Publishing
Penguin, Random House merger creates world's biggest book publisher
02 Jul 2013
The merger has created Penguin Random House, which will control more than quarter of the global book business and annual revenues of around $3.9 billion
Apple e-books trial opens
03 Jun 2013
Trial opens today over allegations by federal and state authorities that Apple conspired with publishers to increase the price of e-books.
Reclusive ‘Mockingbird’ author Harper Lee sues literary agents
06 May 2013
Written in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird has sold more than 30 million copies so far and made into a Hollywood film starring Gregory Peck
British Library to archive billions of web pages
06 Apr 2013
Reader's Digest again files for bankruptcy
18 Feb 2013
Pearson to exit adult-education arm
09 Jan 2013
Apollo Global in talks to buy education business of McGraw-Hill in a $2.5 bn deal: report
08 Nov 2012
A sale or spin off is part of McGraw-Hill’s plan to focus on its financial data business, which include rating agency Standard & Poor’s and the energy and metals information service Platts
Penguin, Random House in £2.4-bn merger pact
29 Oct 2012
The combination brings together two of the world’s leading English language publishers, with highly complementary skills and strengths
Newsweek to end print edition and go online in New Year
18 Oct 2012
`This decision is not about the quality or the brand of journalism - that is as powerful as ever, but it is about the challenging economics of print publishing and distribution’
Penguin publisher Pearson buys EmbanetCompass for $650 mn
17 Oct 2012
EmbanetCompass is the largest provider of technology-enabled services to traditional non-profit post-secondary educational institutions
Barnes & Noble unveils new Nook HD
26 Sep 2012
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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