GULF PUBLISHING SOLD TO EUROMONEY FOR $10 MILLION.Euromoney Features Euromoney magazine (ISSN 0014-2433) is a monthly publication focusing on international banking and capital markets. Euromoney covers banks, institutional investors and financial institutions; economy, national, regional, supra-regional banking and finance; fixed Institutional Investor Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. (London) has acquired the assets and business of Gulf Publishing (Houston, TX), a publisher of information for the energy sector, from WorldOil.com (Houston, TX) for $10 million. WorldOil.com is a company formed by investors SCF SCF Service Canadien des Forêts (Canadian Forest Service) SCF Stem Cell Factor SCF Scientific Committee on Food (European Commission) SCF Service Canadien de la Faune Partners and Battery Ventures. Gulf is Euromoney's first major acquisition in the U.S. since Internet Securities ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. was acquired in January 1999. Gulf was established in 1916 with the monthly launch of World Oil magazine. Gulf also publishes Hydrocarbon hydrocarbon (hī'drōkär`bən), any organic compound composed solely of the elements hydrogen and carbon. The hydrocarbons differ both in the total number of carbon and hydrogen atoms in their molecules and in the proportion of hydrogen Processing (1922), Pipeline & Gas Industry (1954) magazines, catalogs, Web sites and a range of energy books. Previously, Gulf had sold its professional and reference book division to Butterworth-Heinemann (Woburn, MA) and its Jamsa Computer Book unit to Delmar (Albany, NY). Operations for Gulf will remain in Houston. Euromoney business development director Christopher Fordham said the deal "will greatly enhance Euro-money's strategic growth into the energy sector in both the U.S. and other key market centres around the world." Gulf ceo/president John Meador said "this is excellent news for Gulf and its staff. Euromoney is committed to the high editorial and publishing standards of Gulf; its monthly magazine Petroleum Economist Petroleum Economist is a monthly magazine that provides macro-economic and geopolitical analysis of the energy industry. History Petroleum Economist magazine was founded in 1934 by Dr Oskar Tokayer, a flamboyant and immensely energetic Hungarian. is a good complementary fit to Gulf's products." Euromoney Institutional Investor publishes about 100 business-to-business magazine titles including Euromoney and Institutional Investor. The company also produces conferences and training events, databases, and electronic and print offerings for a variety of markets. |
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