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  Reed Elsevier Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reed purchases Martindale-Hubbell for £ 189 and merges it with R.R. Bowker and Butterworths.
Reed Elsevier purchases Mead Data for $1.5 billion, and renames it Lexis-Nexis.
Morris Tabaksblat appointed Chairman and Crispin Davis CEO of Reed Elsevier.
www.niulib.niu.edu /publishers/ReedElsevier.htm   (797 words)

  
 CNN.com - Reed Elsevier profits decline as it expands - Aug. 9, 2001
Reed Elsevier, co-owned by London-based Reed International and Dutch company Elsevier, said first-half profit fell to £71 million ($100 million), or 2.8 pence a share, from £102 million, or 4.5 pence a share, last year.
Reed said strong performances in its science and medical, legal and education divisions was partly offset by the effects of the U.S. economic slowdown on business-to-business income.
Reed shares (REED) rose 1.1 percent in London on Thursday to 583 pence after the results were announced.
edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/08/09/reed   (393 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reed Elsevier hit its growth targets (5% organic revenue growth and double digit organic EPS growth) in 2005 and has confirmed that it is aiming for the same level of growth this year.
Reed Elsevier’s revenue growth looks strong and the company is targeting organic revenue growth of 5% for the full year.
Publisher Reed Elsevier organic revenue growth of 3% at constant currencies (CER) in 2004 is an improvement on the previous year and should be the start of a recovery that should strengthen this year.
www.investmentideas.co.uk /research/reed_elsevier   (175 words)

  
 Reed Electronics Group
Reed gathers, analyzes, organizes and distributes information in print, on-line, and at conferences and trades shows, by market sector, job function and geography, on four continents and in eight languages.
Reed Electronics Group is the only industry resource structured to meet the information needs of the global electronics product development process -- all the way from need identification through research, concept development, design development, purchasing, manufacturing and test, to distribution.
More information on Reed Elsevier is available at www.reedelsevier.com.
www.reed-electronics.com   (353 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier Decides Education Doesn't Pay - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Reed's Harcourt Education unit was the anomaly in the solid full-year earnings report, reporting flat revenue and a 20% drop in underlying operating profit for 2006.
Reed Elsevier (other-otc: RENLF - news - people) saw its shares climb at the beginning of the year on speculation that it may become the target of a buyout firm.
Reed Elsevier came into being in January 1993 as the result of a merger between Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and the Dutch science publisher Elsevier.
www.forbes.com /markets/2007/02/15/reed-elsevier-markets-equity-cx_cn_0215markets01.html   (489 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier - About us
Reed Elsevier's principal activities are in North America and Europe, and the company employs approximately 36,500 people in over 200 locations worldwide.
Reed Elsevier's key objective is to become the indispensable partner to its target customers: scientists, lawyers, teachers and business professionals, for information-driven services and solutions.
Reed Elsevier Group plc is owned equally by Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV.
www.reed-elsevier.com /index.cfm?articleid=62   (125 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier issues shares to fund Harcourt purchase - Nov. 29, 2000
Reed International PLC, the London-listed co-owner of Reed Elsevier, and its Dutch partner Elsevier NV will each increase their share capital by up to 9.9 percent via the share offerings, which are being pitched to institutional investors.
Reed International (REED) shares slipped 0.2 percent to 647 pence in late morning trade, recovering from an earlier fall of 4.3 percent.
Reed had said it intended to finance the deal with a $6.5 billion bank loan that it would refinance by selling bonds or new stock equal to as much as 10 percent of its share capital.
money.cnn.com /2000/11/29/europe/reed   (433 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier CSR Report 2002 : Compliance
Reed Elsevier prefers employees to identify themselves when reporting violations or suspected violations because this will better enable Reed Elsevier to investigate the suspected wrongdoing.
Reed Elsevier will not disclose the identity of anyone who reports a suspected violation or who participates in a related investigation unless the employee submitting the report authorises such disclosure or such disclosure is required by law, regulation or legal process.
In addition to complying with the policies and practices of this Code, Senior Officers of Reed Elsevier must abide by the requirements of the separate Code of Ethics for the Chief Executive and Senior Financial Officers (referred to as the "Code for Senior Officers").
www.investis.com /reedelsevier/csr/code_10.shtml   (667 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier expects to grow 5 percent - Boston.com
Publisher and data broker Reed Elsevier Group PLC said Thursday it will meet its projected revenue growth of 5 percent this year.
The company's Elsevier, LexisNexis and Reed Business divisions are "performing strongly" in favorable market conditions.
That sent Reed Elsevier shares down 6 percent to 564 pence ($10.67)on the London Stock Exchange.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/11/16/reed_elsevier_expects_to_grow_5_percent   (195 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier News
Reed Elsevier PLC plans to sell its Orlando-based Harcourt Education publishing unit after falling sales and profit eroded gains in the LexisNexis database division and the Elsevier business.
Reed said the decision reflected the dynamics and strategy of the education arm, which differed from its other three divisions covering science and medical, Lexis Nexis and legal and business publishing.
Reed Elsevier has put Harcourt, its large US education business, up for sale in a move which analysts say could net the Anglo-Dutch company between 1.6bn and 2.4bn.
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 LLRX.com - Reed Elsevier Sues TheLaw.Net
Reed complains of interference with its ability to obtain revenues.
Jacobs and Faruki say that Reed is vigilant in protecting its intellectual property, and that the law requires vigilance to maintain one's rights in intellectual property.
The plaintiffs are Reed Elsevier Inc. through its LexisNexis and Shepard's divisions, Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., Matthew Bender and Company, Inc., and Matthew Bender Properties Inc. For the convenience of brevity, this article refers to them collectively as either Reed Elsevier or Reed.
www.llrx.com /features/reed.htm   (2094 words)

