ELSEVIER BUSINESS & RABOBANK FORM JOINT VENTURE TO OPERATE WEB SITE.Elsevier Elsevier, the world's largest publisher of medical and scientific literature, forms part of the Reed Elsevier group. Based in Amsterdam, the company has substantial operations in the UK, USA and elsewhere. Business Information (EBI See electron beam imaging. ; Amsterdam, Neth.) has established a joint venture to expand the business-to-business portal Zibb.n1 into "the most comprehensive Web site available to business in the Netherlands," Elsevier said. The joint venture has been set up with Rabobank (Amsterdam), a financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. provider with operations in 38 countries. EBI will provide the editorial content and industry--specific services and Rabobank will provide financial services such as business Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the banking, direct payments, and electronic Letters of Credit. EBI said that both companies are "leaders" in the provision of services for small and mid-size companies and enterprises. EBI stressed the importance of operating a site with a "clear distinction" between editorial and advertising. Rabobank consists of 400 independent local cooperative Rabobanks with a total of around 550,000 members in a range of subsidiaries. |
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