Houghton Mifflin sold to Riverdeep
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Textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin will be acquired by Riverdeep, an Irish educational software publisher, for $1.75 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.
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Liz Claiborne Inc. said that it had agreed to sell the Ellen Tracy Brand to a group of investors for up to $42 million in cash.
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Is it the real McCoy? Does it matter? Houghton Mifflin's decision to publish an unfinished work by J.R.R. Tolkien next year is prompting such questions. The book is the epic ``Children of H&#xFA;rin," begun in 1918 by the legendary author of ``The Hobbit" and ``The Lord of the Rings." Unfinished at the time of Tolkien's death in 1973, the book ...
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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Tramford International Ltd. (TRFDF) rose nearly 50% Wednesday, on news that a customer agreed to acquire the personal-computer business of International Business Machines Corp.
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THE company behind animated hits such as Shark Tale and Shrek has made initial moves towards a public offering which could be worth up to $US700m ($960m).
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Riverdeep Inc., an Irish educational software publisher, is close to a deal to buy U.S. textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin for about $3.5 billion including debt, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Crown Media Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWN), owner and operator of  Hallmark Channel, today announced that it received the necessary  regulatory approvals and has completed the sale of its film library to  RHI Enterprises, LLC.
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Journal Register Company (NYSE:JRC) today announced that it has  completed the sale of its two daily community newspapers and five  non-daily publications in Massachusetts to GateHouse Media, Inc.
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LOS ANGELES - Walt Disney Co. (DIS) on Wednesday agreed to sell its money-losing Disney store chain to Children&#39;s Place Retail Stores (PLCE) in a deal analysts described as positive for Children&#39;s Place.
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Animation unit&#39;s IPO up 39% in early trading as investors rush to grab a stake in Shrek. The sale of 29 million DreamWorks shares at $28 each raised $812 million from investors eager to get a piece of the
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Polaroid Corp. of Waltham yesterday said it would end 68 years as an independent company and will be acquired by Petters Group Worldwide LLC of Minnetonka, Minn., a private conglomerate the buys and operates consumer products companies, for $426 million.
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By Christopher Hope, Business Correspondent, and Harry Wallop (Filed: 22/11/2004). Phoenix Venture Holdings, the owner of loss-making MG Rover, has sold off the last remaining major piece of land at its Longbridge
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The travel reservation company agreed Monday night to be sold to Silver Lake Partners and the Texas Pacific Group.
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The Sundance  competition entry "Frozen River," Courtney Hunt's drama about  immigrants and single mothers, has been sold to Sony Pictures  Classics.
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Big valuation, leaky moat, and a large shareholder fleeing. Any takers?
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By Urvaksh Karkaria, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec. 20--International Paper said Tuesday it will sell its  Jacksonville-based Arizona Chemical business to Rhone Capital III L.P. for  $485 million, as the paper maker focuses on its uncoated paper and packaging  businesses.
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DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the film studio that won a major early investment from Mercer Island billionaire Paul Allen and created the &quot;Shrek&quot; films, said the company and its investors will sell as much as $725 million in shares in an initial public