Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
02 November 2007



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")





WPP announces that on 2 November 2007 it acquired 350,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
639.361384p per share.


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