Thomson's sale of unit to aid pursuit of Reuters

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U.K.-based private equity company Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P. and Canadian pension firm OMERS Capital Partners Inc. together purchased the Thomson Learning unit from financial news publisher Thomson Corp. for $7.75 bil, enabling Thomson Corp. to pursue the acquisition of Reuters Group PLC. The cash-and-stock Reuters deal is valued at $16.23 bil.

Strategy & planning, Investment Offices, Investment Companies, Open-End Investment Funds, Investment Funds & Trusts, Book publishing, Book Publishers, News syndicates, News Syndicates & Wire Svcs, Planning, Company acquisition/merger, News agencies, Reuters Group PLC, Company business planning, TOC, RTR, Thomson Corp. Thomson Learning, Apax Partners Worldwide L.L.P.

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Reed, Thomson benefit from Harcourt purchase

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Reed Elsevier PLC's and Thomson Corp.'s acquisition of Harcourt General Corp. will make Reed a major worldwide medical publishing presence. The $4.45 billion (5.3 billion euros) deal will also accelerate Thomson's withdrawal from newspapers and entry into electronic publishing and information services industry.

United Kingdom, Foreign operations, Reed Elsevier PLC, Harcourt General Corp.

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Thomson to purchase Primark for $842 million

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Thomson Corp. will acquire Primark Corp. for approximately $842 million (893.5 million euros) in cash. Primark is a financial and economic information provider.

On-Line Information Services, Database Vendors, Information retrieval services, Database industry, Primark Corp., PMK

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