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ChoicePoint Inc. (CPS) is in the Advertising Industry

Revenue
Dec 31 2007
$981.9M
Profit
Dec 31 2007
$268.9M
Market Cap
Jul 02 2008
$3.2B

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    To support the launch of its new commercialauto insurance business, GEICO implemented Insurity's Insurance Decisionsproduct, an end-to-end processing suite. GEICO's initial states are inproduction, and the auto insurer plans to roll out the system across therest of the U.S. throughout 2008 and into early 2009. Insurity, a ChoicePoint® company, provides...

    Articles 2008-06-19

  • Software proactively helps prevent fraud loss

    Through access to tools that support identity verification, identity analysis, business screening, and wire transfer scanning, Bridger Insight XG helps retail and commercial banking institutions as well as other organizations reduce risk and promote profitability by helping prevent fraud. Solution also augments regulatory compliance and due diligence efforts while simultaneously...

    Articles 2008-06-17

  • ChoicePoint® Sells i2 Government Software Business

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint today announced the completion of the sale of its government software business, specifically i2 Inc. and i2 Ltd., to Silver Lake Sumeru, a leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries, in a cash purchase for $185 million,...

    Articles 2008-06-10

  • ChoicePoint® Received Points of Light Institute Award for Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePointR has been honored by Points of Light Institute with the 2008 Excellence in Workplace Volunteer Programs award. ChoicePoint was recognized for the creation of the ADAM Automated Delivery of Alerts on Missing Children, for providing discounted background screening services to the non-profit...

    Articles 2008-06-06

  • ChoicePoint® Enhances Bridger Insight™ XG to Help Reduce Risk and Drive Down Overall Compliance Costs

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint has enhanced its Bridger Insight XG solution with new functionalities for retail and commercial banking institutions and other organizations to reduce risk and improve profitability by helping to prevent fraud. Bridger Insight XG provides access to tools that support...

    Articles 2008-06-04

  • Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: ChoicePoint, Reed El Sevier, Metabasis, Schering-Plough and Pride International

    CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE: CPS), Reed El Sevier NV (NYSE: ENL), Metabasis...

    Articles 2008-05-05

  • FTC Requests Additional Information from ChoicePoint®, Reed Elsevier

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint Inc. today announced that it and Reed Elsevier have received a request for additional information from the Federal Trade Commission regarding the proposed merger between the companies. In addition, the companies have been notified of parallel reviews by the attorneys...

    Articles 2008-04-29

  • ChoicePoint® Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

    - Internal revenue in the Insurance Services segment grew 12.2 percent. - Net Free Cash Flow from continuing operations increased to $29 million for the quarter. - Shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve the proposed acquisition of ChoicePoint by Reed Elsevier. ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 25...

    Articles 2008-04-25

  • Silver Lake Sumeru to Acquire Investigative Analysis Software Provider i2 from ChoicePoint Inc

    Unit to Become i2, Inc., Dedicated to Best-of-Breed Investigative Analysis and Visualization Solutions MENLO PARK, Calif. and ALPHARETTA, Georgia -- Silver Lake Sumeru, the middle-market technology focused investment fund, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement with ChoicePoint Inc. (NYSE: CPS) to acquire i2, ChoicePoint's investigative analysis...

    Articles 2008-04-24

  • Research and Markets: Understand the Attitudes Driving Shopping Patterns Including Store Choice and Point of Purchase Behaviour

    DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89859) has announced the addition of "Changing Grocery Shopping Patterns" to their offering. Grocery shopping in Europe and North America is changing as shoppers focus on value and product range. This has encouraged the development of new forms of retail channel which...

    Articles 2008-04-24

  • ChoicePoint® to Sell i2 Government Software Business

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChoicePoint today announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its government software business, specifically i2 Inc. and i2 Ltd., to Silver Lake Sumeru, a leader in private investments in technology, technology-enabled and related growth industries, in a cash purchase of...

