Gale in deals with Houghton Mifflin, Economist Intell. Unit & cus. Monitor.

The Gale Group (Farmington Hills, MI), a unit of Thomson Learning (Stamford, CT), has entered into content agreements with The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU; London) and Business Monitor International (BMI; London), has acquired the online rights to publications from Thomson Healthcare, and has sold editorial content to a unit of Houghton Mifflin Co. (Boston).

EIU and BMI have signed agreements to have their content available online through Gale databases. BMI publishes daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly trade and economic forecast reports covering 111 countries. EIU produces annual country profiles and daily news alerts for 76 countries.

Also, Gale has been granted online rights to publications from Thomson Healthcare in the academic, K-12 and special libraries markets. Products include medical and healthcare newsletters, references, databases and magazines, including over 50 periodicals.

Finally, Gale has sold some K-12 editorial content to Classwell Learning Group (CLG), a unit of Houghton Mifflin. CLG produces resources designed to improve student learning through instruction, assessment and teacher training.