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Editor's View.(Brief Article)
While the internet giveth ...
As world leaders (of both the politician and popular culture variety) have been dazzling us this summer with global gatherings, overblown rock concerts and portentous communiques, it's easy to feel that our eyes are being averted from more mundane realities.
Take all the M&A activity in the information industry in recent weeks - something which portends a lot of jobs disappearing downstream. Mergers are always bloody businesses, with the axe falling to the corporate tune of "cost advantages".
The June roll-call was quite dramatic: Sirsi and Dynix (library systems); Bonnier and Infodata (business information); Hummingbird and RedDot (content management); Factiva and Synapse (taxonomy services); and T&F Informa and IIR Holdings. And don't think for a minute that that's the end of it. Expect more while you're lying by the pool.
Much of this must be due to the inevitable result of markets maturing and reaching a natural phase of consolidation. But some might blame the pressures of the internet ...
- T&F Informa agrees to acquire IIR Holdings.(Institute for International...
- Newspaper article from: Business Publisher June 16, 2005 700+ words
T&F Informa (London), a publisher of business, industry and academic materials, has reached an agreement to acquire conference organizer IIR (Institute for International Research) Holdings (Dubai/New York) for $1.4 billion. The purchase would increase T&F Informa's penetration into the U.S.
- Informa confirms it is not on the acquisition trail.(Informa Group PLC)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Information World Review October 24, 2005 700+ words
...interview with Dow Jones Newswires, Rigby said the takeover of IIR Holdings earlier this year meant it had "quite a lot going on at...organic growth. As IWR reported in July, following the IIR Holdings takeover, which involved [pounds sterling]450m in bank...
- While the internet giveth.(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Information World Review Pickering, Bobby July 11, 2005 700+ words
...Hummingbird and RedDot (content management); Factiva and Synapse (taxonomy services); and T&F Informa and IIR Holdings. And don't think for a minute that that's the end of it. Expect more while you're lying by the pool. Much of this...
- Steep increase in M&A deal value through first three quarters.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Business Publisher September 30, 2005 700+ words
...Health for $7 billion is the largest deal of the period for all categories while T&F Informa's acquisition of IIR Holdings for $1.4 billion was the eighth largest deal. JEGI said impetus for the acceleration in the market include: the convergence...
- The Genius of Edison places his inventions in the spotlight. (Learning Co...
- Magazine article from: Computer Shopper Elko, Lance March 1, 1997 700+ words
...investigation. The first, Tom's Technology, offers a brief article about how and why Edison developed the invention, along...life and career; a database of 253 terms, each linked to a brief article; and a cleverly designed quiz that tests users on program...
- Editorial.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
- Magazine article from: Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences July 1, 2000 700+ words
...than those of the old museum. The Mississippi Academy of Sciences is pleased to highlight the museum in this issue with a brief article describing the facility and a lengthy article describing the ecology and flora of LeFleur's Bluff, the area on which the...
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- Magazine article from: Grocer October 23, 1999 700+ words
...wants, we know best." Gift packs? Ho ho ho! Greig Smith Leighton Buzzard Potted herb accreditation Sir; Following your brief article concerning Hazlewood VHB and their "not organic enough" herbs (The Grocer, October 16, p26) you will be interested...
- JET STREAM.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD West, Kevin June 13, 2000 700+ words
...and fun). Just after the movie's premiere, Le Figaro devoted an entire page to the theme of the jet set, including a brief article by de Brantes entitled, "I was inspired by myself." What's surely even more satisfying for de Brantes, a slick-haired...
Source: HighBeam Research, Editor's View.(Brief Article)