Harcourt Sells Off Accounting and Tax Products

Posted by accountingweb on May 23 2000 66 printer friendly

Wolters Kluwer has acquired the professional tax, accounting and related products of Harcourt, Inc.'s Professional Publishing unit.

The products will become part of Aspen Publishers in Gaithersburg, MD., a member of Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Business North America.

At the same time, Wolters Kluwer has sold its one-third interest in MD Consult to Harcourt so that Wolters can focus on subscription-based electronic information services through Ovid Technologies. Ovid Technologies, part of Wolters Kluwer International Health & Science, will gain electronic access to key clinical publications and information published by Harcourt.

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