the french advertising firm publicis. >> reporter: despite some strong numbers for the last year publicis has growth for 2011 which was stronger than originally forecast and stronger than the global advertising market. boosted by a strong demand out of asia and also strong revenue from digital. the margin was stronger than expected but, that's probably the reason for decline, it has been boosted by some cost savings measures such as the hiring freeze policy the company will extend in 2012. in europe publicis was quite resilient despite the economic crisis. i caught up with the cu to discuss that performance. >> when you look it at the current situation in europe, there are a lot of issues regarding the eurozone. however, most of our clients have been very cautious and some have cut but not at 2008. >> reporter: publicis is confident aimed to grow faster than the global advertising market with a stable margin around 16%. ross, back to you. >> all right, thanks very much for that, stephane. shares in ing are trading lower today. the dutch banker is warning it is worsening and set aside more

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