Transaction in Own Shares

WPP Group PLC
16 November 2007



                             WPP GROUP plc ("WPP")





WPP announces that on 16 November 2007 it acquired 300,000 of its own ordinary
shares of 10p each for cancellation.  The shares were acquired at a price of
593.649485p per share.


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