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Harcourt General, Inc. |
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NEWS FROM THE WIRES |
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Reed Elsevier completes Harcourt offer Jul 12 2001 02:25 AM PDT
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PROFILE |
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Harcourt General would like to thank all the professional students out there. The company is one of the largest publishers of educational material in the world, covering core areas from K-12. It is also a leading publisher of scientific and medical information. Among Harcourt's chief imprints are Holt, Rinehart and Winston and Steck-Vaughn (K-12), and Mosby and W. B. Saunders (health sciences) Dutch legal and medical publishing giant Reed Elsevier bought Harcourt in 2001 and sold some of its businesses (such as its higher education and corporate training operations) to The Thomson Corporation.
COMPETITION |
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Houghton Mifflin Company (HTN)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (JW)
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP)
DEALS |
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Deal: The Thomson Corporation Acquires Harcourt Businesses
Date Announced: 07.13.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 2060
Description: Online information and solutions firm acquires select Harcourt businesses, including their higher education textbook and corporate training divisions.
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: October
2000 Sales (mil.): 2,408.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 12.4%
Employees: 13,200
Revenue per employee: $182,439.39
KEY PEOPLE |
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Robert A. Smith
CEO
John R. Cook
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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27 Boylston St.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
US
Phone: 617-232-8200
Fax: 617-739-1395
Online: Web Site
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