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Chegg is to acquire Zinch
Chegg is to acquire Zinch, a business that connects prospective college and graduate students to scholarships, admissions officers and other students who have been through the same process. Terms of...
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Sanoma acquires Tammi Learning and Bonnier Utbildning AB from Bonnier /...
Sanoma has acquired the assets of the Finnish educational publisher Tammi Learning and all the shares of the Swedish educational publisher Bonnier Utbildning AB from the Swedish media group Bonnier AB....
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Pearson to sell 50% stake in FTSE to the London Stock Exchange for £450 million
Pearson has agreed to sell its 50% stake in FTSE International Limited to the London Stock Exchange Group for £450 million in cash. FTSE is a world-leader in the creation and management of more than...
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72% rise in profits at Pearson
Pearson Plc has reported 2011 Preliminary results. Financial performance Sales up 6% at CER in spite of tough trading conditions in many markets. Adjusted operating profit up 12% to £942m with growth...
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Pearson acquires Certiport for $140M
Pearson has acquired Certiport from Spire Capital Partners for $140m in cash. Founded in 1997 in Utah, Certiport develops, markets and distributes certification exams and practice tests of IT and...
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Pearson acquires GlobalEnglish for $90M
Pearson has acquired GlobalEnglish for $90 million in cash. Founded in 1997 in California, GlobalEnglish is a leading provider of cloud-based, on-demand Business English learning, assessment and...
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A Fusion Deal: Econsultancy sold to Centaur
Fusion Corporate Partners are pleased to announce our latest deal, the sale of Econsultancy.com Limited to business information and events group Centaur Media plc. Econsultancy is a leading digital and...
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Wilmington Group reports full year results for the year ended 30 June 2012
Wilmington Group plc, the professional information and training group, has announced its results for the year ended 30 June 2012. Highlights Adjusted EBITA increased by 10.2% to £16.5m (2011: £14.9m)...
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Pearson acquires online learning business EmbanetCompass for $650M
Pearson PLC has acquired EmbanetCompass from an investor group led by Technology Crossover Ventures and Knowledge Universe, for $650m in cash. EmbanetCompass partners with leading non-profit colleges...
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Tribal Group acquires International Graduate Insight Group
Tribal Group, a provider of technology systems and solutions to the education, learning and training markets, is to acquire International Graduate Insight Group Limited (“i-graduate”), an education...
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UPDATE: Tribal Group acquires International Graduate Insight Group
Tribal Group has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of International Graduate Insight Group (“i-graduate”). This news comes after its announcement on the...
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RPS Group PLC acquires Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education
RPS Group PLC, an energy and natural resources consultancy, has acquired Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education (“PEICE”), a Canadian based business providing geoscience and engineering training...
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Pearson trading update – continuing tough market conditions
Pearson has provided a January trading update. They will report preliminary results for 2012 on 25 February 2013. See below: In general, Pearson’s businesses continue to face tough market conditions...
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McGraw-Hill Education to acquire a 20 percent equity stake in Area9 Aps
McGraw-Hill Education is to acquire a 20 percent equity stake in Area9 Aps, the Denmark-based adaptive learning company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. McGraw-Hill Education’s equity investment...
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lynda.com acquires Austrian online learning company video2brain
lynda.com, an online learning company, has acquired video2brain, GmbH, a European-based online video training company that specialises in German-, French-, Spanish- and English-language courses. “This...
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World Book, Inc. Acquires Incentive Publications
World Book, Inc., a publisher of print and online educational products, has acquired Incentive Publications. “We are thrilled to add Incentive Publications (IP) to our family of educational products,”...
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Pearson VUE acquires Exam Design
Pearson VUE, the assessment services business of Pearson, has acquired Exam Design Inc, a provider of examination development software used in high-stakes testing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed....
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Rosetta Stone acquires online language company Livemocha
Rosetta Stone has acquired Seattle-based Livemocha, one of the world’s largest online language-learning communities, for $8.5 million in cash. Livemocha has a community of over 16 million members in...
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IHRDC acquires petroleum training company Invincible Energy
IHRDC, an oil and gas industry training business, has acquired Invincible Energy, a U.K.-based petroleum training and consultancy company. Invincible offers a variety of petroleum trading, marketing...
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McGraw-Hill Education acquire ALEKS Corporation,
McGraw-Hill Education is to acquire ALEKS Corporation, the privately held developer of the ALEKS® adaptive learning technology for the K-12 and higher education markets. The acquisition is McGraw-Hill...
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