Reed Exhibitions acquires ITS America

Reed Exhibitions, a world leading event organizer, today announces the acquisition of two signature Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) events—the North American-based ITS World Congress and Annual Meetings. This acquisition brings together two highly respected names in their respective industries: events and mobility.

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LexisNexis Risk Solutions Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire ID Analytics from NortonLifeLock

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, part of RELX, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire ID Analytics, a trusted provider of credit and fraud risk solutions for enterprises. Based in San Diego and founded in 2002, ID Analytics’s technology delivers risk insights through the combination of proprietary data, patented analytics, and near real-time cross-industry consumer identity behavior.

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Elsevier buys research sharing website

Elsevier, the scientific publisher owned by RELX Group, has bought the Social Science Research Network, a website on which academics share draft papers that have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal. On Tuesday, the company announced that it had acquired SSRN, which has more than 2m users and ranks as one of the world’s most popular repositories of research in economics, law and social sciences, for an undisclosed sum

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New Scientist Live launches at ExCeL London

World-renowned experts and famous faces from the world of science, engineering and technology are set to take centre stage at the launch of New Scientist Live at ExCeL London next year.With a four-zone format embracing key themes of the Universe, our Planet, Brain and Body, and Technology and Engineering, the event will take place from 22 to 25 September 2016, also offering visitors an exhibition of innovative services and products created by modern science

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