Online bookseller Amazon.com said Tuesday it agreed to buy Junglee, a software company that makes it easy to comparison shop on the Web, and PlanetAll, a Web-based address book and reminder service.
Under terms of the transactions, Amazon will issue 1.6 million of its shares—worth $173.2 million based on Monday’s closing stock price of $108.25—for all shares and options of Junglee . . .
Wired News Report, August 4, 1998
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