This deal doesn’t involve Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, or any of the other companies we usually cover. But it does involve a heck of a lot of money – about $4 billion – and so the acquisition of ChoicePoint by Reed Elsevier seems worth a mention.
ChoicePoint Discontinues Sale of Certain Info Products
ChoicePoint Chairman and CEO Derek V. Smith announced that the company will discontinue the sale of information products that contain sensitive consumer data.