Thomson finally sells AHC--to Thompson.Thomson Healthcare Thomson Healthcare is one of the five operating divisions of the Thomson Corporation. The division provides information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. Thomson Healthcare is based in Connecticut with about 2,600 staff around the globe. put its Atlanta-based American Health American Health Inc. is a company that manufactures health supplements. It is located in Holbrook, New York. One of its products is labeled the "Chewable Original Papaya Enzyme" with the attached registered trademark, "The 'After Meal Supplement'". Consultants on the market in late 2005 (NL/NL 2/17/06). Since that time, if suitors materialized, they either were shown to or looked for the front door. But on August 31, 2006, the Washington, D.C.-based Thompson Publishing Group Inc. bought AHC AHC Appalachian Hardwood Center AHC American Heritage Center (University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY) AHC American Horse Council AHC Association for History and Computing AHC Australian Heritage Commission AHC Assault Helicopter Company . The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Thompson, founded in 1972, is now owned by Avista Capital Partners, which acquired the interest in the company previously held by CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank Merchant Banking. MidOcean and CSFB acquired Thompson in 2004. Phil Gabel is Tompson's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , and James Finkelstein is its chairman and a partner at Avista. Another Avista partner, Ohsang Kwon, noted the strategic value of the acquisition, including the fact that both subscription-based companies will be able to cooperate in marketing and management, as well as opportunties f or further investment. Leslie Norins M.D., Ph.D. founded American Health Consultants in 1974 with the launch of Hospital Infection Control, which is still being published by AHC. Norins sold it to Medical Economics in 1990. AHC currently publishes about 60 newsletters and directories. Thompson said the acquisition combines its position in providing subscription-based information in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , human resources, education and grants with AHC's healthcare and biotech products. The combined companies' portfolio of more than 350 print and electronic products and services, as well as hundreds of conferences, serve more than 350,000 customers. The AHC staff is reportedly staying in place in Atlanta. In the summer of 2005, Thompson acquired the Austin, Texas-based Sheshunoff Information Services See Information Systems. , which had provided how-to publications for financial institution professionals for more than 30 years. The Sheshunoff staff also stayed in place in Austin. Thompson 1725 K Street, NW, #700, Washington, DC 20006, 202-872-4000, fax 202-739-9645, www.thompson.com AHC P.O. Box 740056, Atlanta, GA 30374, 404-262-7436, fax 404-262-7837, www.ahcpub.com |
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