Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
06 November 2007



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")


WPP announces that on 6 November 2007 it acquired 382,500 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
629.679112p per share.



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