When Shandwick announced it was acquiring the huge government affairs firm, The Cassidy Companies, for a reported dollars 70 to dollars 80 million (see Jody Powell profile, p22) in October, it sent shockwaves through the industry.

When Shandwick announced it was acquiring the huge government

affairs firm, The Cassidy Companies, for a reported dollars 70 to

dollars 80 million (see Jody Powell profile, p22) in October, it sent

shockwaves through the industry.



Was the price right? Shandwick obviously thinks it was - even though it

already had a burgeoning ...