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Private-equity firms to buy SkillSoft for $1.1 billion

Submitted by LCuscuna on Feb 12 2:43pm GMT

E-learning software maker SkillSoft Plc said it agreed to be acquired by a consortium of private-equity firms for about $1.1 billion, an offer that investors think undervalues the company.

(Reuters, February 12, 2010) The cash offer of $10.80 per share, made by funds owned by Berkshire Partners, Advent International and Bain Capital, was 11 percent more than SkillSoft's closing price on Thursday.

Textbook Move: Ex-Yahoo Exec Becomes CEO of Chegg

Submitted by LCuscuna on Feb 04 10:45am GMT

Former Yahoo executive returns to Internet as CEO of online textbook rental service Chegg.com

GeoLearning's GeoMaestro Wins Unmatched Fifth Straight 'Best SaaS LMS' in 2009 Best of E-Learning! Awards

Submitted by LCuscuna on Dec 23 11:10am GMT

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand learning and performance platforms, announced today that its GeoMaestro LMS Suite has been named "Best Software as a Service Learning Management System" in the annual Best of E-Learning! Awards hosted by E-Learning! Magazine. GeoMaestro has swept the category every year since the inception of the awards program in 2005.

(PR NewsWire, December 22, 2009)