techcrunch.com - 11/21/2008
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The rumor has been going on for some time now, but we are hearing that Yahoo just sold its comparison price service Kelkoo to a UK based private equity firm. The news has been broken by ex-Kelkoo co founder, Pierre Chappaz and a copy of the internal email announcing the acquisition is available ...
glue.yahoo.com - 11/20/2008
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ysearchblog.com - 11/20/2008
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news.cnet.com - 11/19/2008
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer threw his daily bucket
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Yahoo Glue Now Available in US, Sells Kelkoo
John Battelle's Searchblog —
Two news items from Yahoo: Glue, the content mix'n'matcher first tested in India, is now available in the US (though in a more limited form). And Yahoo has written off sold Kelkoo, a price comparison engine, TC reports.
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Yahoo Sells Off European Comparison Shopping Site Kelkoo To PE Firm
paidContent —
... for a while now, has finally found a buyer, according to a report: it has been sold to a UK-based private equity firm called Jamplant, for something less than Euro 100 million. Yahoo bought the service in 2004 for a price then of about $575 million. Also, the ec-CEo of Kelkoo Pierre Chappaz wrote ...
Yahoo sells Kelkoo, Paris-based shopping comparison engine
The Next Web —
Having big problems at home where the stock is still plummeting Yahoo, finally, sells Kelkoo, the Paris-based shopping comparison search engine, according to Techcrunch.
Kelkoo was bought by Yahoo in 2004 for 475 million euros. Sadly enough, Yahoo couldn’t make it more profitable and known among other international shopping comparison search engines and thus Kelkoo usage has fallen down the hill (see the trend record on Google Trends).
Nothing new here, some of the acquisitions Yahoo made had the ...
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... -- Verizon apologizes for its employees peeping into Barack Obama's cellphone records. Silicon Alley Insider
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Yahoo Dumps European Shopping Site On Private Equity Firm (YHOO)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... to private equity firm Jamplant for a big loss. TechCrunch France pegs the deal at less than 100 million, or less than $125 million. Yahoo bought the service in 2004 for 475 million. ...
Yahoo Unloads Kelkoo
WebProNews Feed —
... Yahoo has now sold Kelkoo to a UK-based private-equity firm called Jamplant, TechCrunch reports . According to Wikipedia, Kelkoo has been profitable since the fourth quarter of 2002. ...
Yahoo! Sells Kelkoo To Private Equity Firm Jamplant Ltd.
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... Although the selling price is not known, one of TechCrunch’s sources believes the price is less than $125 million. Pierre Chappaz, the former CEO of Kelkoo ...
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