All in the Family

  
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Amount:         $315
million

  
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Terms:           
6.3 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  SANTA CLARA, June 21–Virata Corporation
  announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held
  Excess Bandwidth Corporation in exchange for approximately 6.3
  million shares of Virata common stock,
  valued at approximately $315 million. The Excess Bandwidth transaction is expected to
  provide Virata with symmetric DSL physical layer capabilities targeted at
  the high-growth markets for both business premises and central office
  equipment.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  WOODBURY, N.Y., June 21–Comverse Technology, the world’s leading supplier of software and systems enabling
  network-based enhanced services, announced that its majority-owned
  subsidiary, Telemesser, will merge with privately-held, UK-based
  e-go systems plc, a leading applications service provider (ASP)
  specializing in global, seamless, IP-based unified messaging and access
  services for the enterprise market. Upon completion of the merger, Comverse will own up to 30% of the
  combined organization, which will operate under the e-go brand. Terms were not
  disclosed.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  PORTLAND, Ore., June 21–Consonus, a premier provider of
  e-business consulting, application development, and managed hosting
  services, announced that it was acquired on June 1, 2000 by Questar
  , a Salt Lake City-based diversified energy company,
  through its subsidiary engaged in information technologies and services.
  
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  Concurrent with the acquisition of Consonus, Questar created a new company,
  retaining the name Consonus, Inc., that merges Consonus’ e-business
  application services with other Questar operations and services including
  enterprise network engineering, network operations and data center
  facilities.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      D+

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  EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 21–Music technology developer Coda
  Music Technologyand Net4Music SA, a private
  French company that sells pr
• int music online, said they have agreed to
  merge in a stock deal. According to the terms of the deal, Coda will acquire all shares of Net4Music in exchange for stock, but
  Coda shareholders will own one-third of the combined company after the deal
  closes. The combined company will be called Net4Music Inc. and is expected
  to continue to trade on Nasdaq. The companies declined to specify further
  the value of the deal.
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Amount:         $3
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  PEARL RIVER, N.Y., June 21–Frontline Communicationsannounced that it has acquired Delanet of New Castle,
  Delaware, and Wizardnet of McLean, Virginia. For both transactions
  together, Frontline paid
  approximately $2.3 million in cash, 200,000 shares of unregistered common
  stock and $.75 million in debt convertible at $8 per share. Delanet is an Internet services company
  focusing on the small business community, including a line of wireless
  broadband Internet products and solutions, while Wizardnet is primarily an access company
  serving the Washington D.C. and Virginia markets.
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  SAN FRANCISCO, June 21–MyFamily.com, the leading online
  family network, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire
  RootsWeb.com, the oldest and largest free community genealogy site.
  With the acquisition, MyFamily.com
  will add RootsWeb.com to its
  portfolio of Web sites, which also includes FamilyHistory.com and
  Ancestry.com. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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