  
 Snapshot Page -- Reed Elsevier NV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1993 Elsevier NV and Reed International plc (UK) amalgamated their operational activities by transferring their subsidiaries and other investments to two holding companies: Reed Elsevier plc (London) and Elsevier Reed Finance BV (Amsterdam).
Elsevier NV holds 61% and Reed International plc the remaining 39% interest in Reed Elsevier Finance BV, while each company holds 50% in Reed Elsevier plc.
Reed Elsevier is active in the publishing and printing of scientific, professional and business information, as well as newspapers, consumer magazines and trade books.
www.corporateinformation.com /corpinfo.asp?cusip=758204101   (295 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier and the arms trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The aim of this website is to mobilise the academic community - those that write and read Reed Elsevier's journals - to persuade Reed Elsevier to withdraw from their involvement in the global trade in arms and military goods.
Reed Elsevier do not make public the full list of invitees to their arms fairs.
Reed Elsevier is a signatory to UN Global Compact, a global corporate responsibility standard.
www.idiolect.org.uk /elsevier/index.htm   (841 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier at AllExperts
Reed Elsevier came into being in January 1993 as the result of a merger between Reed International, a British trade book and magazine publisher, and the Dutch science publisher Elsevier NV.
Harcourt is Reed Elsevier's educational publishing division, with a leading market position in the US and among other English speaking territories including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Southern Africa.
Members of the scientific community have called for a boycott of Elsevier journals and a move to open access publications such as those of the Public Library of Science or BioMed Central.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/re/reed_elsevier.htm   (409 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier AGM Statement
Results so far this year are in line with our expectations, and we continue to target for the year underlying revenue growth of at least 5% and double digit growth in adjusted earnings per share at constant currencies.
Reed Business is seeing continuing improvement in overall market conditions although performance continues to vary by sector and geography.
Reed Business is targeting organic revenue growth for the year of 4-5% at constant currencies.
www.advfn.com /news_agm-statement_11114371.html   (884 words)

  
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Reed Elsevier's parent companies - Reed Elsevier PLC and Reed Elsevier NV - experienced similar benefits from the IFRS restatement with operating profit coming in higher by £37m and EUR51m respectively.
Reed Elsevier PLC operates as a publisher and information provider principally in North America and Europe.
Elsevier segment supplies scientific and technical information through journals and books in print and electronic media to libraries, scientists, and professionals serving various research fields, including the life sciences, social sciences, materials, engineering, chemistry, physics, economics, mathematics, earth sciences, computer sciences, management, and psychology.
www.lycos.com /info/reed-elsevier-nv.html   (499 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier - 1/20/2004 10:14:00 AM - Reed Construction Data
Reed Elsevier - 1/20/2004 10:14:00 AM - Reed Construction Data
Reed Elsevier is a world-leading publisher and information provider that operates in the science and medical field, education, business, and legal professions.
Both Reed Construction Data and Reed Business Information are part of Reed Elsevier.
www.reedconstructiondata.com /info/CA375630.html   (130 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier - SourceWatch
Reed Elsevier is a major specialist publisher for professional users in four target areas of science and medical,legal, education and business publicatioons and services.
Citing its role as a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, Cowden wrote that "it is our view that the defence industry is necessary for upholding national security for the preservation of democratic values." [3] He did not address the specific concern about cluster bombs.
Stephen J Cowden, "Reed Elsevier and the international arms trade ­ Reed Elsevier's reply", The Lancet, September 10, 2005.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Reed_Elsevier   (398 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier - Sybase Inc
Reed Elsevier, a force in the growing agricultural applications market, needed to enhance business efficiency and inter-application integration by replacing an obsolete DOS-based contact management solution.
While the name Reed Elsevier is synonymous with publications and magazines, few people know that the group has software interests too.
Following the acquisition of Farmplan, a specialist software house, Reed Elsevier is now a force in the growing agricultural applications market.
www.sybase.com /detail?id=1030986   (976 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier buys Syngress Publishing - Boston.com
Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a British publisher of scientific and educational books, said Wednesday it bought the U.S.-based Syngress Publishing Inc. to widen its range of information technology titles.
LONDON --Reed Elsevier Group PLC, a British publisher of scientific and educational books, said Wednesday it bought the U.S.-based Syngress Publishing Inc. to widen its range of information technology titles.
"Elsevier has been the sole distributor for Syngress in the United Kingdom and (the) Europe, Middle East and Africa region for over five years," said Jim Donohue, managing director of Elsevier Science and Technology Books.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/12/20/reed_elsevier_buys_syngress_publishing   (121 words)

