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Reed Expo forms JV in Shanghai
Exhibitions. Reed Exhibitions has formed a new joint venture company, Reed Exhibitions Hengjin, with Shanghai Forever Exhibition. The company will…
MidOcean merges real estate data firms
MidOcean Partners is acquiring and merging Hanley Wood, the B2B information services company serving the US residential construction…
Frankfurt buys US Clean Show
Exhibitions. Messe Frankfurt Exhibitions has acquired the biennial Clean Show which it will organise with five former sponsors.…
Apple acquires Platoon music platform
Music. Apple has purchased Platoon, a company that helps independent artists fund, distribute and market their content using…
Vista buys 7Park investment analytics
B2B information. Vista Equity Partners is acquiring 7Park Data, a software and data analytics provider to institutional investment…
Experian buys Compuscan in SA
B2B information. Experian is acquiring African credit bureau Compuscan for $263m. Founded in 1994, Compuscan is a leading provider…
Nasdaq buys Quandl data
B2B information. Founded in Toronto in 2012, Quandl is used by 8 of the top 10 hedge funds.…
Apax acquires NZ classifieds
Classifieds. Apax private equity is acquiring the New Zealand online market place Trade Me for NZ$1.75bn. Trade Me is…
Euromoney snaps up The Deal
The UK-listed Euromoney Institutional Investor plc (Euromoney) is buying The Deal (an M&A database) and BoardEx (profiles of…
PistonHeads sold, DriveTribe next?
CarGurus, the Nasdaq company which claims to be the largest online car vendor in the US and also…