Concorde Career Colleges, Inc. Goes Private.MISSION, Kan Kan, river, China: see Gan. . -- Concorde Concorde First supersonic, passenger-carrying, commercial airplane. Built jointly by British and French manufacturers, it entered regular service in 1976. Its maximum cruising speed is 1,354 mph (2,179 kph), more than twice the speed of sound; the London-New York flight Career Colleges, Inc. ("Concorde" or the "Company") announced that pursuant to a merger agreement with an affiliate of Liberty Partners, a private equity firm based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Concorde has become a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , wholly owned by the Liberty affiliate. Concorde, headquartered in Mission, Kansas Mission is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. The population was 9,727 at the 2000 census. In 2003, Mission absorbed the neighboring city of Countryside. Geography Mission is located at (39.025572, -94. , owns and operates proprietary, post-secondary institutions at 12 locations in 7 states. Its vocational training programs are primarily in the allied health field. Liberty Partners is a private equity investment firm that specializes in investments in manufacturing, business services, and education-related companies. Since its founding in 1992, the firm has committed over $1 billion to more than 45 investments, including commitments of over $250 million to investments in elementary and post-secondary education. To find out more about Concorde Career Colleges, Inc., visit our website at www.concordecareercolleges.com. |
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