AN investigation by the WPP Group into its own operations in Italy is pitting its pugnacious chief executive , Sir Martin Sorrell , against an equally aggressive Italian businessman and casting light on a disorderly corner of Sir Martin 's normally tightly controlled empire .
Martin Sorrell /business/person/company WPP Group
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