Today’s Deals: Private Sector Heads Today’s M&A Patch

  
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  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31–Digital Island
  announced that it has acquired a portion of Thomson Financials’
  Web-hosting operations in Medford, Massachusetts, establishing a regional
  presence for enterprises that require managed Internet infrastructure
  services for global e-business. In addition to acquiring the operations, Digital Island will also host
  Web-based delivery of online publishing tools and products for several Thomson Financial businesses,
  Thomson which is a part of The Thomson Corporation, a leading e-information
  and solutions business traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
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  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31–ChemConnect, a leading global
  Internet exchange for chemicals, plastics, and industrial gases, announced
  that it has acquired Universal Chemical Brokerage Ltd. (UCB), a
  company that dominates the US spot market in petrochemical brokering.
  Assimilated into ChemConnect, UCB,
  which had previously only conducted its business in the traditional manner,
  will now marry traditional phone service with the immediacy and convenience
  of online trading. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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  SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31–MyFamily.com, the premier destination
  site for families on the Web and backed by CMGI @Ventures, announced that
  it has signed an agreement to acquire ThirdAge Media, adding the
  largest online population of first-wave baby boomers to its rapidly growing
  Internet network. The combination of ThirdAge’s recognized brand and leading
  relationship with the 40 and over audience, its customer database system,
  experienced management team, and Fortune 500 sponsors with MyFamily.com’s subscription-based
  business model will catapult MyFamily.com into a dominant position in the
  explosive boomer demographic. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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  RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 31–High Speed Net Solutions, a provider
  of rich media advertising and content delivery, and Summus Ltd., a
  pioneer in wavelet compression technology, announced the signing of an
  Asset Acquisition Agreement that will enable consumers and companies
  worldwide to gain faster and higher quality access to the Internet, using
  both wireless and traditional computing devices. Together, High Speed and Summus intend to use their pioneering
  wavelet and compression technologies to bring to market a broad array of
  rich media products and services for use on wireless and broadband
  networks, raising the level of image and video quality possible on these
  networks. The acquisition involves the transfer of stock, the sharing of
  technologies and a 50-50 ownership in the new company.
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  RUTLAND, Vt., Oct. 31–The Home Service Store (HSS), a
  national home improvement, maintenance and repair company, has acquired
  ServiceBeyond.com, an online home repair and maintenance service
  operating under the Internet moniker, JoeFixit.com. The combined company will
  gradually integrate JoeFixit’s unique online scheduling technology into the
  existing HSS national
  operation, giving customers Internet and order-by-phone access to a
  nationwide network of skilled trades professionals. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed.
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  BEVERLY HILLS, Oct. 31–MatchNet PLC, traded on the Neuer
  Market under the symbol MHJG and a global online dating services provider,
  has acquired doYOU2.com, creator of patented Internet-based
  anonymous messaging and matching technology, through an exchange of shares.
  San Mateo-based doYOU2.com is expected
  to give MatchNet key competitive
  advantage as its matchmaking sites grow and become relationship portals,
  while also opening MatchNet up to a younger audience.
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