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                Date: 1999-01-19
                 
                 
                Athome heimst Excite ein
                
                 
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      Gutbesuchtes Portal sucht starken Internet Provider & findet  
ihn zu einem kolportierten Preis von 6 Milliarden Dollar. 
 
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TOKYO, JAPAN, 1999 JAN 19 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams,  
Newsbytes. AtHome Corp. [NASDAQ:ATHM] is on the verge  
of announcing a deal with search engine and portal site  
Excite Inc. [NASDAQ:XCIT], according to reports in both the  
Wall Street Journal and New York Times. The latter reports  
the companies are due to announce the deal before the  
market opens on Tuesday morning. 
 
The deal, which is valued at around $6 billion, will see Excite  
shareholders receiving new shares in AtHome representing  
around 30 percent of the company. The new company will  
keep the AtHome name and Excite chief executive George  
Bell will take a board position, reported the New York Times. 
 
In recent weeks, Excite had been eyed by several companies  
including Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ:MSFT] and Yahoo! Corp.  
[NASDAQ:YHOO], according to the reports. 
 
Excite stock closed Friday $67.50, up $2.375 but sharply  
lower than its 52-week high recorded last week of $95.00.  
Shares in AtHome ended Friday down $0.625 at $102, off a  
52-week high of $126.75 also reached last week. 
 
Excite was formed in 1994 and has expanded from a search- 
engine only operation into a full Web portal though  
partnerships with other online companies and acquisitions  
that have included WebCrawler and Classifieds2000. The  
company operates local versions of its search engine in  
France, Germany, the UK, The Netherlands, Sweden, Japan  
and Australia. 
 
source http://www.newsbytes.com
                   
 
relayed by 
arne_weitzl@magicvillage.de (Arne Weitzl) 
 
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