WICKS BUS. INFO. ACQUIRES VENTUREONE CORP. FROM REUTERS GROUP.Wicks Business Information (Fairfield Fairfield. 1 City (1990 pop. 12,200), Jefferson co., N central Ala., an industrial suburb of Birmingham; inc. 1919. Founded (1910) by the United States Steel Corp., its steel industry has greatly declined, negatively affecting the city's economy. , CT) has agreed to acquire VentureOne Corp. (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA) from Reuters Reuters British cooperative news agency. Founded in 1851 by Paul Julius Reuter, it was initially concerned with commercial news but began to serve a growing newspaper clientele after the London Morning Advertiser subscribed in 1858. Group Plc. (London). No terms of the deal were given. VentureOne, through its VentureSource database, provides information about venture capital investing in emerging technology companies worldwide. It publishes a daily electronic venture industry update and a variety of annual and quarterly periodicals. The company also organizes venture capital conferences in the U.S. and Europe. Wicks said the acquired company will be merged with its Asset Alternatives (Wellesley, MA) unit, the publisher of such newsletter titles as Genomic genomic pertaining to a genome. genomic clone see clone. genomic DNA the DNA sequences making up the genome of an individual. genomic library see gene bank. Investing and flagship The Private Equity Analyst. The latter title is published 48 times a year for professionals seeking to locate fresh capital as well as potential and ongoing deals. VentureOne president Dave Witherow said the merger will "result in more content in our VentureSource database, and even better conferences and editorial content." Wicks said the combined company will be more attractive to advertisers and sponsors who want to reach the venture capital and private equity industries. The purchase is Wicks' eighth since it was established in July 1999. The company's assets include Investment Advisor Investment Advisor 1. A person making investment recommendations in return for a flat fee or percentage of assets managed, known as a commission. 2. For mutual fund companies, it is the individual who has the day-to-day responsibility of investing and monitoring the cash and and Treasury & Risk Management, and the Briefings and Georgetown Publishing Group, both publishers of professional newsletters. |
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