Today’s Deals: ePiggyBank.com Cashes in Its Pennies

  
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Amount:         $11.5
billion

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  NEW YORK, Aug. 30–Credit Suisse Group announced that they have
  signed a definitive agreement for the combination of Donaldson, Lufkin &
  Jenretteand Credit Suisse First Boston, a
  subsidiary of the Credit Suisse Group. The $11.5 billion transaction
  creates one of the world’s most powerful investment banking firms and is
  expected to close in October of 2000. Under the terms of the transaction,
  DLJ public shareholders will receive $90
  in cash for each share, while majority owner of DLJ, AXA
  Financial, will receive $5.75 billion in Credit Suisse
  Group stock and $2.39 billion in cash.
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Amount:         $8.7
million

  
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Terms:           
2.27 million shares/$2.5 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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  RENO, Aug. 30–iGo Corporation, a
  business-to-business provider of mobile and wireless accessories via
  electronic commerce announced the acquisition of Xtend Micro
  Products, a provider of power products and accessories for the portable
  computer market. This acquisition not only expands iGo’s product offering but also positions iGo
  as a compelling one stop solution for OEM’s. iGo announced that it paid
  $2,500,000 in cash and issued 2,268,451 shares of iGo Common Stock for
  substantially all of the assets of Xtend.
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Amount:         $1.4
million

  
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Terms:           
500,000 shares/$150,000 cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 30–NetLojix Communications, a provider of network and hosting infrastructure, technical
  management and support to the mid-size business market, announced it has
  entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire privately-held, Chicago-based
  CW Electronic Enterprises (dba CWE2
  Network Systems), a systems integration and technical support company
  for mid-size businesses in the Midwest. The Letter of Intent contemplates
  that NetLojix would purchase all the
  outstanding common stock of CWE2 using 500,000 shares of NetLojix common
  stock and $150,000 in cash.
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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:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  MARLBORO, Mass., Aug. 30–Media 100, a
  provider of software, systems and services for streaming media on the
  Internet, announced it has acquired key technology assets and intellectual
  properties from ICE (Integrated Computing Engines), a provider of
  acceleration solutions for streaming media from the desktop. ICE acceleration technology increases the
  speed and quality of the compression process for streaming media content,
  aiding Media 100’s creation and
  delivery of video on the Internet, DVD and CD-ROM. Terms of the asset
  acquisition were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $16.5
million

  
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Terms:           
16.4 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  DALLAS, Aug. 30–Intellicallannounced the
  signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Wireless WebConnect!, a
  nationwide wireless Internet Service Provider. The merger will allow Intellicall to enter into the rapidly
  growing high-speed wireless mobile data access market. Intellicall will
  issue to the shareholders of Wireless
  WebConnect! 16,426,420 shares of common stock.
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Amount:         $1.1
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  EDMONTON, Aug. 30–Brocker Technology Group, a business-to-business communications company, is pleased to
  announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Certus Project
  Consulting, a management consulting company operating in the IT and
  telecommunication sectors of New Zealand and Australia. The consulting
  methodologies and frameworks that Certus brings to Brocker have tremendous global
  application which Brocker plans to roll out around the world, actively
  looking to expand its Professional Services practice in the United States,
  Canada and the United Kingdom. The purchase price will be based on the
  lesser of 1.5 times revenues or 15 times net profit before tax up to a
  maximum purchase price of USD $1.1 million.
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Amount:        
$500,000

  
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Terms:           
500,000 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      D

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  FREEHOLD, N.J., Aug. 30–stereoscape.com
  announced the acquisition of ePiggybank.com, a financial Web site for
  kids. ePiggybank.com is a financial
  and educational website that instructs kids on a “learn by doing” basis to
  become financially literate so that they will be intelligent savers,
  investors and spenders as they grow up. The acquisition is the first step
  in a complete change of stereoscape’s business plan under the
  direction of new CEO in which the company is changing its business plan to
  become a holding company. The transaction includes a payment of 500,000
  stereoscape.com shares in addition to options to purchase 200,000 shares of
  stereoscape.com common stock at $1.00 per share.
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