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URL2Trade Directory Gets Blair’s Endorsement
A new book is playing into Prime Minister Tony...
$2.3 Billion Online Bank Merger Will Form Global Group
The megamerger of Internet banks first-e
and Uno-e, announced Monday,...
France Telecom, Equant Sign Multi-Billion Dollar Deal
[London, ENGLAND] France Telecom and business network operator
Equant announced...
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Observer AB Acquires Irish Media Monitor
London, ENGLAND -- Swedish media and market analysis
company Observer AB announced Thursday its
acquisition of News Extracts, Ireland's top
media and news monitoring firm.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
With operations in Dublin, Ireland, and Belfast...
U.K. Government Hires JWT to Study Internet Businesses
[London, ENGLAND] The Department of Trade and Industry has
appointed J. Walter Thompson's new economy brand consultancy,
digital@jwt, to profile Internet businesses in the U.K.
The move is the first stage in the Government's three-part
Internet Mentoring...
ebookers.com Buys Scandinavian Online Travel Agency
[London, ENGLAND] European travel company ebookers.com
announced Wednesday its acquisition of Scandinavian online travel
agency MrJet.
The deal is costing ebookers.com around 2.6 percent of its
issued share capital on a fully diluted basis.
In return, ebookers.com is acquiring...
FlyOnTheWall.com Introduces Online Home Watch Security
[London, ENGLAND] U.K. webcam portal FlyOnTheWall.com unveiled
Tuesday a new home watch security service named FlyWatch that
lets users access closed circuit television images of their
home via the Internet.
To provide the service, FlyOnTheWall.com has signed a...
Finnish Companies Launch Geomessaging Solution
[London, ENGLAND] Two Finnish companies, Oy Arbonaut
Ltd and Benefon Oyj announced Tuesday a geomessaging
solution that will enable ISPs to offer precision
location-based services for businesses and consumers.
To create the solution, the two companies have combined
their...
GlobalNetFinancial Culls 50 Media Jobs
[London, ENGLAND] GlobalNetFinancial.com, Inc., provider of
financial information to many European Web sites, Monday completed an initial corporate restructuring that
has reduced its global workforce by 50 jobs in media.
The move, which represents a 35 percent...
World Travel Buys Deckchair.com
[London, ENGLAND] Once valued at nearly US $30 million,
Sir Bob Geldof's online travel business Deckchair.com
has been acquired by World Travel Holdings for just
US $4.5 million plus a future, performance-related
payment of up to US $8.4...
Scoot Raises Expectations
[London, ENGLAND] European business infomediary
Scoot.com plc tried to shine a ray of light into the gloom
of the Internet industry Friday by insisting it
will be profitable by the fourth quarter this
year.
However, Scoot used the work...
