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"announced that it reached three million active advertisers with more than 70% from outside the US. On November 15, 2010, Facebook announced it had acquired the domain name fb.com from the American Farm Bureau Federation for an undisclosed amount. On January 11, 2011, the Farm Bureau disclosed $8.5 million in ""domain sales income"", making the acquisition of FB.com one of the ten highest domain sales in history. In April 2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. In February 2014, Facebook announced that it would be buying mobile messaging company WhatsApp for US$19 billion in cash"
"Barrack with regard to the Ranch and other matters that would allow me to focus on the future."" On November 10, 2008, Jackson transferred the title to Sycamore Valley Ranch Company, LLC, and neighbors reported immediate activity on the property, including the amusement rides being trucked along the highway. Jackson still owned an unknown stake in the property, since Sycamore Valley Ranch was a joint venture between Jackson (represented by McMillan) and an affiliate of Colony Capital. The Santa Barbara County Assessor's Office stated Jackson sold an unknown proportion of his property rights for $35 million. Subsequent news reports however,"
"the chemical company Lockwood Greene to the dot-com entrepreneur Andy Booth; Booth had used it to launch a footballing website known as LifeGames. LG Corp bought ""lg.com"" one year later, in 2009. Following the purchase, LG Group changed worldwide marketing to LG.com, which is now their central internet address for all countries. All national LG country domains like ""LG.de"" or ""LG.com.mx"" redirect to ""LG.com"". The value of the initially secret November 2010 Facebook purchase of FB.com was revealed two months later to be $8.5 million in cash and the rest in stocks. IG Group paid $4.7 million in September 2013"
"to buy IG.com GMO Internet Inc. purchased Z.com for nearly $6.8 million from Nissan, who previously used it for the Nissan Z series cars. With the 2005 announcement that registration of the remaining single-letter names might become available, some companies have attempted to establish a right to the names by claiming trademark rights over single letters used in such a context. ""U"" magazine, a college oriented publication, went so far as to re-brand its website as ""U.com"" and apply for a trademark registration of the same phrase, before sending a letter to ICANN attempting to gain priority for the domain"
"which was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for what was at the time the most expensive domain name ever sold, Ostrofsky owned a stake in Business.com which was sold in 2008 for $345 million. He coined the phrase ""Domain names and web sites are the real estate of the Internet"" when he bought Business.com for $150,000 in the mid 1990s, which had been the most money ever paid for a domain name at that time. Ostrofsky founded five high tech Internet and telecommunications magazines and a dozen technology trade shows, which were later sold to Advanstar Publishing"
"e-commerce and other online solutions, in 2009. Web.com acquired Register.com in 2010 for $135 million, resulting in an 80 percent increase in revenue and a four-fold increase in the number of customers. The company's offices in Drums were formerly occupied by Network Solutions, a domain registration company acquired by Web.com in 2011 for $405 million and 18 million stock shares. The acquisition increased Web.com's customer base to 3 million people, the number of domains under its management in 9 million, and the number of employees to nearly 2,000. Web.com executives rang the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite on February"
"the years. The company has also invested in a number of growing firms, both in the United States and Internationally. In 2014, Amazon purchased top level domain .buy in auction for over $4 million. The company has invested in brands that offer a wide range of services and products, including Engine Yard, a Ruby-on-Rails platform as a service company, and Living Social, a local deal site. , the board of directors is: In 2000, U.S. toy retailer Toys ""R"" Us entered into a 10-year agreement with Amazon, valued at $50 million per-year plus a cut of sales, under which Toys"
"another premium domain name for a record $50,000 for Myhomepage.com. On February 20, 2008, Tucows announced a portfolio of over 1,000 ""gems"", or domain names that have the high potential value such as ""Jewellers.com"", ""Actresses.com"", ""BasketballPlayers.com"", and ""ProjectManagers.com"". In February 2008, Tucows successfully defended against an arbitration proceeding over Batchelor.com, which it had acquired as part of its NetIdentity purchase. The complaint had been filed by Ken Batchelor Cadillac Company, a car dealership. A National Arbitration Forum panel determined that the dealership had not established rights in the mark ""Batchelor"". In fact, Tucows has won all surname-related arbitration proceedings. In"
