Today’s Deals: GoAmerica Adds Some Flash

  
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
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Scorecard:      B-

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  PALM BEACH, Nov. 1–iGetSmart.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary
  of Workflow Management, announced that it has
  acquired PSE Data Products (“PSE”) of Hayward, California which does
  business under the name PSE Outsource Logistics. With 48 employees and a
  state of the art 100,000 square foot distribution center, PSE has a
  reputation in their marketplace for effectively solving customers’
  logistics and distribution challenges to its Fortune 1000 clients for the
  past 25 years. iGetSmart.com will
  implement its electronic supply chain management system into PSE’s mid-size
  and Fortune 1000 clientele. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $10
million

  
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Terms:           
$4 million stock/$6 million cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  HACKENSACK, N.J., Nov. 1–GoAmerica, a
  nationwide wireless data and Internet services provider, announced it has
  signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume
  certain liabilities of Flash Creative Management, a management and
  technology consulting agency, adding professional services to its suite of
  wireless offerings for corporate customers. By acquiring Flash, GoAmerica is augmenting its current
  operations to meet the ever-increasing demand for full-service
  implementation of wireless solutions. The anticipated purchase price
  consists of $4 million in restricted GoAmerica common stock and cash of $6
  million.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 1–Cognos, a
  leading global business intelligence company, announced the acquisition of
  Chicago-based Johnson & Michaels (JAMI), a provider of business
  intelligence consulting services. The JAMI acquisition will enhance Cognos’ position as a strategic provider
  of enterprise solutions to global 2000 companies and will accelerate the
  expansion of Cognos software across these organizations. Terms of the
  acquisition of JAMI, which is privately held, were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1–Listen.com and Scour, an Internet
  search destination for digital entertainment, announced that Listen.com has entered into an agreement
  for the purchase of Scour’s assets.
  Founded in 1997, Scour markets its entertainment search site as well as
  Scour Exchange, the second largest peer-to-peer file-sharing application.
  With lawsuits filed over allegations of copyright infringement, Scour filed
  its voluntary Chapter 11 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on October
  12, 2000. The sale offer will give Listen.com control of Scour’s assets but
  will not make the company responsible for Scour’s legal liabilities.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Financial
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  CARMEL, Calif., Nov. 1–separateaccounts.com, a financial
  services firm which will provide banks, online brokers and money managers
  the ability to offer separate accounts to investment clientele, and VIP
  Private Capital, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada, announced an agreement to merge. The merged entity, which
  will operate under the name separateaccounts.com, will
  combine the technology developed by VIP with the money management expertise
  of separateaccounts.com to provide an investment vehicle to the new breed
  of investment companies. Royal Bank of Canada formed VIP Private Capital in
  April 2000 to be an online private wealth management company for investors
  in the U.S. that would provide discretion
• ary investment management for high
  net worth individuals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $1.3
million

  
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Terms:           
950,000 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1–uMember.com, a
  membership-based online discount shopping and destination web site, has
  acquired Continental Computer Exchange, dba Personal Support
  Computers (PSC), a 25-year-old retailer and e-tailer of computer and
  consumer electronic products and accessories in the Los Angeles area. The
  acquisition of PSC is expected to transform uMember into a ‘bricks-and-clicks’
  company with a retail emphasis on computer hardware, software, and consumer
  electronics. The acquisition, which closed Oct. 10, 2000, was accomplished
  through the issuance of 950,000 shares of uMember common stock.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

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  SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 1–SYLINQ, an online benefits
  administrator, and Brookline Employee Services and Technology
  (BEST), a Web/IVR-based integrated software provider, announced the merger
  of the two companies. Salt Lake City-based BEST and Lakewood, Colo.-based
  SYLINQ merged to become a more powerful
  player in the world of Web/IVR-based employee benefit administration
  providers. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      n/a

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  BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Nov. 1–PlantFind.com, a provider of
  business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions for the professional green
  industry, has announced the acquisition of Hortworld.com, which
  houses an extensive collection of horticultural books and professional
  landscape management software published by Betrock Information Systems. PlantFind’s strategic alliance with
  Betrock and Hortworld.com is
  expected to form the largest inventory of wholesale nursery stock available
  online. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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