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Forbes
Announces Closing of Forbes Global and the Debut of Forbes Asia
Business Wire, July 1
Forbes announced that Forbes Global, its international edition, will publish its last
issue July 25, 2005. The North American edition of Forbes will be made available to Forbes
Global subscribers. On September 5, 2005, Forbes will debut a new edition, which will be
named Forbes Asia. The magazine will expand and enhance the coverage of this very robust
region. Forbes Asia will be published in English on a bi-weekly schedule and will have an
initial circulation of 80,000. The new publication will be available across the
Asia/Pacific region.
LWW
and Blackwell Announce Transfer of Publishing Assets
Business Wire, July 1
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), a leading international publisher in medicine,
nursing, and allied health, and Blackwell Publishing, the world's leading society
publisher, announced an asset transfer that will allow each publisher to enhance their
product offerings and to meet the needs of core customers.
LWW has acquired Blackwell's eight medical student review book series, with 123 back
list and 47 front list titles. Brands that are part of the transaction include the
Blueprints series, the Underground Clinical Vignettes series and Boards and Wards.
Software patent
bill thrown out
BBC Online, July 6
European politicians have thrown out a controversial bill that could have led to
software being patented. The European Parliament voted 648 to 14 to reject the Computer
Implemented Inventions Directive.
Legendary book
goes to British Library
Guardian Unlimited, July 7
The British Library
has just been presented with a legendary book, regarded by many bookbinders as one of the
greatest modern bindings in the world - but haunted by tragedy and disaster.
The gold leaf blazing and the light flashing from hundreds of gemstones
studding the tails of the peacocks on the cover defy the extraordinary history of the
Sangorski special edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald's translation
of the great Persian poem of love, life and loss.
Blackwell bid collapses
PN Online, 8 July
Toby Blackwell's attempt to buy back the Blackwell stores has collapsed
due to lack of funding.
Emap
acquires DeHavilland Information Services
Digital Look, July 11
Emap said its B2B arm Emap Communications has acquired DeHavilland Information
Services for a debt free/cash free consideration of £18m in cash.
Reed Elsevier announces
the acquisition of Seisint, Inc. for $775 million
Reed Elsevier Press Release, July 14
Reed Elsevier Group plc has announced that LexisNexis, its legal and business
and government information solutions business, has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire the entire share capital of Seisint, Inc. for $775 million. Seisint is a leading
provider of public record solutions in the fast growing US risk management sector.
The
Sun becomes first national to feature daily video news
Revolution, July 15
The Sun has become the first UK national newspaper to feature daily video news
bulletins on its website, with updates four times every weekday, following a deal with the
Press Association.
Scientific
Council of the European Research Council announced
Europa, July 18
The European Commission has announced the names of the 22 eminent men and women who
will be the founding members of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council
(ERC), a funding organisation for frontier research proposed by the European Commission
under the Seventh Research Framework Programme (2007-2013).
Microsoft sues
Lee and Google
ZDNet News, July 19
Microsoft has sued the search giant and a former Microsoft executive who has
been tapped by Google to run its China operations. The suit was filed in a
Washington state court against Google and Kai-Fu Lee, who was the corporate vice president
of Microsoft's Interactive Services Division.
Sales Slow,
Profit Margins Grow in Online Information, Survey Says
EContent Mag, July 19
The latest annual survey of the European market for online information, published by
IRN Research, values the market at €3,070m in 2004, increasing by 10% at current
prices compared to 2003.
Outsourcing is creating more jobs in the UK than are being lost abroad,
according to an Oxford academic.
Whitehall
gives green light to child database
Computing, 20 July
The government is going ahead with plans for a central index of all children, despite
concerns from MPs. The Information Sharing Index scheme was devised following the public
inquiry into the Victoria Climbié case and was included in the Children’s Bill
passed in November. The scheme will create 150 regional registers, with a 151st system to
co-ordinate them.
Elsevier Announces Acquisition of MC
Strategies, Inc
ArriveNet, 23 July
Elsevier, healthcare and scientific publisher, announced that it has
finalised the acquisition of MC Strategies, Inc., a US-based firm that specialises in
developing and delivering online training content for the healthcare industry.
The acquisition of MC Strategies, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, enables Elsevier to
expand its offerings in online continuing education and training for the healthcare
market.
See The Elsevier Press
Release
2005 Interim Results from Pearson
Pearson Press Release, 25th July
Pearson have reported increases in sales and profits.
NHSU is dissolved
NHSU website, 31 July
A new organisation, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, will take forward
strategic advice and direction concerning learning; while the delivery of NHSU's
programmes and services will be taken forward by host organisations across the NHS,
reflecting the devolution of activity to the front line which underpinned the Arm’s
Length Body Review.
Youngest person to become a Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs)
Microsoft Pakistan
At just 10 years old, Arfa Karim Randhawa, of Faisalabad, Pakistan, is one of the
youngest Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs) in the world. When S. Somasegar,
corporate vice president, Developer Division, Microsoft Corp learned about Arfa’s
accomplishments, he arranged a trip for her and her father to travel to Redmond to see
Microsoft and its technologies up close.
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