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Advertising agency Bates Clarion (BC) merged with its joint venture partner and global marketing communications company Bates Worldwide (BW) as part of beefing up its operations in India. "We feel India is a market strategically critical to the Bates' network, which has annual billion of around $7.1 billion, to provide integrated advertising services to its global clients," chairman of the new board of Bates Clarion Jean De Yturbe told newspersons here yesterday re net up 41.2 per cent