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World Bureau divested publishing assets to CQ Press, a unit of Times Publishing Company

Potomac Publishing Company was acquired by DataStream Content Services

Thomson Financial maintained its strategic alliance with the US Securities and Exchange Commission

Javelin Technologies was acquired by NYFIX

Information Arts was acquired by WHC

The Kraus Organization divested the consulting and training assets of Productivity Inc.

The World Bureau acquired the directory publishing assets of Keesings

NetScan revenue growth advisory [Subsequently acquired by Thomson West]

Keesings World Wide considered its strategic options prior to divesting a line of business

The Kraus Organization's Bernan divested Legal Publishing titles to LexisNexis

Carroll Publishing entered a strategic alliance with i411, Inc.

Online Resources (Nasdaq: ORCC) acquired certain intellectual property of Online Resources Inc of VA and On-Line Resources Inc of DE

EMG was acquired by management

Cambridge Information Group acquired Bowker from Reed Elsevier Transaction Services/Post-transaction

Smith Bucklin was sold to Svoboda Collins

Tradescape was acquired by E*TRADE Group

The Kraus Organization acquired the assets of Productivity Inc.

The Kraus Organization sold The Internet Connection to Glasser Publications

NetAssets was acquired by DLJ

Information Today Inc reviewed its financial options in coinnection with a financing transaction and in preparing for significant organic and strategic growth

Arbitron was acquired by RADAR (Statistical Research)

Roper Starch Worldwide was acquired by United Business Media

Hancock Information Group was acquired by Precision Response Corporation

Hancock Information Group was acquired by Precision Response Corporation

Ziment Corporation was acquired by WPP

Potomac Publishing Company entered a strategic alliance with LexisNexis

DTN Tradelink was merged with TradingProduce.com

Copernicus was acquired by Aegis Group

@plan was acquired by DoubleClick

Rising Tide Studio was acquired by Wicks

Barra's Earnings Estimate Business was acquired by Multex.com

SNL Securities acquired Navigant Knowledge System

Wallace Marx was acquired by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS)

Aether Systems raised $525 million

DTNergy acquired Telepoint

Oryx Press was acquired by Greenwood Publishing Group, a Reed Elsevier company

Almanac Publishing was acquired by The Kraus Organization's Bernan division

Competitive Media Reporting (CMR) was acquired by TNS from VNU

Aether Systems raised $1,606 million

ITXC raised $340 million

VSS Communication Partners Fund III acquired Data Transmission Network (DTN) for $475 million

LifeMinders raised $115 million

Robinson Lerer Montgomery was acquired by Young & Rubicam

StyleClick was acquired by InterActiveCorp

CyberSource raised $150 million

LifeMinders raised $59 million

iTraffic was acquired by Agency.com

Biztravel was acquired by Rosenbluth Intl.

Quotesmith.com raised $60 million

Kalorama (now Market Research.com, Inc) acquired the publishing assets of CSA’s FINDEX and FIND/SVP’s Published Products subsidiary

VSA Communication Partners Fund III acquired HCIA

Bridge Information Systems acquired Dow Jones Market (Telerate)

CyberSource raised $51 million

AboveNet Communications raised $391 million

StyleClick raised $14 million

autobytel.com raised $118 million

SportsLine.com raised $150 million

Knight Trading Group raised $362 million

Knight Trading Group raised $167 million

Open Market raised $20 million

Secure Computing raised $16 million

Preview Travel raised $87 million

SportsLine.com raised $150 million

Pegasus Communications raised $115 million

GlobeComm Systems raised $32 million

Telesphere was acquired by Bridge Information Systems

Four Media Company raised $50 million

PNV raised $15 million

Pacific Gateway Exchange raised $63 million

Telesphere acquired the assets of Telekurs - Japan

Telesphere acquired the assets of Telekurs - UK

Telesphere formed a joint venture with Nomura Research Institute

Telesphere acquired the assets of Telekurs North America

Telesphere raised initial capital from Zikha and Co.

Dun & Bradstreet Inc maintained its strategic alliance with the U.S. General Services Administration for using DUNS in all federal contracting.

The McGraw Hill Companies launched successful, major revenue programs in government sectors.

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Interactive Data Corporation

Plan Services acquired National Analysts

Plan Services acquired G.E. Mathews

Plan Services acquired Pacific Consulting

Interactive Data Corporation acquired Alexander Programming

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Forende Bureau - Norway

AC Nielsen divested ACN SA- South Africa

McCormick and Dodge divested M&D SA- South Africa

Dun & Bradstreet acquired a minority interest in Oxford Analytica - UK

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Moore Data Management - Australia

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Schimmelpfeng Gmbh- Germany

Dun & Bradstreet acquired KosmosSpA - Italy

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Datastream International - UK

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Novaction - France

Dun & Bradstreet acquired AC Nielsen

Dun & Bradstreet acquired McCormack and Dodge

Dun & Bradstreet acquired Bid-Net

Dun & Bradstreet acquired a minority interest in TLRN

Database-Ready acquired Edwards Information

Private Investor acquired Columbia Books and Information Services

RTIS, a division of LexisNexis, diversified its government-oriented customer base into the commercial sector

Datastream Content Solutions entered into a strategic alliance with LexisNexis

VoteNet sold USCH to Columbia Books.

Thomson Financial maintained its strategic alliance with the US Securities and Exchange Commission