	reed says it has no comment on harcourt rumours reed international plc reed l said it had no comment to make on u k stock market rumors that harcourt brace jovanovich inc hbj may make a bid for the company in order to escape unwelcome offers from robert maxwell s british printing and communication corp bpcl l a spokeswoman for reed said earlier analysts forecasts that a bid for reed will have to be about mln stg were totally unrealistic adding that its current market is about billion stg reuter 