"loss of value by selling the name at foreclosure. At Mike Mann's request the domain was brought to Sedo to be auctioned. On October 20, 2010, Sedo reportedly completed the auction, filing in a California court that it had approved the sale for $13 million to a Clover Holdings LTD. A bankruptcy hearing was held on October 27, 2010 to determine if the sale was finalized and approved by all creditors. On November 18, 2010, Sedo confirmed the new sale price in a press release, and marked the previous sale at $11.5 million, negating the claimed $14 million buying price"
"the company entered into the pet products industry, paying $8 billion to buy Blue Buffalo Pet Products, Inc. As of 2018, the company ranked 182nd on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. , the company's management included: In April 2014, the company announced that it had changed its legal terms on its website to introduce an arbitration clause requiring all disputes with General Mills to be resolved in small claims court or arbitration and not as a participant in a class action. The change was made shortly after a judge's March 26, 2014, denial"
"Internet Financial Services Cryptocurrency Others In 2014, GMO Internet made headlines when it bought the Z.com domain name from Nissan for US$6.8 million. It was mentioned in their press release that Z.com was acquired to spearhead GMO Internet Group's global growth strategy and provide the group with a powerful tool to build a strong global brand. GMO Internet GMO Internet, Inc. (abbreviation: GMO Internet) is an Internet company which is listed on the 1st section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It is also the holding company of GMO Internet Group. The head office is located at Cerulean Tower in Shibuya,"
"items. The company changed its domain name to 360buy.com in June 2007 and then to JD.com in 2013. The latter purchase is understood to have cost $5,000,000. At the same time, JD.com announced its new logo and mascot. It is partly owned by Tencent, which has a 20% stake in the company. JD.com is the world's leading company in high tech and AI delivery through drones, autonomous technology and robots, and possesses the largest drone delivery system, infrastructure and capability in the world. It has recently started testing robotic delivery services and building drone delivery airports, as well as operating"
"site domain up to that point, followed by Porn.com ($9.5 million) Business.com ($7.5 million) and Diamond.com ($7.5 million). However, some industry insiders have questioned the validity of the amount reported. In 2008 the company purchased a 60% stake in AdvisorShares for an initial payment of $275,000, on October 31, 2008. Noah Hamman who founded AdvisorShares was paid a base salary of $240,000 per year by Fund.com after the acquisition. On November 4, 2009, Fund.com announced its purchase of an equity interest in Mesa, AZ.-based Vensure Employer Services, Inc., a professional employer organization that provides benefits and payroll administration, health and"
"case was concluded the 'buyer' transferred the domain name to Afriregister S.A., a little-known domain name registry in Burundi, in Africa, which took the case out of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California jurisdiction. New South Wales, Australia Police investigated the theft of the domain name and arrested a former Mainstream employee working in the company's Sydney office who had hacked into Mainstream's computer system and transferred the domain to a fictitious person in July 2006. A month later the man sold the domain on eBay for $20,000. He was convicted and sentenced to community"
"Tucows announced that it was selling its entire 7.38% equity interest in Afilias for $7.4 million. Afilias is the registry operator of the .info and .aero TLDs, and the service provider of the .org generic top-level domain (gTLD), .mobi mobile phone TLD, and a provider of domain name registry services for several countries around the world, including .AG (Antigua and Barbuda), .BZ (Belize), .GI (Gibraltar), .HN (Honduras), .IN (India), .ME (Montenegro), .SC (the Seychelles), and .VC (St. Vincent and the Grenadines). On January 8, 2008, Tucows explained its values and position on domain name front running: ""We work to uphold"
"his brother, his daughter, his ex-wife and also his former lawyer. A court case against his brother is ongoing. Sex.com relaunched in May 2012 marketing itself as a Pinterest for porn. Sex.com was reportedly sold to Escom LLC in January 2006. At a reported $14 million price, the domain name had widely been cited as the highest priced domain sale. On February 18, 2010, the domain name was ordered to be sold at a foreclosure auction. On March 18, 2010, a day before the auction, creditors of Escom, LLC filed an involuntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition to prevent a possible"
"$27 million, mostly in eBay stock. The biggest donation of 2008, $1.15 million, went to a campaign to protect 572 acres of meadows and wetlands outside the resort town Telluride, Colorado, where she and her husband own a condo, valued at $4.8 million, a dude ranch valued at $18 million and 847 acres surrounding a mountain lake that they purchased for $16 million in 2009. The campaign was to prevent the land from being developed into condos and a golf course. The couple donated an additional 500,000 shares of eBay stock to the foundation, which they valued at the time"
