Dear Members,
The March I – 2012 Newsletter is posted on this website. To access the Newsletter click on the attachment: BIIA NEWSLETTER March I – 2012 Issue
Late Breaking News:
- Value of Credit Information: TransUnion sold at 3x revenues in the largest leveraged buy-out of the year
- From ‘freshly investigated’ to ‘synthetically generated’ credit reports
- LexisNexis launches Social Media Visibility service for law firms
Member News:
- D&B: Long after the floods recede, supply chains feel the pain
- Reed rules out sell-off of operating units – 2011 revenues flat
Industry News:
- Forrester Research reports fourth-quarter and full-year financial results
- Thomson Reuters 2011 revenues up by 5% – announces US$ 3bn impairment
- Thomson Reuters and HotDocs to collaborate on workflow applications
- Yelp reports wider loss for 2011
- Data Explorers launches the First Securities lending newswire using narrative science automated authoring technology
- Hearst raises stake in Fitch Ratings to 50% – Fimalac bow out
- Experian launches new collections product
- Experian Automotive launches business intelligence tool
- Experian adds site analytics to ‘Footfall’ measures
- TRA and Experian partner for TV / Auto Data Link
- FICO fraud solutions lift first quarter fiscal 2012 revenues
- Will Printerest.com become the next big social media site?
- Wolters Kluwer financial services acquires Pringle compliance policies and procedures content
- Pepperdine and D&B Credibility Corporation partner for research
News from China:
- Alibaba and Softbank have called off talks with Yahoo
- Baidu beats profit forecast
- IBM expects double-digit growth in China
People on the Move:
- D&B SAME appoints Miguel L. Llenas Executive Vice-President
- Salesforce.com hires ex-Oracle, SAP software executive Wookey
We thank our members for their contributions.
Best regards
Joachim C Bartels
Managing Director
