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Harcourt US sale cleared
The sale of Harcourt's US education business to Houghton Mifflin/Riverdeep has passed all regulatory hurdles and is now only dependent on Riverdeep finalising its financing for the US$4 billion deal.
Reed NZ name change to Raupo following Pearson acquisition
The New Zealand publisher Reed Publishing will be known as Raupo Publishing as a result of its acquisition from Reed Elsevier by Pearson in May this year. Reed Elsevier made it a condition of th...
Harcourt US sale on track
The sale of Harcourt's US education business to Houghton Mifflin is on track and is expected to conclude late this year or early in 2008.
Riverdeep/Houghton Mifflin goes to market for US$7 billion loan
Houghton Mifflin's private equity owner Riverdeep is looking for backers for a US$7 billion loan to finance its takeover of some of Harcourts assets in the US.
Pearson's Harcourt acquisition cleared in UK
The UK's Office of Fair Trade has decided not to refer the acquisition of Harcourt Education by Pearson to the country's Competition Commission.
Google accuses publishers of exaggerating copyright
As part of a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission, a group of software companies that includes Google, Microsoft and Yahoo has accused publishers including Pearson and Harcourt of di...
Will HM's acquisition hit Harcourt's trade list?
Follwing last week's announcement that Houghton Mifflin will buy Hacourt's US operations, questions are being asked about the future of the Harcourt trade list in the US.
Houghton Mifflin to buy Harcourt US
The US schools publishing businesses of Harcourt have been sold to competitor Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep for US$4 billion (A$4.4 billion). The purchase concludes the sale by Reed Elsevier o...
Pearson announces more Harcourt redundancies
Following its acquisition of Harcourt Education in May, Pearson Australia has announced a number of redundancies in the senior management group at Harcourt. ‘As previously announced we wil...
Pearson to integrate Reed Publishing NZ
Pearson Group, which acquired Reed Publishing New Zealand (RPNZ) as part of its purchase of Harcourt Education in May, has confirmed its commitment to 'preserve and grow' the iconic Reed Books divisio...
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