British Invasion

  
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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:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  SAN JOSE, May 3–Cypress Semiconductor (CY)
  announced its second acquisition in a week, signing a definitive agreement
  to acquire Alation Systems, a privately held wireless systems
  company based in Mountain View, CA. Alation brings to Cypress a deep
  portfolio of intellectual property in analog, DSP, and RF baseband
  technology, along with software and systems expertise in the fast-growing
  wireless arena.
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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:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  PITTSBURGH, May 3–Black Box Corporation (BBOX)
  announced that it has signed a letter of intent to purchase the Network
  Infrastructure Services (NIS) division of VISTA Information
  Technologies. Established in 1980 and headquartered in Pittsburgh,
  Pennsylvania, NIS provides technical design, installation and maintenance
  services for premise cabling and related products in the Mid-Atlantic and
  Mid-Western United States and several customers on a nationwide basis.
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  NIS brings Black Box new customers, experienced management and
  professionals, new geographic coverage and greater market share in many of
  our existing served markets. At $40 million in revenues, NIS is Black Box’
  single largest expansion to date.
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Amount:         $13.5
million

  
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Terms:           
589,000 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  THOUSAND OAKS, May 3–Homestore.com (HOMS)
  , the largest home and real estate network on the Internet, announced that
  the company has acquired WyldFyre Technologies, a developer of
  technology solutions for real estate professionals to access multiple
  listing service information via the Internet. The WyldFyre acquisition significantly strengthens
  Homestore.com’s product offerings for real estate professionals and is
  another step in the company’s strategy to fully automate the real estate
  transaction process with innovative Internet-based solutions and emerging
  wireless technologies. Homestore.com issued approximately 589,000 shares of
  common stock in connection with the acquisition.
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Amount:         $127.5
million

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  NEW YORK, May 3–TD Waterhouse Group (TWE),
  the world’s second largest discount broker and a leading online financial
  services firm announced its agreement to acquire Dealwise Limited,
  one of the UK’s largest discount brokerage firms, for approximately $127.5
  million Dealwise from UK building society Skipton Building Society. When completed, the
  acquisition will boost TD Waterhouse’s customer base by approximately
  230,000 accounts, and is set to make TD Waterhouse the UK’s largest
  discount broker based on total accounts and trading volume.
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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:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      C-

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  DALLAS, May 3–Carreker Corporation (CANI)
  , a provider of e-finance enabling solutions to the financial industry,
  announced its plans to acquire X-Port Software Enterprises of
  Toronto, Canada.
  X-Port is a global provider of
  centralized cash processing technology which supplies banks with
  “real-time” cash transaction processing, as well as providing e-commerce
  and cash-handling capability among banks, depository customers and armored
  carriers. This acquisition will solidify Carreker’s position as a
  world-wide leader in e-finance enabled cash handling technologies.
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Amount:         $40
million

  
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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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  TAMPA, May 3–InsiderStreet.com (OTCBB: NSDR)
  announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire
  HardwareStreet.com, AMS Systems, and ClubComputer.com
  for a transaction valued at $40 million dollars in common stock. The new
  wholly owned subsidiary e-Biz Street will become one of the top ten
  computer products and services e-tailers.
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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:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  DALLAS, May 3–SixtyFootSpider, a subsidiary of True North
  Communications (TNO),
  announced a strategic move into the business-to-business services arena.
  The company said it acquired Minneapolis-based Juntunen Media Group’s
  Communications Solutions Division (CSD), an interactive agency
  specializing in full b-to-b services. Juntunen CSD, which has built a
  reputation for its strength in high-end multimedia projects and Web-based
  training, becomes the Minneapolis office of SixtyFootSpider. Terms of the
  deal were not disclosed.
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