ISDEX & Market Moves
Snapshot
|
12-Mar-98 |
% change |
point change |
ISDEX |
145.79 |
0.64% |
0.93 |
ISDEX Composite |
1,111.47 |
-0.31% |
-3.50 |
NASDAQ |
1,764.06 |
0.41% |
7.21 |
DJIA |
8,659.56 |
-0.19% |
-16.19 |
CMG Info (NASDAQ:CMGI), (which really should consider chaning its name to @Ventures due to its venture focus), acquires Accipiter, which does Internet advertising management solutions, for $35 million in CMG shares. We estimate the deal at 7x – 10x sales, although details were not disclosed. CMG will merge Accipiter with Engage to create a marketing and ad firm.
Netscape (NASDAQ:NSCP) wants to exapand its Netcenter site once again to be more of an online service, turning it into a rival to Yahoo, Excite, Lycos, AOL, and Microsoft’s forthcoming Start service. As long as Navigator is used Netcenter may be a growing concern. But with Microsoft plastering the universe with free browsers it’s killing this space rapidly. Look at what it did to Spyglass (NASDAQ:SPYG).Of course MSN has not been the AOL killer it wanted to be, so even the best laid plans don’t often make it to critical mass.
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