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Ask Jeeves Bought for $2 billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jeeves-let-me-axe-u-sumthin dept.

RMX writes "CNet's reporting that Ask Jeeves is being bought by InterActive Corp for $2 billion. Ask Jeeves (ask.com, excite.com, iwon.com) and InterActive Corp (expedia, ticketmaster, match.com, citysearch). This marks a nice comeback for Ask Jeeves, whose stock was quite a roller coaster ride during the 2000-2003 .com crash. Are the good times back?"

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  1. IWon is right! by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think the creators of www.iwon.com had any idea they'd be in store for a $2,000,000,000 windfall?

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  2. So... by Mindjiver · · Score: 4, Funny

    did anyone care to ask Jeeves what he thinks of this?

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  3. Good going Jeeves! by AtariAmarok · · Score: 5, Funny

    With $2 billion in his pocket, maybe he can afford now to pay his OWN butler.

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