Jordan, Edmiston reports increase in M&A activity for first nine months.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. The Jordan Jordan, country, Asia Jordan, officially Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,760,000), 35,637 sq mi (92,300 sq km), SW Asia. It borders on Israel and the West Bank in the west, on Syria in the north, on Iraq in the northeast, and on Saudi , Edmiston Group (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ), the total number of deals in ten media and information categories increased 31.2% in the first nine months of 2004 compared to the same period last year while the total deal value increased 45.3%, going from $10.83 billion last year to $19 billion this year. Eight of the ten categories showed a double-digit dou·ble-dig·it adj. Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. percentage increase in the number of deals for the first three quarters, led by Consumer Books (19 v. 9; +111.%), Newsletter Publishing (17 vs. 10; +70%), Online Media (55 vs. 35; +57.1%) and Newspaper Publishing (73 vs. 47; +55.3%). The Directory & Reference Publishing and Exhibitions & Conferences categories reported the same number of deals in both periods. There were 30 deals this year in the B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Magazine category compared to 24 in the period last year. Seven of the ten categories showed an increase in deal value, led by Online Media ($2.6B; +815.7), Exhibitions & Conferences ($634M; +558.5%), Database Information Services See Information Systems. ($3.1B; +187.6) and B2B Magazines ($1.1B; +171.6). Only the Consumer Magazines ($336M; -76.2), Consumer Books ($56M; -67.5%) and Educational & Professional Publishing ($924M; -34%) categories showed a drop in deal value. The ten largest transactions in deal value for the first three quarters were led by VNU's sale of its World Directories Group for $2.5 billion and includes Thomson's purchase of Information Holdings for $441 million. |
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