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Microsoft fails to buy Yahoo, so it buys…some European comparison shopping sites?

MG Siegler, VentureBeat08.29.2008
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If there is one thing Microsoft has plenty of it’s money. It proved that again tonight by agreeing to buy Greenfield Online, the parent company of Ciao, which runs various price-comparison and shopping search sites in Europe. The $486 million dollar deal is odd for a few reasons. First, Microsoft is buying... (Read more)

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