Wicks acquires VentureOne Corp. from Reuters, names Jim Beecher head of Asset Alternatives.In a deal that will combine two major providers of private equity and venture capital information services See Information Systems. into what the principals term "a new powerful media business," Wicks Business Information LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based VentureOne This article contains information about a scheduled or anticipated . It may contain preliminary or speculative information, and may not reflect the final version of the vehicle. The VentureOne is being developed by Venture Vehicles for sale in 2009[1]. Corporation 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. The acquisition comes only weeks after Wicks purchased of all of The Economics Press Inc.'s newsletters (NL/NL 7/31/01). The purchase of VentureOne is Wicks' eighth since it was established in July 1999 as an affiliate of The Wicks Groups of Companies LLC, a 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 private equity investment firm. Folio (1) Text management software for the professional reference publishing market from Fast Search & Transfer, Oslo, Norway and Boston, MA (www.fastsearch.com). Known as FAST Folio since its acquisition in 2004 from NextPage, Inc. : magazine recently named Wicks Business Information as one of the 40 fastest growing information companies. The Wicks portfolio also includes 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 magazines, as well as the Briefings and Georgetown Publishing Groups of professional development newsletters. VentureOne (www. ventureone.com), through its VentureSource database, is the leading provider of in-depth information about venture capital investing in young technology companies around the world. VentureOne publishes a daily venture industry update, in addition to various annual and quarterly periodicals. It also organizes venture capital conferences in the U.S. and Europe. Wicks will combine VentureOne with its Asset Alternatives division, whose flagship newsletter, The Private Equity Analyst, covers the private equity and venture capital markets. Asset Alternatives (www.assetnews.com), which Wicks acquired in September 2000, also publishes five other venture capital and private equity newsletters. In addition, it produces directories, conferences, research reports and internet products. VentureOne president David Witherow will continue in his current role with the company. Just a week before this most recent acquisition, Wicks named James H. Beecher vice president and general manager of Asset Alternatives and publisher of The Private Equity Analyst-overseeing all aspects of Asset Alternative's business. Beecher was previously the group publisher in charge of the global capital and technology newsletters of Institutional Invester Inc., New York. |
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