Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
12 November 2007


                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 12 November 2007 it acquired 350,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
588.6908p per share.


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