Reed Elsevier Buys ChoicePoint
Reed Elsevier PLC, the owner of the LexisNexis information service, said Thursday it will buy U.S. data services firm ChoicePoint Inc. for $4.1 billion in cash.
Reed, a London-based educational publisher, will assume $600 million in debt, the company said in a statement.
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Published Date: 02/21/2008