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Date: 1999-01-19
Athome heimst Excite ein
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Gutbesuchtes Portal sucht starken Internet Provider & findet
ihn zu einem kolportierten Preis von 6 Milliarden Dollar.
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TOKYO, JAPAN, 1999 JAN 19 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams,
Newsbytes. AtHome Corp. [NASDAQ:ATHM] is on the verge
of announcing a deal with search engine and portal site
Excite Inc. [NASDAQ:XCIT], according to reports in both the
Wall Street Journal and New York Times. The latter reports
the companies are due to announce the deal before the
market opens on Tuesday morning.
The deal, which is valued at around $6 billion, will see Excite
shareholders receiving new shares in AtHome representing
around 30 percent of the company. The new company will
keep the AtHome name and Excite chief executive George
Bell will take a board position, reported the New York Times.
In recent weeks, Excite had been eyed by several companies
including Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ:MSFT] and Yahoo! Corp.
[NASDAQ:YHOO], according to the reports.
Excite stock closed Friday $67.50, up $2.375 but sharply
lower than its 52-week high recorded last week of $95.00.
Shares in AtHome ended Friday down $0.625 at $102, off a
52-week high of $126.75 also reached last week.
Excite was formed in 1994 and has expanded from a search-
engine only operation into a full Web portal though
partnerships with other online companies and acquisitions
that have included WebCrawler and Classifieds2000. The
company operates local versions of its search engine in
France, Germany, the UK, The Netherlands, Sweden, Japan
and Australia.
source http://www.newsbytes.com
relayed by
arne_weitzl@magicvillage.de (Arne Weitzl)
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edited by Harkank
published on: 1999-01-19
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