"an offer of $486 million in late August 2008 to purchase Greenfield Online, the owner of Ciao GmbH and Ciao, Inc. Representatives from Microsoft said the purchase was primarily made to boost the company's Internet search and e-commerce business in Europe. Since the acquisition in March 2012, Ciao strengthens the portfolio of (listed on Alternext board of NYSE Euronext Paris – ISIN code: FR0010146092), founded in 1998 and operating in 14 European countries through a multi-site strategy of online shopping guides, comparison websites, shopping search engines and platforms for consumer ratings. LeGuide Group surrounds a brand portfolio, including LeGuide.com, choozen,"
"and business.com have sold for millions of US dollars. The COM top-level domain (or 'TLD') is the focus of most domain speculation activity as it is the largest TLD. Domain speculation occurs in other TLDs as well, such as NET and to a lesser extent in ORG, INFO, and BIZ. Of the Generic top-level domains, INFO is the most popular by registration volume compared to BIZ gTLD due to the low cost of initial registration and the recognizability of INFO as being an abbreviation of ""information"". Domain name speculation also occurs in country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) such as .uk,"
"associated with the products and reputations of others”. For example, in ""Panavision Int’l L.P. v. Toeppen"", 141 F.3d 1316 (9th Cir. 1998), Dennis Toeppen registered the domain name Panavision.com. Panavision, the trademark owner, learned that Toeppen had registered its trademark when it attempted to register the trademark “Panavision” as a domain name. Toeppen was using the domain panavision.com to display photographs of Pana, Illinois, and, when asked to cease, he offered to sell the domain name to Panavision for $13,000. After Panavision refused to buy the domain name from Toeppen, he registered its other trademark, Panaflex, as a domain name."
"expensive fashion products under another ""DG"" label in the acquisition of the ""DG"" symbol as the Internet address. The domain ""DG.com"" was purchased in a private sale from EMC Corporation, the successor to the defunct Data General computer manufacturer in June 2010, making Dollar General the 107th large company in the world to own their initials as a 2-letter Internet address. The DG symbol is used by the company for a variety of in-house products called DG Home, DG Baby, DG Health and DG Body. In 2017, Dollar General secured an exclusive contract to sell Jolt Cola in its stores."
"Domain, a large agency with a digital division. In July 2007, Trailer Park entered another merger with Art Machine, a leading print design agency. In Spring 2008, the firm hired its current CEO, Rick Eiserman, who had previously been Managing Director of Young & Rubicam, Southern California, and Co-Founder of BrandBuzz NY. The next acquisition, in 2010, was goodness Mfg. (February, 2010), an advertising firm founded in 2007 by Bob Cianfrone, Paul Keister, Tom Adams, Rupert Samuel, and Brian Rekasis, known for major brand-oriented campaigns, including Burger King, MINI Cooper, Miller High Life, Miller Lite, IKEA, Geek Squad, Slim Jim,"
"the struggling business with a $50 million investment. Digital Domain considered an initial public offering in 2009 but ultimately withdrew the offer, because of the lack of interest. The company was sold to Galloping Horse in 2012. After leaving Propaganda Films, Bay and producer Scott Gardenhour, also formerly at Propaganda, formed The Institute for the Development of Enhanced Perceptual Awareness (now known as The Institute), to produce commercials and other projects. Through The Institute, Bay has directed and produced spots for Victoria's Secret, Lexus, Budweiser, Reebok, Mercedes-Benz, and Nike. One of his Victoria Secret ads was for the 2009 ""A"
"2010 both Aengevelt and Agostinelli were interviewed in Tavria-V by OK TV. In 2009 the leading news site covering the domain name industry 'Domain Name Wire' reported that one of Tucows' subsidiaries, ""BuyDomains has sold the domain name Myhomepage.com for $50,000. - ""The buyer appears to be in Germany and the page currently resolves to WhyPark’s name servers.” - “This will be one to watch, as the buyer clearly has plans for it.” wrote Andrew Allemann. According to the 'DN Journal Top 20' the domain name was ranked #3 by Godaddy's AfternicsDSL. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) myhomepage.com is ranked"
"Hillsboro, Oregon, was acquired by the company for $5.4 million. The online presence was operated by GSI Commerce, and was sold to Canada-based UFA Co-operative Limited. As of June 2010, UFA uses the domains it acquired to redirect traffic to a website for its U.S. sporting goods business, Wholesale Sports. ""Growing Up With G.I. Joe's"" was published in November 2015 by Columbia Press. It was written by Janna Orkney, the store founder Ed Orkney's daughter, and tells the story of G.I. Joe's founding and growth. G.I. Joe's G.I. Joe's was a privately owned former retail chain for sporting goods, ready-to-wear"
