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Experian Cancels Pricegrabber.com Sale Efforts; Blames Failure On Credit Crunch

Oct 15, 2008 10:36 AM

More evidence arrives illustrating how the collapse of credit markets around the world is affecting companies’ ability to make deals happen. UK credit checking firm Experian has cancelled the sale of price comparison website Pricegrabber.com because it couldn’t find a buyer willing - or able - to finance the deal.…

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Posted In: Money, experian, pricegrabber

Who Will Grab Pricegrabber?

Feb 23, 2008 2:00 PM

The comparison shopping engines sector is going through a lot of rethink after a period of M&A: Scripps (NYSE: SSP) is rethinking Shopzilla and uSwitch, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is rethinking Kelkoo, CNET (NSDQ: CNET) is rethinking MySimon, and in UK, Daily Mail General Trust (LSE: DMGT) closed down SimplySwitch, the…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, experian, pricegrabber

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