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              | Date: 1999-01-19 
 
 Athome heimst Excite ein-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 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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 published on: 1999-01-19
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