The Loch Ness Monster

 Monster.com acquires
RecruitmentScotland.com

  
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Amount:         $13.1
million

  
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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-

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.




 

 Move.com acquires HomeHunters, Berkeley
Connections

  
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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+

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.




 

 egarden.com acquires findplants.com

  
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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-

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.




 

 AdultShop.com acquires Game Link

  
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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

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.