The Loch Ness Monster

  
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Amount:         $13.1
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Terms:           
205,703 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  LONDON, May 18–U.S. Web career site Monster.com, owned by
  TMP Worldwide, announced its acquisition of
  Scotland’s largest recruitment site, RecruitmentScotland.com, in a
  deal worth $13.1 million. With RecruitmentScotland.com, Monster will consolidate its reach into
  the Scottish labor market, contributing to the company’s global expansion
  strategy.
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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 18–Move.com Group, which operates move.com, a real estate and home-related
  services portal of Cendant Corporation, announced
  that it has acquired HomeHunters and Berkeley Connections,
  both specializing in customized search and leasing services for vacant
  rentals. Through the addition of HomeHunters and Berkeley Connection, move.com
  continues its strategy to create a national “clicks and mortar” rental
  services business.
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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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  SAN FRANCISCO, May 18–U.S. Home & Garden
  announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase
  findplants.com, an online plant catalog and locator service for B2B
  growers and wholesalers. The acquisition of findplants.com, which offers industry
  participants more than 10,000 different types of plants from nearly 140
  growers, will position USHG’s Internet subsidiary, egarden.com, as one of the most
  comprehensive B2B e-commerce Web site’s focused exclusively on all product
  segments of the lawn and garden industry.
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Amount:         $10
million

  
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Terms:           
4.5 million shares/$3.6 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  AUSTRALIA, May 18–Online sex toy merchant AdultShop.com will
  buy U.S. erotica retailer Game Link for more than $10 million in cash
  and stock. Game Link has been selling
  adult products over the Internet since 1993. Australian-based AdultShop will pay $3.6 million in cash
  plus 4.5 million shares, and 10 million options, exercisable at $1.75
  each.
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