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		<title>Bobshop.nl sold?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that pure online player Bobshop.nl is bought by brick and mortar company Scheer &#38; Foppen (55 offline shops). The website of Scheer &#38; Foppen certainly does not indicate that they have taken Internet very serious. Let&#8217;s hope that with this take-over they will enter a new phase in their Internet aspirations. Congratulations to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=246&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kelkoo sold by Yahoo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo has been rumored to be selling Paris-based comparative shopping site Kelkoo for some time now, and it appears that they have found a buyer. Yahoo acquired Kelkoo in 2004 for €475 million. The company has been sold to a UK-based private equity firm called Jamplant Ltd (update: here is a profile of the fund) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=242&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do we feel the banking crisis already?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was asked by Emerce (a magazine focused on Internet) in The Netherlands if my current company (Compare Group) can feel the effects of the banking crisis. In my opinion it is much too early to see any significant effects and most likely consumers will feel the crisis (if any) in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=237&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leading dutch comparison engines go off-line</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In The Netherlands a consortium of 4 leading comparison engines in their area of expertise have successfully launched a new magazine for Internet consumers, Check magazine. To boost the first issue (150.000) the magazine Check has been sent to Internet consumers by large (r)etailers, such a Dixons, Conrad and Modern/It&#8217;s. Consumers can also become a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=231&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft betters offer of Quadrangle to buy Ciao</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has agreed to buy Greenfield Online, owner of European price comparison website ciao.com, for about $486 million to boost its Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe. Microsoft, whose $47.5 billion bid to buy Yahoo earlier this year failed after a protracted battle, said on Friday the acquisition should benefit its Live Search platform. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=224&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rambler Media fully acquires Price.ru</title>
		<link>http://jeroenkorving.wordpress.com/2008/07/09/rambler-media-acquires-priceru/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeroenkorving</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rambler Media Ltd., operating one of Russia’s most popular internet brands, has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of the remaining 49% of Price Express LLC (price.ru), a leading Russian product comparison internet service. Rambler already held a 51% stake in Price Express, which it acquired in January 2006. The transaction is expected to be completed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=221&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking news: Rebelio closes in The Netherlands</title>
		<link>http://jeroenkorving.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/rebelio-closes-in-the-netherlands/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeroenkorving</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word is out that Rebelio has officially closed down its operations in The Netherlands. Currently I do not know what this means for the other countries, but it isn&#8217;t good news. Some time ago I already posted my concerns about Rebelio; it seems that my source was right&#8230; Read more on &#8216;what&#8217;s up with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=218&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ciao! sold to private investment firm</title>
		<link>http://jeroenkorving.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/ciao-sold-to-private-investment-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greenfield Online, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRVY) has announced that it has entered into a merger agreement to be acquired by an entity affiliated with Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm focused on the media and communications industries. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Quadrangle will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Greenfield [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=215&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dooyoo sold to LeGuide.com</title>
		<link>http://jeroenkorving.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/dooyoo-sold-to-leguidecom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally Dooyoo has been acquired by another CSE. It was no secret that Dooyoo was for sale for around EUR 10 to 15 million euro. For now no details about the deal will be disclosed, but it is expected to be a bit lower than the numbers above. What LeGuide.com will do with the Dooyoo [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=213&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft to provide cashback for Live Search</title>
		<link>http://jeroenkorving.wordpress.com/2008/05/21/microsoft-to-provide-cashback-for-live-search/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jeroenkorving</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently I mentioned that Microsoft was reviving Live Search for Products. And quite a while ago I wrote about Microsoft acquiring Jellyfish and I wondered when they would have integrated Jellyfish in Microsoft Search. Well, that time has come. Micrsoft just announced their Live Search cashback program (which is nothing new, Jellyfish is doing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=jeroenkorving.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1353777&amp;post=211&amp;subd=jeroenkorving&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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