Publishing – Books
(MHP) McGraw-Hill Acquires SSB Group
Platts, a business division of The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (MHP), recently announced the completion of the buyout of Steel Business Briefing Group (SBB Group), a U.K.based leading information provider of...
(MHP) McGraw-Hill Announces Share Buyback Program
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. (MHP) in its attempt to optimize its shareholders’ return, announced a new share repurchase program, following the previous $45 million program that commenced in January 2007.
The...
(MHP) The McGraw-Hill Companies Unit Capital IQ Aquires TheMarkets.com
Capital IQ that offers financial information tools to investors, recently acquired its smaller competitor, TheMarkets.com, thereby strengthening its position in the highly competitive financial data provider sector. Capital IQ is a unit of Standard & Poor’s, which...
(MHP) McGraw-Hill Companies’ Quarterly Earnings Scorecard
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP), the publisher and provider of financial information and media services, reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2010 results, primarily driven by a recovery in global...
(MHP) The McGraw-Hill Companies Beat Consensus Earnings Estimates
The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (MHP), a publisher and provider of financial information and media services, recently reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2009 results on the heels of improved performance...
(MHP) McGraw-Hill Companies Completes Sale of BusinessWeek
McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) recently declared that it has completed the sale of BusinessWeek to Bloomberg, the leading financial data, news and analytics provider.
Bloomberg has paid $5 million in cash...
(MHP) McGraw-Hill Companies’ Earnings Decline
McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) recently reported third quarter 2009 results. Quarterly earnings of $1.12 per share surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.06, but fell 8.9% from the $1.23 delivered in the...
(MHP) Bloomberg Wins BusinessWeek Magazine
After several rounds of bids by various private equity firms and publishers, Bloomberg ultimately emerged as the winner in the race to acquire struggling BusinessWeek magazine.
The terms of the transaction, which is expected to close by the end of this year, were not...
(MHP) Bloomberg to Buy BusinessWeek?
Few days before the final bids were due for BusinessWeek, leading financial information provider Bloomberg made a surprise entry into the auction. The deadline for final bids is Sept. 15.
Bloomberg had reportedly been approached to acquire BusinessWeek...