WEST PALM BEACH, FL: FTI Consulting's strategic communications unit reported a revenue drop of 11.6% year-over-year to $45.8 million in the third quarter of 2012.

The group attributed the revenue decrease in strategic communications to fewer mergers and acquisitions and natural resource projects in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as lower project income in North America.

Last year, FTI reported 3% third-quarter growth in its strategic communications business, compared with Q3 2010.

In the first nine months of 2012, FTI's strategic communications unit ...