to Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide.
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Ogilvy PRacquires Alexander Communications, which is renamed Alexander Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide (AOPR).
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AOPRopens Silicon Valley/Menlo Park, Los Angeles, Dallas and Boston offices.
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Ogilvy PRopens Taipei, Korea, Bangalore and Chennai, India offices.
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Ogilvy PR Workplace Performance is formally introduced, bringing together the firm's collective knowledge and experience in employee communications.
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FlexNet,a proprietary approach based on best practices in global programming, is launched.
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Brandshield, formalizing the firm's best thinking and latest techniques in crisis and issues management, is introduced.
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PiRho, a PR firm in Stockholm, joins the Ogilvy PR family.
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Ogilvy PRlaunches Plato: Partners in Learning and Training at Ogilvy PR—our training and development program.
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Ogilvy PRcollaborates on the 50th anniversary celebration for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) by orchestrating a panel discussion, moderated by ABC News Medical Correspondent George Strait, and featuring two famous heart and lung patients—Larry King (heart disease) and Jackie Joyner Kersee (asthma).
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Ogilvy PRhelps stop legislation designed to weaken the "Made in USA" label.
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