    Articles 2008-04-24

  • ChoicePoint® Nonprofit Audit Finds Five Percent of Applicants Have Prior Criminal Convictions

    Nonprofits Must Be Vigilant on Background Screening for Potential Employees and Volunteers ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Every day, 144 individuals with criminal records seek employment or a volunteer opportunity with a nonprofit, according to a background screening audit conducted by ChoicePoint, a leading provider of...

    Articles 2008-04-23

  • ChoicePoint® Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Reed Elsevier

    ALPHARETTA, Ga., April 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a special meeting of the shareholders of ChoicePoint today in New York City, ChoicePoint shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the previously disclosed Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 20, 2008, by and among ChoicePoint, Reed Elsevier Group plc...

    Articles 2008-04-16

  • MEDIA NOTEPAD: Update

    Elsevier is acquiring Windhover Information, publisher of IN VIVIO and the RPM Report. Windhover will be folded into Elsevier's Pharma Business Intelligence Unit, which includes F-D-C Reports The Pink Sheet. The publisher's parent company announced plans to unload its Business Information Unit, including Variety and Publisher's Weekly, and picked up...

    Articles 2008-04-01

  • MBA 2007 MARI REPORT EXPOSES/EXPLORES MORTGAGE FRAUD.

    The Mortgage Bankers Association MBA has announced that the Mortgage Asset Research Institute, LLC (MARISM), a ChoicePointR (NYSE:CPS company, has completed its 10th Periodic Mortgage Fraud Case Report to MBA. The report examines the current state of residential mortgage fraud and misrepresentation in the U.S. based...

    Articles 2008-04-01

  • Love and marriage: movie weddings will never be the same after these gay directors crash the party

    [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] KISS THE BRIDE DIRECTED BY C. Jay Cox STARRING Tori Spelling, James O'Shea, and Philipp Karner REGENT RELEASING MARRIED LIFE DIRECTED BY Ira Sachs STARRING Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, and Pierce Brosnan...

    Articles 2008-03-25

  • Risk Management Service provides mortgage loan fraud alerts

    MARI Loan Fraud Alert Service LFAS is mortgage industry-contributed loan process database that enables lenders and investors to identify potential application risk and patterns of fraud and hidden relationships among transaction parties. It can help reduce mortgage fraud by comparing lender's loan-level data, which includes borrower, collateral, and professional information,...

    Articles 2008-03-24

  • MBA 2007 MARI Report Exposes and Explores Residential Mortgage Fraud Against Lenders in US

    To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Jason Vasquez of Mortgage Bankers Association, +1-202-557-2950, jvasquez@mortgagebankers.org; Chuck Jones, +1-770-752-3594, +1-770-289-0894 cell, chuck.jones@choicepoint.com, KimberlyTate-Nuwar, +1-770-752-3985, kimberly.tate-nuwar@choicepoint.com,both of ChoicePoint WASHINGTON, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The MortgageBankers Association MBA today announced that the Mortgage AssetResearch Institute, LLC (MARISM), a ChoicePointR (NYSE: CPS)company, has completed its...

    Articles 2008-03-13

  • Incorporated: 1997
  • CEO: Mr. Derek V. Smith

ChoicePoint is a provider of identification and credential verification services. At Dec 31 2007, Co. had four segments: Insurance Services, which provides data, analytics, software and business information services to property and casualty personal and commercial insurance carriers; Screening and Authentication Services, which focuses on employment screenings, tenant screening, vital records and customer enrollment businesses; Business Services, which provides public information application primarily to banking, professional services, and government customers; and Marketing Services, which provides direct marketing and database software to the insurance and financial services industries.

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ChoicePoint Inc. Company Info

Board of Directors

Mr. Derek V. Smith

Chairman

Mr. Charles I. Story

Ms. Anne Szostak

Ms. E. Renae Conley

Mr. Douglas C. Curling

Mr. James M. Denny

Dr. John J. Hamre Ph.D.

Mr. Kenneth G. Langone

Mr. John B. McCoy MBA

Mr. Terrence Murray

Mr. Ray M. Robinson

Contact Information

1000 Alderman Drive

Alpharetta, GA

http://www.choicepoint.com

770 752-6000

NAICS Code

Other Services Related to Advertising: 54189
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