Tagged: Riverdeep & News
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Driving the digital future News
10.03.2011 Global education publisher HMH is spearheading a €350m R&D strategy from Dublin and is on course to generate 450 jobs. -
700 jobs to go at Dell plant in Limerick News
01.11.2008 Friday was a black day for the tech sector in Limerick after it emerged that 700 workers are to be let go at Dell’s Raheen manufacturing operation, and a further 100 jobs at the...Categories: Business -
E-learning giant creates 450 Dublin jobs – €350m investment in R&D News
10.09.2008 E-learning global player Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) – formerly known as Riverdeep – is to create 450 jobs at a new R&D headquarters in Dublin, it emerged today. -
Riverdeep buys US publisher for US$4bn News
17.07.2007 In what has been described as the third largest acquisition in Irish corporate history, unstoppable businessman Barry O’Callaghan’s Riverdeep has acquired Reed Elsevier’s US...Tags: E-learning, Riverdeep -
Riverdeep eyes up Reed-Elsevier education division News
16.02.2007 Thirty-six-year-old Riverdeep boss Barry O’Callaghan has continued on his blitzkrieg approach to acquisitions for the education software firm, this time setting his eye on the...Tags: Riverdeep -
Riverdeep plans reverse takeover of large US firm News
23.10.2006 Riverdeep, the educational software company, is reported to be close to buying a much larger company, the US publishing firm Houghton Mifflin.Categories: BusinessTags: Riverdeep -
Riverdeep founder invests in Cork digital TV venture News
20.04.2005 Riverdeep founder and serial technology investor, Pat McDonagh, has contributed to a €2.5m investment round in Cork-based digital TV and entertainment firm Digisoft.Categories: BusinessTags: Riverdeep -
Riverdeep owners plan to refloat within two years News
08.03.2004 12 months after going private as part of a US$376m management buyout (MBO) it has emerged that the owners of Irish e-learning firm Riverdeep, Barry O’Callaghan and Pat McDonagh,...Categories: BusinessTags: Investment, Riverdeep -
Riverdeep signs contract with US telecoms giant News
23.10.2003 Irish e-learning company Riverdeep has signed a contract for an undisclosed sum with US telecoms giant Sprint to provide elementary, middle and high school students across... -
Riverdeep in distribution deal with US games giant News
08.10.2003 Irish e-learning company Riverdeep has entered into a deal with Infinium Labs, one of the largest interactive games makers in the US whereby Infinium will market and distribute...Categories: Business -
E-learning from old mistakes News
30.09.2003 Some years ago, the US educational system jumped on the emerging computer-based training bandwagon and spent untold millions installing computer labs in schools nationwide. The...Categories: R&D -
Management shake-up at Riverdeep News
29.05.2003 A senior vice president at Riverdeep has stepped down from the company and a Dublin-based executive has been promoted to head up R&D at the company amidst ongoing rumours of...Categories: R&DTags: Riverdeep -
Kapow! Riverdeep in DC Comics deal News
15.05.2003 Irish e-learning firm Riverdeep has entered into an agreement with DC Comics to develop and distribute Batman edutainment CD-Rom games worldwide for the PC.Tags: Riverdeep -
Riverdeep MBO concludes News
07.04.2003 The management buyout (MBO) team at Irish e-learning company Riverdeep has announced that the MBO has been accepted by shareholders, closing the deal after months of offers and...Categories: BusinessTags: Riverdeep, -
Riverdeep directors okay MBO, posts €3m loss News
21.02.2003 The directors of e-learning firm Riverdeep have recommended that investors back a management buyout (MBO) offer of €1.51 per share by Hertal Acquisitions, a company controlled... -
Riverdeep accepts MBO News
20.01.2003 Irish e-learning company, Riverdeep has accepted a management buyout offer (MBO) at US$1.51 per share with the company valued at US$376.3m (€353.1m).Categories: CIOTags: Riverdeep, -
Riverdeep in OS X deal News
09.01.2003 Irish e-learning company Riverdeep has inked a deal with Software McKiev, the world’s largest Macintosh software development company, to bring some 20 Riverdeep education...Categories: Business