Si, Lycos Habla Espanol

  
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Amount:         $12.5
billion

  
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Terms:           
$97.55 per LCOS share

  
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Premium:        50%

  
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Industry:       
Search/Portals

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  MADRID, May 16–Terra Networks, S.A.,
  provider of Internet access and interactive content and services to the
  Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking world, and Lycos, the Internet’s leading multi-brand network, today announced a
  definitive merger agreement under which Terra will acquire Lycos in a stock-for-stock transaction for
  $97.55 per Lycos share, or a total of approximately $12.5 billion in Terra
  stock. The transaction will create the first truly global Internet company,
  to be called Terra Lycos, Inc.
  
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  Upon completion of the transaction, Terra shareholders will own between 54%
  and 63% of Terra Lycos, and Lycos shareholders will own the other 37% to
  46% of the combined company.
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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:      C

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  LOS ANGELES, May 16–GenesisIntermedia.com, developer of Internet technologies and Internet companies,
  announced that it has acquired Car Rental Direct.com, which has
  eight existing locations in Southern California and Las Vegas and is GenesisIntermedia’s fifth
  acquisition in accordance with its development business model. Augmenting
  an existing Web site, the proposed Car Rental Direct.com’s site will
  enable rental cars to be ordered completely online, and delivered to the
  customer’s front door.
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Amount

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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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  ATLANTA, May 16–iXL Enterprises
  announced the formal launch of its Mobile and Wireless Solutions offering
  which has now been further strengthened by the addition of 18 professionals
  through the acquisition of Redwing Consulting, a
  leading management consultant to the wireless telecommunications industry.
  Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $19.4
million

  
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Terms:           
400,000 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  DALLAS, May 16–Efficient Networks, a
  worldwide supplier of digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband access
  products, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
  Network TeleSystems (NTS), provider of broadband client services
  software based in Sunnyvale, California.
  
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  Under terms of the agreement, which was approved by the board of directors
  of both companies, Efficient will
  issue 400,000 shares of Efficient common stock in exchange for all of the
  outstanding stock and options of NTS.
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Amount:         $400
million

  
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Terms:           
4.0 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  RED BANK, May 16–GlobeSpan, a provider
  of integrated circuit, software, and system designs for digital subscriber
  line (DSL) applications, announced that it has signed a definitive
  agreement to acquire iCompression, developer of advanced technology
  for voice, video and data applications for broadband infrastructure
  including Voice over Packet, based in Santa Clara, CA. GlobeSpan will exchange approximately
  4.0 million shares of its common stock and plans to retain all of iCompressions’ 55 employees. The
  transaction is expected to close in the second quarter.
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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:      C+

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  LOS ANGELES, May 16–Omni Nutraceuticals (d.b.a. HealthZone.com)
  announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire the web site,
  customers, partnerships, technology and various assets of HealthShop.com, a San
  Francisco, CA based natural health e-commerce and lifestyle destination
  site, in an all stock transaction.
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Amount:         $996
million

  
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Terms:           
42.6 QXLC shares per each Ricardo.de share

  
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Premium:        27%

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  LONDON and HAMBURG, Germany, May 16–QXL.com plcannounces that it proposes to merge with Germany’s Neur
  Markt-listed Ricardo.de AG in a share-for-share exchange, uniting
  two of the largest European online auction companies and creating a
  pan-European market leader. QXL.com said
  it was offering 42.6 of its own shares for each Ricardo.de share, which values Ricardo.de
  at 127 euros a share or a total of 1.104 billion euros, equal to $996
  million US dollars.
  
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  The combined company is expected to be called QXLricardo plc. QXLricardo
  will be listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq National Market
  and will be domiciled and headquartered in London.
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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-

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  KANSAS CITY, May 16–Privately held greeting card maker and retailer
  Hallmark Cards said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire
• Minneapolis-based Gift Certificate Centre, which operates two
  e-commerce sites, PremiereChoiceAward.com,
  which targets the business-to-business sales incentives and recognition
  business, and GiftCert.com, which
  sells gift certificates directly to consumers. Terms of the deal were not
  disclosed, but Hallmark said the sale will be finalised on May 31.
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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:      D+

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  CHICAGO, May 16–Private Internet music retailer Spun.com
  said it was acquired by Idealab, a creator and operator of Internet
  businesses. Spun.com, founded in Chicago
  in 1998, provides an online retail store for used CDs and offers more than
  200,000 new music titles.
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  Spun.com president and co-founder Andy Grundy said Spun.com, under Idealab, could eventually have its own
  IPO. Spun.com will move to Pasadena, Calif., where Idealab is based, where
  Grundy will remain as president.
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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:      C+

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  SAN FRANCISCO, May 16–Red Herring Communications, provider
  of news and analysis on innovation in business and investing, announced its
  acquisition of StockMaster.com, provider of online stock charting
  and in-depth online investment information, research tools and customized
  investor-relations technologies, which will become part of the Redherring.com network. The StockMaster.com acquisition follows
  the $31 million in equity funding Red Herring received recently.
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Amount:         $2.44
billion

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Software
developer

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

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  OTTAWA, May 16–Coreland California’s
  Inprise/Borlandcalled off their merger on
  Tuesday, ending the Canadian software developer’s tumultuous pursuit of its
  largest-ever acquisition to be a Linux powerhouse, calling it off after
  both companies’ stock value plummeted amid investor criticism of the deal.
  The merger had come under increasing criticism because its value, which is
  tied to Corel’s stock price on Nasdaq,
  has shrunk 73% since the deal was announced.
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Amount:         $1.37
billion

  
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

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  NEW YORK, May 16–Online medical supply company Neoforma.com
  said it is in talks to possibly scrap its $1.37 billion
  deal to acquire Eclipsysand its affiliate
  HEALTHvision in a mutually agreed termination of their previously
  announced merger agreement without the payment of a termination fee.
  
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  On March 30, Neoforma.com said it
  agreed to buy Delray Beach, Fla.-based Eclipsys for about $948 million in
  stock and its closely held affiliate HEALTHvision, based in Irving,
  Texas, for about $422 millio
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