MUMBAI: Global media communications group Inter Public Group (IPG) has reported a 2.65 per cent fall in its net income in the second quarter ended 30 June 2012.

IPG‘s net income during the second quarter was $99 million against $101.7 million a year earlier.

Its revenue in the second quarter too were down by a marginal 1.15 per cent. Its revenue in the quarter were $1.72 billion against $1.74 billion a year earlier.

Its organic revenue grew by just 0.8 per cent compared to a year earlier, weighed down by account losses in the US. While the group‘s organic revenue increased by six per cent internationally, it decreased by 3.2 per cent in the US.

For the first half of 2012, IPG‘s revenue was flat at $3.22 billion compared with $3.21 a year earlier. IPC‘s organic revenue increased by 1.7 per cent in the first six months compared to a year earlier. IPG‘s net income for the first six months of 2012 was $53.1 million as against $53.6 million a year earlier.

IPG chairman and CEO Michael Roth said, "Our organic revenue growth, which was 0.8% in the second quarter and 1.7% in the first half, reflects strength in high-growth international markets, digital and marketing services, as well as revenue headwinds that we‘d previously indentified."

The global economic situation remains uncertain, which will require vigilance as we move through the balance of the year, Roth said. "We are nonetheless targeting stronger growth in the second half, in order to achieve our full year 2012 objective of 3 per cent organic revenue growth."