Reed Elsevier, the UK-listed publisher, has delayed the posting of the information memorandum on its Reed Business Information (RBI) division because it is still finalising its financing package, sources close to the situation told dealReporter.
Reed Elsevier wants to offer staple finance to prospective buyers, and so far, JPMorgan is at the most advanced stages of [...]

A top official in the Department of Finance has admitted it is unsatisfactory that some information his officials require to make a decision over the Maze development has not been made available.
Mr O’Reilly told assembly members “We can say to departments, as we have said, the information and the way it’s been presented looks unsatisfactory, [...]

Members from both the treasury and opposition benches demanded an increase in the budget allocations for the health and education sectors, as the National Assembly held its second day of debate on the federal budget for the Fiscal Year 2008-09 on Sunday. They said that subsidies on oil and electricity should continue to control price [...]

Kentucky Education Commissioner Jon Draud knew and approved the extra cost of his new state vehicle, even after a finance official offered him a chance to reconsider because of the state’s bleak budget, government e-mails show.
In a March 20 e-mail to Robin Kinney, the education department’s associate commissioner for operations, Mitchell wrote that “all other [...]

Yesterday this newspaper published a YouGov survey showing that support for Labour is at its lowest level for 65 years; even Michael Foot did better. As Prof Anthony King commented, it looks as if the Government and the electorate are heading for a bitter divorce at the general election. But the significance of the poll [...]

A number of changes to business tax filing and accounting rules have been announced in a joint Budget statement from Finance Minister Michael Cullen and Revenue Minister Peter Dunne.
“Compliance costs will be reduced by raising a number of tax thresholds,” they say. “That may mean fewer tax returns for businesses to complete, a reduction in [...]

In an unprecedented move, the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will make an appearance at tomorrow’s board meeting of the Association of British Insurers, where the trade body will press him on a range of issues including tax and regulation.
The ABI board, chaired by Archie Kane, who runs Scottish Widows, invited Mr Darling – the first time [...]

The investment arm of one of Switzerland’s most powerful financial institutions is poised to acquire the Education & Adventure Travel Group, a company that organises and manages school holidays for thousands of British schoolchildren.
DLJ Merchant Banking, the private equity division of Credit Suisse, is in advanced talks to buy the business, which comprises the Kingswood [...]

Cover: While Nicole Richie is stuck at home supervising the care and feeding of baby Harlow, Harlow’s daddy is out partying up a storm with the likes of Lindsay Lohan. Nicole is in tears. And, as you well know, someone of Nicole’s size is in constant danger of dehydration from just the slightest bit of [...]

A department head at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s School of Business was named dean of the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Lance Nail, chairman of the business school’s department of finance, economics and quantitative methods, has taken the top spot at Southern Miss and will begin July 1.
Nail served as [...]