Reader's Digest sold to private equity firm for $2.4bn
17th Nov 2006, 02:33 GMT
READER'S DIGEST Association, owner of the world's largest circulation magazine, became the latest listed company to be bought out by a private equity firm as it agreed to a $2.4 billion (£1.27 billion) deal with Ripplewood Holdings....
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