Today’s Deals: AmericanGreetings.com Buys eAgents

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  CLEVELAND, Sept. 6–American Greetings
  subsidiary AmericanGreetings.com, an
  online greetings site, announced it has acquired eAgents, a Fairfax,
  Virginia-based provider of an online product that delivers consolidated
  information and entertainment from the leading Web media brands in a
  single, daily e-mail. AmericanGreetings.com expects the addition of eAgents to accelerate its path to
  profitability. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $7.5
million

  
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Terms:           
374,889 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  LEE, Mass., Sept. 6–Wave Systems, a
  developer of technology platforms and services that enable next-generation
  e-commerce, announced it has completed the acquisition of all the assets of
  Nashville, TN-based Indigo Networks and its e-commerce shopping
  network, iShopHere.com, which
  generates revenue by routing traffic to merchant sites. The purchase price
  consisted of 374,889 shares of Wave’s
  Class A Common Stock.
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  MENLO PARK, Sept. 6–E*TRADE Group
  announced that it has entered into an agreement with Berliner Effektenbank
  AG and NEW YORK BROKER Deutschland AG to acquire their shares of E*TRADE
  Germany AG, gaining 100% of the subsidiary by mid-October 2000. This
  complete ownership gives E*TRADE the
  control and autonomy to quickly extend its brands’ success formula in the
  Germany, one of the leading online markets in Europe. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed.
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Industry:        ISPs/Access
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Scorecard:      B

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  RESTON, Va., Sept. 6–VIA NET.WORKS, an
  international single-source provider of Internet access and services to
  businesses in Europe and the Americas, has acquired Interactive
  Multimedia Corporation (IMC Online) a Web hosting services provider in
  the United States. Based in Atlanta, Georgia,
• IMC Online is VIA NET.WORKS’ first operation in
  the United States and provides not only a presence in the U.S. market, but
  a means to service the U.S.-based hosting needs of VIA’s existing
  international business customers. Terms of the transaction were not
  disclosed.
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 6–Computer Sciences Corporation
  announced that it has acquired eDIME, a leading
  Australian Web design and development organization. The acquisition of eDIME complements CSC’s e-business offerings and provides
  substantial growth opportunities across a range of markets in Australasia.
  Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  NEW YORK, Sept. 6–Phoenix Resources Technologiesannounced it has signed a Letter of Intent for the purposes of
  acquiring Valley Professionals, a San Jose software consulting firm
  specializing in databases. The acquisition of Valley Professionals is
  expected to add necessary internal infrastructure to Phoenix Resources in preparation of the
  product launch of its web application software technology. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed.
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Industry:        Internet
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  OAKLAND, Sept. 6–DigiScents, the pioneer of digital scent
  technology, has announced its acquisition of SenseIT Technologies, a
  Delaware-based digital scent company, for an undisclosed number of shares.
  SenseIT Technologies was co-founded by Internet and multimedia entrepreneur
  Eli Fisch and two scientists from the Israeli Weizmann Institute of
  Science. With the combined portfolio of scent technologies, DigiScents is assured continued
  leadership in the exploding digital scent technology market. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed. Read analysis of this deal in Kelly Black’s
  DealTracker.
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