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Just what is Ed Meyer going to do with the sackloads of greenbacks coming his way after the sale of Grey Global Group to WPP? Besides the dollars 51.8 million he'll receive on completion of the deal, his stock in Grey is worth more than dollars 350 million. At 77, he acknowledges he won't live long enough to spend it all. So the bulk of his fortune is destined for good causes, with a hospital near his home in Manhattan set for a nice windfall ... Now here's a question. What have Grey London and the late Sir John Betjeman in common? Answer: A dislike of Slough. In Grey's case, this may have something to do with the town being the UK headquarters of Mars, which recently dumped the network from its global business. Soon afterwards a mocked-up version of a Mars Bar poster went up in the agency reception. 'No more trips to Slough,' it declared. 'Pleasure you can't measure' ... Bien fait to Maurice Levy, the Publicis Groupe chairman, who has just received the Benjamin Franklin Award from the French American Foundation for his 'very significant contributions to the French-American ...