Business Information Alert articles from July 2008

Business Information Alert archives from July 2008

Private equity, Part 4: the Google effect.(Company overview)
July 1, 2008... In this, our final article in this series, we review private equity investors' involvement in the media sector in general and the impact the "Google effect" in particular has had on their appreciation of the profitability of the online business...

Library conferences: SLA and ALA.(From the Editor)
July 1, 2008... I've just returned from attending the two major U.S. library conferences of the year. First was SLA, and then ALA in Anaheim. With both being on the U.S. west coast and (unusually) within a week of each other, attending both was an easy single...

ProQuest-Dialog merger.(Comings and Goings)(Column)
July 1, 2008... When we started the new columns in Business Information Alert last year, I don't think I envisaged that this one would be so active. However, yet another mega-merger has just been announced in the business information world. Thus, here is yet...

Patents gone wild.(News and Trends)(United States. Patent and Trademark Office)
July 1, 2008... The official definition of a patent from the USPTO glossary sounds simple enough. It reads: "A property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor 'to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or...

Bonds.(Info Intro)
July 1, 2008... Definitions Bonds are simply a form of corporate borrowing for a specific period. They are also known as debt instruments. Along with equities (or shares) they are recognized as the most common form of investment securities and are issued...