Dun & Bradstreet the latest software company to go private in $5.38bn deal
D&B sale follows strategy review of 177-year-old company

Data analytics company Dun & Bradstreet is the latest software vendor to be taken private, with the 177-year-old company agreeing a $5.38 billion deal with a consortium of private equity companies...
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