Thomson Sale Blows Past Estimates Thomson Learning, comprising higher-education, careers and library reference assets, is being sold to Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners (which oversees the Ontario municipal employees’ pension plan) for $7.75 billion — well above the roughly $5 billion bids that analysts were expecting. The CBC says that “as part of the transaction, OMERS will get majority ownership of Nelson Canada.” Perseus Ax Falls Quickly on Avalon Perseus Books Group CEO David Steinberger announced the next reorganization wave at the company in an internal letter yesterday. The Carroll & Graf and Thunder’s Mouth imprints will be eliminated, […]