Second quarter M&A activity for publishing & info. sectors remains steady.The number of mergers and acquisitions in the publishing, information and training fields in the second quarter 2002 was slightly more than the number during the first quarter of this year while the total dollar value fell, according to according toprep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. investment bank White--stone Communications' (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 ) Who's Buying Who report. Whitestone reported 91 deals in the second quarter, up from the 85 reported in the first quarter of this year. The overall value of the deals fell from $1.9 billion in the first quarter to $1.3 billion in the second quarter. Whitestone said that no second quarter deals were in excess of $300 million, with the largest being the SmartForce/SkillSoft merger and the $200 million purchase of medical education company Boron boron (bōr`ŏn) [New Gr. from borax], chemical element; symbol B; at. no. 5; at. wt. 10.81; m.p. about 2,300°C;; sublimation point about 2,550°C;; sp. gr. 2.3 at 25°C;; valence +3. , LePore by Cardinal Health <includeonly></includeonly> Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) is a premier, global healthcare company dedicated to making healthcare safer and more productive. Overview Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Cardinal Health, Inc. . First quarter results included the $760 million purchase of Reiman Publications by Readers Digest Digest: see Corpus Juris Civilis. (1) A compilation of all the traffic on a news group or mailing list. Digests can be daily or weekly. (2) Any compilation or summary. . The business/legal sector reported 20 deals valued at $363 million, most among the ten categories tracked, followed by Trade Book/Consumer Media (13), Finance/Real Estate (9) and Training (9). The report also said that the number of second quarter investments increased substantially over the first quarter, going from 21 deals valued at $290 million in the first quarter to 30 deals worth $385 million in the second quarter. |
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