"and brown.org. Mailbank generates income from ads on its websites (from domain parking) and also from customers who want e-mail accounts with their surname in the domain name. On June 15, 2006, Noss disclosed that the portfolio of NetIdentity's domain names acquired by Tucows represents at least 68% of surnames in the United States and Europe, and that the cost of the acquisition was $18 million. On February 19, 2008 Tucows announced that they were launching a ""Personal Names Service"" using their portfolio of 39,000 domain names. ""The launch of the Personal Names Service marks the complete integration of the"
"StockPhoto.com sold by buy now price for $250,000 USD. Other notable websites and domains sold through Flippa have included Mark Zuckerberg's former website Facemash, overnight success story, shipyourenemiesglitter.com, and Retweet.com. During the 2012 US Presidential election, the domain name RomneyRyan.com was listed on Flippa reaching $8,050.00 USD in bids, but did not sell. Next year it dropped and was sold via GoDaddy for $235.00 USD. In May 2015 Flippa.com bought Domain Holdings, the domain name brokerage firm based in Florida, US. In August 27, 2015, Potato Parcel was sold to marketplace website Flippa for $42,000. Previously, Flippa bought the viral"
"2008. Westmoore Capital was closed down by the SEC for running a $53 million Ponzi scheme. The company was formed through a reverse takeover in January 2008 of ""Eastern Services Group"", a state and local tax advisor for Nevada casinos. After the merger the name was changed to Fund.com In March 2008, Clek Media announced that it had brokered the sale of the domain name “Fund.com” for nearly $10 million in an all-cash transaction, to the company Fund.com Inc. Although never confirmed by the company itself, the purchase price would have been the highest recorded price paid for a web"
"Blum had a substantial stake in, bought EG&G, a leading provider of technical services and management to the U.S. military, from The Carlyle Group in 2002; EG&G subsequently won a $600m defense contract. In 2009, Senator Feinstein introduced legislation to provide $25 billion in taxpayer money to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, a government agency that had recently awarded her husband's real estate firm, CB Richard Ellis, what the ""Washington Times"" called ""a lucrative contract to sell foreclosed properties at compensation rates higher than the industry norms."" The United States Postal Service has entered into an exclusive contract with CB"
"wholly owned subsidiary. The acquisition was completed on October 29, 2009 and the company was valued at approximately $350 million. In December 2014, the domain name bbn.com, the second oldest currently registered domain name on the Internet, was redirected to www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/bbn/. Former BBN employees have formed about a hundred startup companies with varying levels of official involvement, including Parlance Corporation and EveryZing. As of 2013, BBN Technologies maintains offices in: Digital Force Technologies (DFT) of San Diego, California is a wholly owned BBN subsidiary, purchased in June 2008. Some of BBN's notable developments in the field of computer networks are"
"(ASX:DN8), the company behind domain registry, Crazy Domains. In March 2018, Vodien and Dreamscape Networks moved together into a bigger office at 3 Irving Road, Tai Seng Centre. In May 2018, Vodien successfully acquired Webvisions, the shared hosting division of ICONZ-Webvisions (iWV), making it responsible for over 35,000 companies and 210,000 users. Vodien's current board of directors include: Vodien has an international clientele, and serves customers coming from countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. As of Nov 16 2009, Vodien currently hosts more than 1,000 domains and has a market share"
"assets of the 13 overseas operations surged to billion (~ million) at the end of 2013. In France in 2012, Yoo made headlines prior to his photo exhibition in the Tuileries Garden at The Louvre when he through his public relations company, Ahae Press, bought the abandoned village of Courbefy for (, million). Yoo had seen it on CNN, and wanted to set up an ""environmental, artistic and cultural"" project in the village. Yoo has a wide range of other business interests according to official documents and information on company websites. He owns a plantation in the United States called"
"a mail-order business selling veterinary supplies. The company was acquired in 2000 by Leonard Green & Partners and TPG Capital. In November 2015, CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board agreed to acquire Petco in a deal worth $4.6 billion. The move followed failed talks between Petco and PetSmart over a merger. In 2004, Petco bought the naming rights to San Diego's then-new downtown baseball stadium, making it Petco Park. The company agreed to pay the San Diego Padres about $60 million over a period of 22 years. At the time, it was one of the highest"