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Articles 1-38 out of 38 article(s) Title Author Type Date Words United States: OutStart Merges with Mobile Leader Hot Lava Software. Jul 16, 2009 392 Siboney Learning acquired by Educational Options. Brief article Apr 1, 2009 264 Norins, PennWell, and Cengage Learning all make strategic acquisitions. Jan 26, 2009 538 Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Inc. (Sudbury, MA), a producer of educational materials, including text books, reference products, testing and assessment services for professionals in the fields of public safety, medicine, nursing, allied health, administration and criminal justice, has acquired ClickSafety.com (Alamo, CA), a provider of online safety management solutions for safety training professionals. Dec 1, 2008 88 India: Oracle Buys Global Knowledge Software. Company overview Aug 1, 2008 346 Macmillan (New York), a unit of Georg von Holtzbrinck (Bonn, Germany), has acquired Hayden-McNeil Publishing (Plymouth, MI), a publisher of custom textbooks, curriculum supplements and lab manuals for the higher education market. Jan 17, 2008 36 Houghton Mifflin Company Completes Acquisition of Harcourt Education, Harcourt Trade and Greenwood-Heinemann Divisions from Reed Elsevier, Creating Preeminent K-12 Educational Publisher. Dec 13, 2007 344 Pearson to Acquire EET: Adds Leading Physics Program to Online Homework and Assessment Services. Apr 17, 2006 752 Jones and Bartlett Acquires Professional Publishing Programs in Fire and Electrical from the National Fire Protection Association. Jan 30, 2006 535 Mosaic Media sells OneOnOne Computer Training to Eli Research. Brief Article Nov 17, 2005 195 School Specialty to buy McGraw-Hill publishing business. Brief Article Jan 17, 2004 200 PLATO Learning purchases UK education company. Brief Article Dec 31, 2003 216 Closely following its purchase of educational materials provider Cognitive Concepts (Evanston, IL), Houghton Mifflin (Boston, MA) has acquired Edusoft (San Francisco, CA), a standards-based assessment provider. Edusoft produces assessment materials to help school districts improve student achievement through better access to performance data and instructional tools. Dec 31, 2003 56 Houghton Mifflin acquires Cognitive Concepts. Brief Article Nov 30, 2003 176 Job losses likely after acquisition of Lightspan: Gateway announces another round of employee cutbacks. Allen, Mike Sep 15, 2003 708 Pearson to retain ownership of FT Business; completes purchase. Brief Article Jun 30, 2002 244 PLATO Learning acquires NetSchools. (Notebook: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations). Branch, Al Brief Article Jun 1, 2002 46 Holtzbrinck Publishing sells Hanley & Belfus to Elsevier Science. Brief Article May 30, 2002 206 Thomson division purchases Canadian publishing co. Brief Article Mar 31, 2002 97 Kluwer Academic acquires food science list from Aspen. Brief Article Jan 31, 2002 126 Riverdeep buys the Learning Co.; sets up partnership with Harcourt. (News connection: up-to-date and usable education information froms schools, government, business, research and professional organizations). Branch, Al Brief Article Nov 1, 2001 293 REED ELSEVIER ACQUIRES SMALL INTEREST IN EDUCATION PUBLISHER. Brief Article Oct 17, 2001 136 PEARSON ENTERS UK SCHOOL SOFTWARE MARKET WITH ACQUISITIONS. Brief Article Sep 30, 2001 181 THOMSON LEARNING UNITS MAKE THREE ACQUISITIONS. Brief Article Aug 31, 2001 221 WASATCH INTERACTIVE LEARNING CORP. (Salt Lake City). Cole, Kelleigh Brief Article Jul 1, 2001 43 DELMAR ACQUIRES SOLITAIRE PUBLISHING & WI PUBLICATIONS, INC. Brief Article Jun 16, 2001 199 Service911 Gets The BizWorks, Changes Identity. Mar 1, 2001 188 Workers' Compensation Report. Brief Article Feb 28, 2001 32 West Group. Brief Article Jun 30, 2000 51 Newell Announces Agreement To Divest Stuart Hall. Jun 25, 1998 210 TASA Announces Agreement to Acquire Drake Business Schools. Mar 27, 1998 605 Advanced Consulting, Inc. to Merge with Raymond Karsan Associates, an Inc. 500 Human Resources Company. Oct 20, 1997 519 Touchstone Applied Science Associates completes acquisition of Programs for Education. Jun 3, 1997 227 CRM Films acquires group video training business from American Management Association; CRM Films and AMA also enter joint licensing/distribution agreement. Jun 18, 1996 152 Multi-Media Tutorial Services announces sale of assets. Jan 11, 1996 149 Westcott Communications confirms Sandy offer. Apr 7, 1995 124 ITC Purchases INVOLVE(R) Instrumentation Multimedia Courseware Library. Feb 21, 1995 437 SIMON & SCHUSTER ACQUIRES EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT GROUP (EMG). Feb 20, 1995 887