• , Tuesday, March 16, 2004 12 AM

Havas said yesterday that MPG, its worldwide media services agency, was not for sale. Simon Gillham, a spokesman for Havas, responded to an article in The Wall Street Journal that said Havas had received at least one proposal from an unidentified competitor to buy as much as 49 percent of MPG. "We've had no offer" for MPG, Mr. Gillham said, adding that even if such an offer is made, "absolutely none of MPG in any form, whole or tiny parts, is for sale" because "it's part of our core business."

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