Thomson group buys Information for Industry.Thomson Legal & Regulatory Group Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). (TLRGE) this month acquired, for an undisclosed sum, Information for Industry Ltd., a leading U.K. publisher of environmental information. Key titles in the IFI IFI International Financial Institutions (IMF, World Bank, etc.)IFI Institutt For Informatikk (Department of Informatics, University of Oslo) IFI Industrial Fasteners Institute portfolio include Environment Business Magazine, Environment Business News Briefing, Environmental Compliance Manual, the newsletter Air Quality Management, and a web site featuring Joblink.co.uk, a highly successful online recruitment service. Information for Industry will come under TLRGE's U.K. regulatory business, called GEE gee 1 n. The letter g. gee 2 interj. Used to command a horse or ox to turn to the right. intr.v. Publishing. Robin Sutton Sutton, outer borough (1991 pop. 164,300) of Greater London, SE England. It is mainly residential, but plastics, chemicals, radio components, and paper goods are produced. The areas of Sutton were mentioned in the Domesday Book. is managing director. TLRGE--one of the world's leading providers of e-information and solutions to legal, regulatory, tax and accounting professionals--is part of The Thomson Corp., with annual revenues of $5.8 billion. Information for Industry was represented in the transaction by The van Tulleken Company, an advisor to corporate clients on M&As in the publishing and information industries. Since last July, van Tulleken--with offices in London and New York-has represented J Whitaker & Sons Ltd. in its acquisition of BPI (Bits Per Inch) The measurement of the number of bits stored in one linear inch of a track (storage channel) on a disk or tape. Bit density on magnetic disks has reached 800,000 bpi (800 Kbpi). See tpi, areal density and magnetic disk. BPI - bits per inch Communications Inc., Financial Times Business Ltd. in its purchase by InformaGroup plc, and Media Publishing International's acquisition by Cahners Business Information. |
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