May 3, 2012 | Volume 3, Number 10

Thomson Reuters to Sell Healthcare to Veritas Capital

This week, private equity firm Veritas Capital emerged as the buyer for Thomson Reuters’ Healthcare business, agreeing to pay $1.25 billion in cash for the unit, which includes ...

Google Next Target of Fed's Trust Busters?

Google and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appear to be headed for a showdown in court. The FTC announced April 26 that it was hiring a prominent outside litigator to oversee its ...

Business Publishers Wring Growth from Online Solutions

The leading players in the global business publishing market generated $4.75 billion in sales, a 6% increase, in 2011, driven by the sales of online solutions in the tax and accounting ...

Survey Shows Nurses Want More Mobile Access to Drug Information

A new survey found that 85% of nurses would like to see drug reference information available on their mobile devices. The survey, which polled 3,900 nurses and nursing students, was ...

ACCUCOMS: Journal Renewals Hold Steady

The rate at which customers renew their subscriptions to scientific and scholarly publications has remained steady through the economic turbulent period from 2007 to 2011 — according ...

IMS Health Acquires DecisionView

IMS Health last week acquired DecisionView, a San Francisco-based software solution company that helps life sciences organizations plan and track patient enrollment for clinical trials ...

Thomson Reuters Acquires Indian Tax Software

Thomson Reuters last month acquired the tax software business of Fast Facts, a tax software provider based in Mumbai, India. Companies use Fast Fact`s tax software to help streamline ...

PCR Briefs

ALM (New York) last week launched a revamped version of The Am Law Daily, a legal industry newsletter, and AmericanLawyer.com, the digital destination based on ALM's flagship ...

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