WPP, the world’s biggest advertising group, beat forecasts with profits before tax up 15 per cent compared with a year ago. Lex’s Rob Armstrong and Oliver Ralph debate if it was helped by the failed merger talks between rivals Omnicom and Publicis.<br /><br />For more video content from the Financial Times, visit http://www.FT.com/video<br /><br />Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube; http://goo.gl/vUQx5k<br />Twitter https://twitter.com/ftvideo<br />Facebook https://www.facebook.com/financialtimes