Online, Inc., <http://www.onlineinc.com> has been running a story that Dialog
will be sold to, or enter into a joint venture with, Thomson Corporation of
Canada. It seems that Investors Week 10 March ran a similar story, plus one
that Dialog will soon announce a three-year licensing deal with AOL's Netscape.
Dialog's share price is hitting new highs as a consequence of this and following
the launch on 6 March of its WebCheck desktop search tool, as a free consumer
application, downloadable at <http://www.webtop.com>, with the claim that it
"will forever change the way people surf the web".
Online, Inc. story may be found at
<http://www.onlineinc.com/news/news00/dialog2.html>
Anne L Barker
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Dr Anne L Barker (email: [log in to unmask])
Department of Information and Library Studies (tel: +44 (0)1970 - 622186)
University of Wales Aberystwyth (fax: +44 (0)1970 - 622190)
Llanbadarn Campus
ABERYSTWYTH SY23 3AS
Ceredigion
WALES, UK
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