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                Date: 1999-01-28
                 
                 
                Heute angesagt: Yahoo schnupft Geocities
                
                 
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      Wenn es denn wahr wird, was der Industry Standard vorab  
erfahren haben will, dann wird Yahoo in ein paar Stunden  
Geocities inhalieren. Letztgenannte Hoster von Homepages  
sind mit fast drei Milliarden Dollar auf dem Markte  
kapitalisiert, an beiden hält der japanische Grossinvestor  
Softbank schon jeweils 29 Prozent. 
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Jim Evans  
Yahoo Thursday morning will hold a conference call with  
analysts to disclose an agreement to acquire GeoCities,  
sources say.  
 
Terms weren't immediately available. Santa Monica, Calif.- 
based GeoCities has a current market capitalization of about  
$2.4 billion.  
 
The deal would combine the leading Internet portal with the  
largest home-page hosting community. Both companies are  
backed by Softbank; the Japanese holding company owns  
about 29 percent of both Yahoo and GeoCities. Investment  
firm CMG owns 30.9 percent of GeoCities.  
 
The news comes just weeks after Yahoo made a serious bid  
to buy Excite. Excite instead chose to partner with AtHome  
in a deal currently worth over $7 billion. Yahoo had also been  
in the running to acquire Netscape, which accepted a bid  
from America Online.  
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full text 
http://www.thestandard.net/articles/display/0,1449,3300,00.html?IDG.net
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-01-28 
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