Archived news for Aug 2008
A dozen registered offers for RBI18 Aug 2008
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After initial interest from more than two dozen companies in mid-July, Reed Business Information (RBI) has reportedly attracted twelve registered opening offers as the business media division of Reed Elsevier is put up for sale.
Launch of new social network for business professionals
18 Aug 2008
A new social network for business professionals launched today. Talkbiznow, a British start-up venture is set to rival the established business social network LinkedIn which is now valued at $1bn.
Informa bidding - latest
15 Aug 2008
Competing bidders for Informa are reportedly in talks about a joint offer for the Business Media company.
Press Gazette to relaunch
14 Aug 2008
Adapting its strategy for delivering news has lead Wilmington Group-owned Press Gazette magazine to change its frequency from weekly to monthly, with the title relaunching in September.
Irion Technologies to give web crawl master-class at DPA Conference
13 Aug 2008
Using web robots or spiders (essentially mathematical formulas) to gather data is one of the big breakthroughs of the decade, but how does the process work? Who knows how to do it? How accurate is the data collected? How much does acquisition cost? And is the whole thing legal anyway?
Further private equity group offers for Informa
07 Aug 2008
Business media company Informa has received an offer from another group of private equity firms in competition with that already offered by Providence Equity, The Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman.
Economist Group acquires US congressional publisher
07 Aug 2008
The Economist Group has acquired America’s largest publisher of congressional directories, Capitol Advantage, in a $43m (£22m) deal incorporating it into its Roll Call Group business.