Be There or BSQUARE

 ZDNet (ZDZ) acquires 3DFiles.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B

SAN FRANCISCO, May 11–ZDNet , which operates
the Web’s leading destination for people who want to buy, use and learn
about technology, announced it has acquired 3DFiles.com. Rochester,
NY-based 3DFiles.com is a top source
for free, downloadable 3D demo files, including games, movies, screensavers
and utilities. The acquisition was made with a combination of cash and
stock. Other terms were not disclosed.




 

 BSQUARE (BSQR) acquires Mainbrace

  
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Amount:   &n

bsp;     $21
million

  
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Terms:           
460,000 shares/$10.8 million in cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
Software

  
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Scorecard:      B-

BELLEVUE, May 11–BSQUARE will add a
range of new product technologies and capabilities to address new and
existing market segments through the acquisition of Mainbrace, in a
cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $21 million.



Mainbrace is a leading IP-licensing
and enabling software firm delivering product solutions to high volume
market segments including set-top boxes, Web-enabled phones, wireless thin
clients, and electronic book readers. Consideration will include the
exchange of approximately 460,000 shares of BSQUARE common stock and
approximately $10.8 million in cash for all of the issued and outstanding
common shares of Mainbrace.




 

 Agilent Technologies (A) acquires SAFCO
Technologies

  
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Amount:         $120
million

  
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Terms:           
100% cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

PALO ALTO, May 11–Agilent Technologies agreed
to acquire SAFCO Technologies, a subsidiary of Salient 3
Communications , a supplier of wireless planning,
measurement, analysis and predictive software systems and data collection
products and services. The acquisition of SAFCO, headquartered in Chicago, will
extend Agilent’s current
wireless solutions portfolio to help service providers deliver wireless
voice and data/Internet services, such as wireless e-mail, stock quotes and
trades, and other mobile commerce applications. Financial terms of the
agreement were not disclosed.




 

 Ableauctions.com (ABLC) to acquire Auctions West
Sales

  
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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:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

SCOTTSDALE, May 11–Ableauctions.com
announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Auctions West
Sales Corporation. Auctions West, located in British Columbia, is a
certified appraiser of assets of bankru

pt persons or businesses with annual
revenues of approximately US$500,000. Ableauctions.com will acquire the
business assets that include material contracts, office equipment,
furniture and fixtures, goodwill and other intangible assets to add to its
online auction liquidations of computers, electronics, office equipment,
furniture and industrial equipment that it acquires through bankruptcies,
insolvencies and defaults.




 

 The Financial Commerce Network (FCNI) acquires
Stockchicken.com

  
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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:        Financial
Services

  
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Scorecard:      D

NEW YORK, May 11–The Financial Commerce Network announces that it has acquired Stockchicken.com through
a stock transaction. The Financial Commerce
Network will add Stockchicken.com’s financial Web site
to their growing list of EcoNet clients. Financial terms were not
disclosed.