  
 Double Dutch No Longer - Forbes.com
One is that Reed primarily sells not advertising or entertainment but the dry data used by lawyers, doctors, nurses, scientists and teachers.
Reed Elsevier has fat margins and high prices in a business based on information--a commodity, and one that is cheaper than ever in the internet era.
In 1999 Tabaksblat agreed to become Reed Elsevier's chairman, and he forced through a new management structure and brought in Davis, a 53-year-old Englishman, as the company's sole CEO.
members.forbes.com /global/2002/1111/044.html   (892 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier: the dancing elephant - Company Profile Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management - Find Articles
With pre-tax profits up 30 percent, to $801 million last year, Reed Elsevier is the dancing elephant of the trade-magazine world.
Says Robert Hagelstein, president of Greenwood Publishing Group, a Westport, Connecticut-based Reed Elsevier division that publishes social-studies and humanities' journals, "One of the pluses of this merger is that no one has rushed into anything.
Because of its gargantuan dimensions, Reed Elsevier is considered one of the few companies large enough to be a contender to buy Ziff Communications Co., a media company with a nearly $2 billion price tag, and Mead Corp.'s $1 billion Lexis/Nexis electronic information service.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3065/is_n14_v23/ai_15702141   (864 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier
The key objective at Reed Elsevier is to be the indispensable partner to their target customers: scientists, lawyers, teachers and business professionals, for information-driven services and solutions.
Reed Elsevier have a clearly defined strategy for the whole group and they have strong leadership in place to execute this strategy and continue to build a successful business.
Commitment to excellence is fundamental to the philosophy of Reed Elsevier.
www.reed-elseviercareers.com   (213 words)

  
 What We Can Do About Science Journals
Reed Elsevier has fat margins and high prices in a business based on information - a commodity, and one that is cheaper than ever in the internet era.
but soon it may be unnecessary to consider this a separate boycott: a proposed merger between Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer fell through in 1998, but by the end of 2002 it was expected to happen soon.
Right now the main strategy of Reed Elsevier is to bundle journal subscriptions into huge all-or-nothing packages, so libraries have trouble saving money by ceasing to subscribe to one journal at a time.
math.ucr.edu /home/baez/journals.html   (1673 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier Nv Directorate Change
Reed Elsevier also announced today that, subject to his appointment to the boards, Jan Hommen will succeed Mr Tabaksblat as non-executive Chairman of both Reed Elsevier PLC, Reed Elsevier NV and Reed Elsevier Group plc.
Mr Hommen will be proposed for appointment as a non-executive director of Reed Elsevier PLC and a member of the supervisory board of Reed Elsevier NV at the Annual General Meetings in April 2005 and will assume the chairmanships on Mr.
Notes to Editors Reed Elsevier Group plc is a world leading publisher and information provider.
www.advfn.com /news_directorate-change_10524475.html   (631 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier initiated with "underperform" | newratings.com
LONDON, October 13 (newratings.com) - Analysts at BNP Paribas initiate coverage of Reed Elsevier (REL.ISE) with an "underperform" rating.
Shares of Reed Elsevier, a leading provider of legal, business, scientific and educational information, are currently trading at 491p.
Reed Elsevier’s science and medical divisions are likely to continue to contribute a major part of the revenues.
www.newratings.com /new2/beta/article.asp?aid=341832   (328 words)

  
 Reed Elsevier names Crispin Davis as CEO - Jul. 20, 1999
The news sent shares of Reed International Plc (REED) -- the firm's U.K.-listed arm -- soaring 8.73 percent to 495 pence in London trading.
     Reed Elsevier Plc is owned jointly by Reed International and Elsevier NV, which merged their operating businesses in January 1993 and now are managed on a unified basis.
Reed acknowledged at the time that it had failed in its bid to lure its leading candidate for the post, widely believed to be Jonathan Newcomb, the chairman of U.S. publisher Simon and Schuster.
money.cnn.com /1999/07/20/europe/reed   (537 words)

  
 ENL: Reed Elsevier NVADS Profile - AOL Money & Finance
Reed Elsevier NV (formerly Elsevier NV) traces its roots to the late 19th century, when a number of Dutch publishers joined forces, but today the company operates through Reed Elsevier Group plc (of which it owns 50%), a publisher of business, educational, legal, and scientific information.
Reed Elsevier Group also publishes scientific and medical journals and educational materials.
Reed Elsevier NV owns 61% of Elsevier Reed Finance, the financing arm for Reed Elsevier Group.
finance.aol.com /quotes/reed-elsevier-nv-ads/enl/nys/profile   (216 words)

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