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<font color="#990033"><h2>CMGI Inks AltaVista Deal</h2></font>
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Internet investment firm CMGI Inc. agreed to buy most of Compaq Computer's AltaVista search
engine in a $2.3 billion stock swap.
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For CMGI, the deal provides a new gateway to draw visitors to its stable of online services.
For its part, Compaq keeps a minority stake in AltaVista, which it can preinstall on the
millions of personal computers it sells.
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Under the deal, CMGI gets 83 percent of AltaVista and Compaq retains the rest. In exchange,
Compaq receives CMGI stock equal to a 16.4 percent stake in the Internet investment firm,
as well as a seat on CMGI's board.
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<a href="http://www1.compaq.com/pressrelease/0,1494,wp~85_2|ob~6931_1_1,00.html">Press Release</a>
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