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Jelly beans. Grapes. Highlighters. Yellow stickies. Paper clips. Elastic bands. Strawberries. Push pins. What would you create if you had all these items and kick ass animation skills? A soy Joy commercial, of course.

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — WPP's Ogilvy & Mather is preparing to cut nearly 10% of its North American staff today, according to executives familiar with the matter. The reductions — which are anticipated to decrease the agency's head count by some 150 to 175 employees — are expected to take place in New York and other Ogilvy offices nationwide.

Madscammin’ George Parker reported on his blog this morning that Ogilvy will be performing layoffs, starting today. A source close to the matter informed AgencySpy minutes ago that a few bodies have hit the floor already, indicating that Parker’s report may be spot on.

So far only a few have gone and we’re waiting to hear more as the day goes on. Whether this will turn out to be the large scale cutback that’s been predicted is yet to be seen. So much for that recession plan.

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LONDON – News International is to up the cover prices of the Saturday edition of The Times and The Sunday Times by 10p in Scotland, bringing them in line with the papers’ cover prices south of the border.

The Fallon ad you see above has been drudging up some sour mud across the Web. It seems that pretty much anyone who doesn’t make at least $100k feels like (as SuperSpy notes) The Ladders is sharting all over them and their measly salaries.

Hey The Ladders, stop with the pretension. Anyway, SuperSpy gave us her thoughts below, but we wanted to run a fancy poll to get some technical figures about how you feel. As always, comments are welcome too. Poll!

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LONDON – MSN has bolstered its market share in the UK online search sector, increasing its total queries by 56% year on year, according to figures released by Nielsen.

London – Kerzner International, the holiday resort developer, has appointed Walker Media to handle the estimated $10 million media planning and buying task for its luxury resort in Dubai.

LONDON – John Legg, Global Radio’s business development director, has left the company with no job to go to.

LONDON – Mediabrands, the holding company for Interpublic-owned Universal McCann and Initiative, has appointed digital marketer Quentin George to the new role of chief digital officer.