Value of newsletter acquisitions increases 77 percent over last year's first quarter.The value of acquisitions in the newsletter and directory fields climbed in the first quarter of this year versus the same period last year while the number of deals held about constant, 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 investment banking firm of Whitestone Whitestone may refer to:
1. Contraction of who is. 2. Contraction of who has. who's who is or who has who's short for who is, who has. Buying Whom. The total value of acquisitions for newsletter-directory businesses reached $28.3 million versus $16 million in the first quarter 1999--a 77 percent increase. The number of deals was 14 in this year's first quarter versus 13 last year. "The good news was that the increase was not attributable to any one transaction," said Whitestone president Baran S Baran may refer to:
a. 1. Consisting of roses; rosy. . "We had a group of decent size deals, capped by the Cahners purchase of Media Publishing International, publishers of the LA411 directory [NL/NL 3/31/00 and 4/15/00]. The owners of Media Publishing apparently did a great job of buying this company a few years ago, improving it, and then selling it off at a good profit." |
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