Consortium of buyout firms considering counter offer for media group Informa - July 15, 2008
Several of the world's largest buyout firms are reportedly considering a counter bid for media company Informa Plc, UK. At a recently held function, dealmakers from KKR, Blackstone and Permira openly talked about how the firms may make an offer for Informa to rival the 506 pence-per-share approach submitted by… Read More
Education Resources Information Center available on WilsonWeb database - July 14, 2008
Database producer H.W. Wilson, US, has announced that longtime research standard Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is now searchable as a WilsonWeb database. Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the US Department of Education, ERIC allows searching of 1.1… Read More
Wiley Higher Education acquires Business and Modern Language list from Cengage Learning - July 14, 2008
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., US, has announced that it has acquired a list of Business and Modern Language textbooks and learning materials from print and digital information services provider Cengage Learning, US. Cengage Learning agreed to divest the works in connection with the Justice… Read More
Aries Systems unveils Chinese translations of Editorial Manager user tutorials - July 14, 2008
Online submission system provider Aries Systems Corporation, US, has announced the availability of the Chinese-language author and reviewer tutorials for its Editorial Manager peer-review system. Increasingly, scholarly publishers of English-language publications in all disciplines are observed to be looking to scientists and researchers in China as… Read More
VideoMD launches new free service to help physicians educate patients - July 14, 2008
Medical information provider VideoMD, US, has announced the launch of VideoMD.com, a new website that focuses on physician generated video health information. The site is a video sharing site that helps doctors educate their own patients by uploading educational videos to their individual page of VideoMD.… Read More
Inderscience announces inaugural issues of five new journals - July 14, 2008
STM and business publisher Inderscience, Switzerland, has published the first issues of 5 new titles. The new journals are: International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems; International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets; International Journal of Inventory Research; International Journal of Private Law; and International… Read More
