Today’s Deals: EDGAR Online Makes Second Acquisition This Week

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  HONG KONG, Oct. 19–chinadotcom, a
  pan-Asian integrated Internet company, announced the acquisition of a 100%
  stake in Miller Freeman Asia’s travel & tourism group and the
  group’s publishing services division by its subsidiary, hongkong.com. Based in Singapore, the
  acquired business is Asia’s leading travel trade publisher, publishing
  eight regular publications and organizing various major travel trade shows
  in Asia. The acquisition of Miller Freeman Asia’s travel & tourism group
  and the group’s publishing services division illustrate how chinadotcom leverages its synergistic
  investment strategy to strengthen its portal network content and community
  and drive its B2B e-commerce revenue.
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Amount:         $28
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Terms:           
2.45 million shares/$11.8 million cash

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  NORWALK, Conn., Oct. 19–EDGAR Online, an
  Internet-based provider of business, financial and competitive information
  derived from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR filings,
  announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire
  Financial Insight Systems, a privately-held company that sells
  EDGAR-derived data and information systems to large financial institutions.
  The acquisition is expected to significantly enhance EDGAR Online’s position as a leading,
  full service, financial information provider. EDGAR Online will purchase
  all the outstanding shares of FIS for $11.8 million in cash, 2.45 million
  shares of newly issued EDGAR Online stock and a $6 million two-year 7.5%
  note, for a total transaction value of $28 million.
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Industry:        Financial
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Scorecard:      B+

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  LOS ANGELES & DALLAS, Oct. 19–iExchange.com and
  InteractiveFunds.com announced that they will merge to pioneer
  development in community-based financial services. The combined company
  will deliver robust investment products and services utilizing InteractiveFunds.com’s
  sophisticated and proprietary asset management technologies and investment
  intelligence from iExchange.com’s
  community of individual investors. The first product will be a
  community-based mutual fund. It will utilize quantitative money management
  tools to mine the grassroots investment intelligence of a growing community
  of over 9,000 individual investors. Terms of the transaction were not
  disclosed.
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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  RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 19–World Mall, owners and operators of
  WorldMall.com, announced the
  acquisition of two web design and hosting companies – Rochester based
  Core Business Solutions and Syracuse based Net Mark Design.
  The acquisition of Net Mark Design and Core Business Solutions will help
  WorldMall.com continue to grow in customer size. Terms of the transaction
  were not disclosed.
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Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 19–HeavenlyDoor.com, the
  first publicly traded consumer funeral industry Web portal and WWH
  Insurance Services have signed a non-binding letter of intent for the
  acquisition of WWH by HeavenlyDoor.com. WWH is a privately
  held national independent distributor of life and health insurance
  products, and will provide HeavenlyDoor.com with a major increase in the
  portfolio of products and services it can offers its target market of
  adults 50 years of age and over.
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  MANILA, Philippines, Oct. 19–GetAsia.com has acquired three
  leading Filipino city guide and lifestyle portals — LegManila.com,
  Localvibe.com and ClickTheCity.com. The deal marks GetAsia’s entry into the Philippine
  market, adding to the company’s already impressive roster of sites. The
  resulting merger between Localvibe.com, LegManila.com and its subsidiary site,
  ClickTheCity.com, will create the
  most comprehensive lifestyle and city guide Web site in the Philippines.
  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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