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PARTNERS & DEALS NEWS

ToC

  • CMGI's Engage buys Flycast and Adsmart

  • Medtronic enters alliance with Healtheon/WebMD

  • CA Expands E-Services Portfolio

  • Microsoft Takes B2B Stake In VerticalNet

  • New York Times to spin off Net division

  • VC firms hot on trail of B2B startups

  • Softbank considers additional banking operations

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers denies report of IBM ties

  • A new spin on e-commerce

  • CNET Acquires mySimon

  • Time Warner, EMI rock the music world

  • What EMI deal means for the Web

  • B2B expert Breakaway buys Eggrock for $250M

  • IBM and SAS enter e-business partnership

  • Ask Jeeves buys Direct Hit

  • Commerce One to buy product information manager

  • Mexico retailer to buy CompUSA

  • Wal-Mart, Accel To Create Web Company

  • Cisco, IBM join forces on e-business offerings

  • Airlines join forces on new Web site

  • Net Perceptions buys data analysis vendor

  • Independents merge to fight the flower powers

  • Drugstore.com Buys Beauty.com

  • MGM, Blockbuster team for Net movie delivery

  • BroadVision to buy Interleaf, profit nearly triples

  • Ariba, Ernst & Young in E-Commerce Deal

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CMGI's Engage buys Flycast and Adsmart
Engage Technologies agreed to buy the two smaller Internet-advertising companies from majority holder CMGI for $2.5 billion in stock

Medtronic enters alliance with Healtheon/WebMD
Medtronic, a maker of medical devices, said today it has formed a $100 million, four-year partnership with Healtheon/WebMD to provide health care information over the Internet.

CA Expands E-Services Portfolio
Computer Associates International Inc. has acquired a minority stake in I-Storm Inc., a specialist in developing and operating e-commerce Web sites. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but CA was said to have paid $2 million-plus for an under-10 percent share of I-Storm. CA will have a seat on I-Storm's five-member board

Microsoft Takes B2B Stake In VerticalNet
Microsoft is making a play to get more directly involved in the business-to-business marketplace arena by taking a large equity stake in VerticalNet.

New York Times to spin off Net division
The publisher files to raise as much as $100 million in an initial stock offering for a tracking stock to represent its Internet business division, the Times Company Digital.

VC firms hot on trail of B2B startups
The venture capitalists who flocked to the Showcase conference in Palm Springs were gaga to find new business-to-business opportunities.

Softbank considers additional banking operations
The Japanese Internet investor is in informal talks with Fuji Bank on an online banking venture as it tries to push to the forefront of the restructuring of Japan's financial industry.

PricewaterhouseCoopers denies report of IBM ties
The Company denies a report that it is considering selling its consulting unit to IBM or teaming up with the computer maker.

A new spin on e-commerce
More and more large companies are spinning off their e-commerce units to maximize valuations. The rewards could be great, but so are the risks.

CNET Acquires mySimon
Internet publisher CNET Inc. Thursday acquired comparison shopping service mySimon for $700 million.

Time Warner, EMI rock the music world
AOL's new partner, Time Warner, will become the world's largest record company -- controlling about 20 percent of global market.

What EMI deal means for the Web
AOL-Time Warner-EMI deals have rocked the music business and showed it finally awakening to the not-so-distant multimedia future.

B2B expert Breakaway buys Eggrock for $250M
Breakaway Solutions Inc. today announced it will acquire systems integrator and consulting firm Eggrock Partners in an all-stock deal valued at about $250 million.

IBM and SAS enter e-business partnership  
IBM and SAS Institute Inc. on Monday announced a partnership to tighten integration between IBM's DB2 Universal Database and SAS analytic software and to provide enhanced consulting services to e-businesses

Ask Jeeves buys Direct Hit
Search company Ask Jeeves Inc. will acquire Direct Hit Technologies Inc. in a deal worth around $507 million. The deal calls for Ask Jeeves to exchange 5.12 million shares, approximately 12 percent of the company, for Direct Hit. Ask Jeeves closed at $99 Monday

Commerce One to buy product information manager
Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) slid in after-hours trading Tuesday after the company announced plans to issue 870,000 shares as part of a deal to buy a system for online catalogs.

Mexico retailer to buy CompUSA
Mexico-based retailer Grupo Sanborns said today it plans to acquire computer retailer CompUSA in a tender offer worth $10.10 per share.

Wal-Mart, Accel To Create Web Company
The discount retailer late Thursday said it is partnering with venture capital firm Accel Partners to create a stand-alone Web retailing company carrying the Wal-Mart brand.

Cisco, IBM join forces on e-business offerings
IBM and Cisco Systems Inc. added some meat to an ongoing technology alliance today, announcing two initiatives that could help IT managers better manage Internet transactions

Airlines join forces on new Web site
American Airlines, US Airways and other carriers have signed up to offer tickets, including Internet-only discounts, on a Web site being created by United, Delta, Northwest and Continental.

Nearly two dozen U.S. and foreign airlines have signed up to offer tickets, including discounted Internet-only special fares, on a Web site being created by UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines.

Net Perceptions buys data analysis vendor
Net Perceptions Inc., a maker of software that enables e-business Web sites to deliver personalized Web content to surfers, is fortifying its portfolio with the $126 million acquisition of a data-analysis developer.

Independents merge to fight the flower powers
Proflowers.com and Flowerfarm.com joined forces today to compete in the fast-growing online flower market.

Drugstore.com Buys Beauty.com
Online pharmacy Drugstore.com is buying cosmetic retailer Beauty.com for about $42 million in stock.

MGM, Blockbuster team for Net movie delivery
Film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the home of classic musicals and holder of the rights to 19 James Bond movies, today reached agreement with rental giant Blockbuster to find ways to give customers movies via the Internet.

BroadVision to buy Interleaf, profit nearly triples
BroadVision, which makes software for Internet commerce, said its fourth quarter profit rose 287 percent, and announced it would buy Internet e-commerce software maker Interleaf.

Ariba, Ernst & Young in E-Commerce Deal
Ariba Inc., a maker of software to help businesses use the Internet to buy supplies, said Monday it had entered a deal with Ernst & Young LLP to provide products and services for electronic commerce.

 


 

 

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