Entries from December 2005

December 14, 2005

Experian acquires PriceGrabber.com

Experian Acquires PriceGrabber.com
Experian has acquired comparison-shopping site PriceGrabber.com for approximately $485 million - making it on par with Scripps’ buyout of Shopzilla and slightly less than eBay’s purchase of Shopping.com, I believe. (Experian earlier bought LowerMyBills.com.)
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this leaves NexTag as the last major comparison-shopping Web site that has [...]

December 5, 2005

On the Conservatives’ so-called Choice in Child Care Allowance plan

Earlier today at a rally for Ottawa-South Conservative star candidate Allan Cutler (former mid-level bureaucrat-turned-whistleblower employed within the Sponsorship Program bowels of the federal Public Works and Government Services Canada), Conservative leader Stephen Harper announced his party’s new national child care plan. It is two-fold. One is the “Choice in Child Care Allowance” and the [...]