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Diller eyes deal making with possible Ask.com sale
* Q3 EPS $0.16 vs Wall St view $0.13 * Q3 rev down 9 pct due to weaker ad sales * Shares up 1 percent. * Open to consolidation in search business (Adds analyst comments, CEO comments, new first sentence) By Yinka Adegoke NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Barry Diller may be about to hang a 'for ...
Barry Diller Is Open To Selling Off Ask.com
Barry Diller Is Open To Selling Off Ask.com
businessinsider.com — What's next for Interactive Corp. (IACI)? More Daily Beast and less Ask.com, says Barry Diller. On today's... earnings call, Barry Diller indicated to investors that he's willing to part ways with Ask.com: Read the rest of this story » See ... (more) Barry Diller Is Open To Selling Off Ask.com
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Ask.com For Sale – But Who Wants It?
The Next Web — ... Hold on to your hats ladies and gentleman, search is about to get smaller again if Barry Diller gets his way. Hot off their earnings call for the quarter, Diller’s IAC has mentioned that they would be open to a sale of their ...

Asked about selling search, Barry Diller says yes
Webware.com — ... Reuters reported on IAC's third-quarter earnings conference call Tuesday, where CEO Barry Diller all but opened the bidding for the struggling search engine. Despite ...

Should Ask.com Sell Out Now?
Search Engine Journal — ... Apparently, that seems to be what Barry Diller of Ask.com is contemplating on right now especially with the unshakeable stand that the three major search engines have waged upon in the search engine market. ...

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