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NetBenefit sets sites on global expansion following buy-out of rivals

December 16, 1999

AIM-listed NetBenefit paid 1.1m in cash and issued 2.9m shares for Netnames, which it will continue to run as a separate company. NetBenefits predicts its annual turnover will double as a result of the deal as it will be able to cross-sell its additional services, which include site hosting and e-commerce and email services, to … [Read more…]

Sports Internet set for Yahoo global deal

December 14, 1999

The company declined to disclose details of the deal, but issued a statement confirming it was in talks with the leading search engine about “a commercial arrangement regarding the distribution of content”. Sports Internet runs around 20 co-branded sites for UK football clubs through its PlanetFootball network, which attracted 840,000 users and generated approximately 16m … [Read more…]