Today’s Deals: Wine.com and WineShopper.com Pop the Cork

 Sabre (TSG) acquires Gradient
Solutions

  
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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:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      B-

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 15–Sabre Holdings
announced that it has acquired Gradient Solutions Limited, a Dublin,
Ireland-based technology company that provides e-commerce solutions to the
global travel marketplace. Gradient
Solutions enhances Sabre’s online
distribution solutions, by bringing an international and highly
customizable online booking engine. Details of the transaction were not
disclosed.




 

 Applied Digital Solutions (ADSX) acquires WebNet
Services

  
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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:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

PALM BEACH, Aug. 15–Applied Digital Solutions , a single-source provider of e-business solutions, announced
that it has acquired New York-based WebNet Services, an Internet
service provider, network integrator and website developer. The WebNet acquisition expands the
palate of Integrated Technology solutions that Applied Digital offers and strengthens the
Company’s Application Service Provider (ASP) initiative, helping companies
and institutions of all sizes address and manage e-business projects in the
fields of general business, agribusiness, retail, education and finance.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.




 

 ClearWorks.net (CLW) and Eagle Wireless (EAG) to
merge

  
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Amount:         $158
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        25%

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

NEW YORK, Aug 15–Eagle Wireless International said it will merge with ClearWorks.net ,
to create a broadband telecommunications company with domestic and
international market share. Eagle
Wireless said it could expand its customer-base to several hundred
thousand homes in coming years, under the merger with ClearWorks.net, a Houston, Texas-based
provider of high-speed Internet and other digital services. ClearWorks.net
shareholders will receive four Eagle Wireless common shares for each five
Clearworks.net common shares, in a deal worth $158 million.




 

 NewBridge Capital (NBRG) acquires
SkateSurfSnow.com

  
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Amount:        
Undisclosed

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

NEWPORT BEACH, Aug. 15–NewBridge Capital
announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of
SkateSurfSnow.com from PacificTradingPost.com. NewBridge will issue
an undisclosed amount of common stock and warrants for the assets of SkateSurfSnow.com, which operates
an e-commerce Web site and retail store in Huntington Beach, Calif.,
serving the fast growing skateboard, surfing and snowboarding markets.




 

 Wine.com and Wineshopper.com to
merge

  
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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:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      B+

PALO ALTO, Aug. 15–Wine.com and WineShopper.com, two
of the leading Internet wine stores, said they will merge and build a new
Web site combining the best features from both companies, and plans to
operate under the Wine.com name and URL.
Wine.com was founded back in 1994 and was one of the first online
retailers, while WineShopper.com
was just launched in April, with a $30 million investment from
Amazon.com .