MONROE — More than 800 American flags were ceremonially retired recently by Merkle Funeral Service and its Covenant Cremation. For the first time, the funeral home offered a flag retirement ceremony.

Dentsu has taken full control of Merkle earlier than planned, paying about $108m (£86.4m) to buy shares from the agency’s staff and shareholders. It is thought that dozens of Merkle employees will ...

Dentsu, which acquired independent agency Gyro in 2016, has merged it with Merkle DWA and is retiring both agencies’ names, and making them part of Merkle B2B, a division of Dentsu’s Merkle unit that ...