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The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and John Wiley & Sons Inc., a global leader in research and education, have expanded their publishing partnership to include EAACI’s official open access journal Clinical and Translational Allergy (CTA) alongside their other publications, Allergy and Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology, as of January 2021. CTA is a fully open access journal, edited by Prof. Jean Bousquet and Dr. Clive Grattan, and provides a dissemination of allergy research and reviews, as well as EAACI position papers, task force reports, and guidelines for an international scientific audience. “We are delighted to extend our collaboration with Wiley to include CTA in 2021. Having all three journals under the same publishing umbrella will allow them to benefit from Wiley's extensive expertise in the publishing process, while at the same time keeping up the high quality of EAACI's scientific content, including the most relevant progress and updates in the field." Tomàs Chivato, EAACI VP Science; Jean Bousquet, CTA Editor-in-Chief; Clive Grattan, CTA Editor-in-Chief.

S&P Global announced that its shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the Company's proposed transaction with IHS Markit at a special meeting of the Company's shareholders. Approximately 99% of votes cast were in favor of the transaction. "We are pleased with the strong support of our shareholders for our planned combination with IHS Markit," said Douglas Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global. "Today's shareholder approval is an important milestone in the process of bringing together our two world-class organizations to continue building on our respective strengths in information, data science, research and benchmarks. We are confident we will drive meaningful growth and create value for our customers, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders as one company."

Unit sales of print books rose 11.6% last week over the week ended May 30, 2020, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan and through the first five months of 2021, sales were up 22.4% over the comparable period in 2020. The adult fiction category had another big week, with sales up 25.8% over the week ended May 30, 2020. Legacy by Nora Roberts was the top-selling title in the category, selling nearly 33,000 copies in its first week on sale. Other new books that cracked the top 10 adult fiction bestseller list were Christine Feehan’s Shadow Storm, which sold more than 18,000 copies, and The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler, which sold over 14,000 copies. Through May 29, print unit sales were up 32.4% over the first five months of 2020.