Springer being put up for sale?" Candover and Cinven, the private equity companies that own Springer, are believed to have appointed UBS and Goldman Sachs to sound out potential bidders" See Peter Suber's Blog for details http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/2009/03/springer-on-block.html and http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/26/publisher-springer-put-up-for-sale Chuck Hamaker