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ARTISTS JOIN INCREDIBLE ALL-STAR LINEUP INCLUDING JASON ALDEAN, DIERKS BENTLEY, LUKE BRYAN, TAYLOR SWIFT, KEITH URBAN, NE-YO, PITBULL AND LADY ANTEBELLUM SPECIAL TO AIR SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK ENCINO, Calif., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that music luminaries John Fogerty and Faith Hill, along with hot new country chart-toppers Florida Georgia Line in a special collaboration with...

NEW YORK, April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering News-Record (ENR, http://enr.construction.com/) will host its fourth annual "Groundbreaking Women in Construction" leadership conference May 14-15 at The McGraw-Hill Companies' headquarters, 1221 Avenue of the Americas in New York City. Themed "Building Relationships that Build Careers," the event supports the advancement of women in the global design and construction industry. Attendees including CEOs,...

Portion of Proceeds to be used to Resume Share Repurchases NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today completed the sale of its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO). As previously disclosed, the purchase price was $2.4 billion in cash. Going forward, the new Company, a high-growth, high-margin business serving the global capital and commodity markets, will be renamed...

Appointment comes as company positions itself for global expansion NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Education today announced the appointment of media and information industry veteran Mark Dorman as president of McGraw-Hill Education International. Mr. Dorman will help drive McGraw-Hill Education's mission of becoming a global digital learning company by capitalizing on the company's product development expertise across markets and combining those capabilities...

NEW YORK, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The construction industry has begun its recovery and 2013 will show meaningful gains in what has been a sluggish industry, according to construction executives surveyed in today's issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine and on ENR.com (http://enr.construction.com/), published by McGraw-Hill Construction (http://www.construction.com/). The ENR Construction Industry Confidence Index (CICI) for the first quarter of 2013 shows a dramatic...

NEW YORK, March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction's Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR), and GreenSource received six Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards from American Business Media at its 59th annual awards luncheon in New York City. Hailed as "the Pulitzer Prize of business journalism," the prestigious Neal Awards recognize editorial excellence in business-to-business publications. "I am thrilled that Architectural Record, ENR, and...

Tickets on Sale NOW at Ticketmaster.com for Taping of CBS Television Network Special at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Monday, April 8, 2013 ENCINO, Calif., March 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions announced today that Country Superstars Dierks Bentley, Keith Urban and Lady Antebellum, along with International Music Sensation Pitbull have been added to the all-star lineup of artists scheduled to perform at the ACM PRESENTS:...

Education executive most recently served as CEO of Pearson School NEW YORK, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Education today announced that Peter Cohen, most recently CEO of Pearson School, will be president of McGraw-Hill School Education Group, a division of the company that serves both the PreK-12 and assessment markets. Mr. Cohen will replace McGraw-Hill School Education President Dan Caton, who recently announced his retirement after 43 years in the education...

NEW YORK, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge launched Dodge MarketShare, a new business intelligence tool that provides historical analyses and forecasts based on real construction industry projects, enabling construction executives to more accurately identify market opportunities and align their resources. Powered by the data in Dodge Reports, the industry standard for construction intelligence, MarketShare offers a rich, historical database of...

NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dodge Momentum Index rose 6.3% in February, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year. February's strong gain brought the index to 102.9 (2000=100), 23.4% higher than a year earlier. The...