Yahoo! Buys eGroups for $432 Million

  
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Amount:         $16
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  SAN JOSE, June 28–BackWeb Technologies,
  a leading provider of push for e-business solutions, announced that it has
  acquired the technology assets of Mobix Communications Ltd., a
  leading provider of technology platforms for wireless data solutions, for
  approximately $16 million in cash and stock. With the acquisition, BackWeb receives all Mobix software
  technology and intellectual property rights, as well as key members of the
  Mobix engineering team. The technical team will form the nucleus of
  BackWeb’s wireless development efforts and will enable BackWeb to
  accelerate its entry into the wireless market with its patented Polite push
  technology.
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Amount:         $432
million

  
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Terms:           
3.4 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  SANTA CLARA, June 28–Yahoo!, a global
  Internet communications, commerce and media company, announced it has
  signed a definitive agreement to acquire eGroups, an e-mail group
  communication service that makes sharing interests, collaborating, and
  exchanging ideas among many people via email easy and efficient. The
  acquisition of eGroups, which serves
  more than 17 million members and hosts over 800,000 active email groups,
  supports Yahoo!’s goal to be the only
  place anyone has to go to find and get connected to anything or anyone,
  giving Yahoo!’s community of 145 million consumers powerful new ways to
  communicate one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many.
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Amount:         $1.67
million

  
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  PORTLAND, June 28–WebTrends Corporation,
  the leading provider of enterprise solutions for Visitor Relationship
  Management and eBusiness Intelligence, announced that it has agreed to
  acquire OpenSoft Communications Ltd., of the United Kingdom for
  US$1.675 million. Upon closing, OpenSoft will change its name to WebTrends
  UK Ltd. OpenSoft is a specialized
  distributor providing value-added sales and service of WebTrends focused product portfolio and
  allows WebTrends to accelerate its growth in one of the largest eCommerce
  markets outside of North America, as it positions the company to better
  meet customer and channel demands of the United Kingdom’s booming
  enterprise market.
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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:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  SAN FRANCISCO, June 28–Scient, The
  eBusiness Systems Innovator(, launched its presence in France through
  the announcement of an agreement to acquire AXIDIA, a leading
  Paris-based eBusiness services firm. The addition of AXIDIA’s 42 colleagues will help launch Scient’s presence in France and further
  extend Scient’s commitment to the global systems innovation market.
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Amount:         $33
million

  
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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:      B-

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  HERNDON, Va., June 28–Net2000 Communications, an innovative provider of integrated broadband
  telecommunications services to medium and large businesses, announced it
  has signed a definitive agreement to acquire FreBon International
  Corporation, a privately-held provider of interactive video services
  headquartered in McLean, Virginia. FreBon is a leader in the transport of
  video, data and Internet-based technologies that support face-to-face
  communications over interactive networks and will strengthen Net2000’s integrated bundle of service
  offerings, providing a high-end ‘sticky’ application that will further fu
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  demand for its broadband network services. Under the terms of the
  agreement, Net2000 will purchase all of the outstanding shares of FreBon in
  a cash and stock transaction valued at up to $33 million.
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Amount:         $124
million

  
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Terms:           
681,000 shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  BURNABY, British Columbia, June 28–PMC-Sierraannounced the acquisition of privately held wireless
  semiconductor company Datum Telegraphic, which will contribute
  wireless system design and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) expertise to
  PMC-Sierra’s expanding portfolio of 3G wireless solutions. PMC-Sierra will exchange approximately
  681,000 shares of PMC-Sierra common stock for the remaining 92% of Datum
  Telegraphic that the company does not already own.
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Amount:         $30
million

  
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Terms:           
cash and stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  AUSTIN, June 28–ProsoftTraining.com
  announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire ComputerPREP
  from the privately-held Drake International Technology Group for $30
  million, split equally between cash and stock. ComputerPREP is one of the largest
  North American publishers and distributors of courseware for information
  technology, offering over 1,000 titles covering topics such as Certified
  Internet Webmaster (CIW) certification, A+ certification and Linux courses.
  CIW is an Internet skills program
  administered and branded by ProsoftTraining.com.
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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

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  MINNEAPOLIS, June 28–Stems and Vines, d.b.a. as Nortech
  Forest Technologies, announced that the company has
  entered into a letter of intent to purchase Flowersandgifts.com,
  which has developed a successful user friendly site for retail sales of
  flowers and gifts. Under an asset sale agreement, Stems and Vines will purchase Flowersandgifts.com’s hardware
  and software to operate the site, including Web customer databases. Also
  included in this transaction is the Yahoo store site.
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