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The following excerpt is from an article published in the December 19, 2012 edition of the Salt Lake Tribune. Provo-based Ancestry.com complied Wednesday with the order of a Delaware judge and filed additional information ahead of a Dec. 27 stockholder Continue reading Judge Will Not Block Ancestry.com Buy-Out Vote
The following is from the December 27, 2012 edition of Bloomberg.com. Ancestry.com Inc. (ACOM) officials can’t proceed with the $1.6 billion sale of the family-history website to Permira Advisers LLP until it discloses more information about the deal before a Continue reading Judge Holds up the Sale of Ancestry.com to Permira
The following excerpt is from the December 13 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle: Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — Ancestry.com Inc. executives backed a $1.6 billion buyout by Permira Advisers LLP and dismissed higher bids for the world’s largest family-history website Continue reading Details of Ancestry.com Shareholder Complaints With Sale to Permira
The following was just released from Ancestry.com: ANCESTRY.COM LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE NEWSPAPERS.COM Online Newspaper Web Site Offers a High-Quality Collection of Digitized and Completely Searchable U.S. Newspapers Dating Back Centuries (PROVO, Utah) – November 29, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. Continue reading Ancestry.com Launches New Website Newspapers.com
Ancestry.com has launched a Community Support Site. THe site will “focus mainly on getting started with family history, product questions, How-To discussions and general help related topics.” This sounds to me like an excellent move on Ancestry’s part. The following Continue reading Ancestry.com Launches Community Support Site
The following excerpt is from an article posted in the November 9, 2012 edition of Upstart Business Journal: Chicago startup called Narrative Science may soon deploy its powerful artificial intelligence technology to help Ancestry.com make family history research accessible and Continue reading Artificial Intelligence to Be Used to Translate Ancestry.com Documents?
Ancestry.com has now posted military burial registers, and headstone applications on their website. Upon receiving the announcement, I immediately searched for registers that would include my Canfield relatives. I found quite a number of registers of interest to me personally, Continue reading New Military Burials Feature Lincoln, Custer, a Well-Disguised Jilted Lover & More Than 100 Years of History & Remembrance
The following news release was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: Relationship with University is First for Popular Family History Web site (INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana) – November 8, 2012 – The University of Indianapolis is teaming up with Ancestry.com, the world’s Continue reading UIndy Teams With Ancestry.com on Identity Project
The following excerpt is from an a news release posted November 5, 2012 at EmpoweredNews.net. The Shareholders Foundation announces that an investor in shares of Ancestry.com Inc (NASDAQ:ACOM) filed a lawsuit against directors of Ancestry.com Inc in effort to block Continue reading Lawsuit Filed Against Directors of Ancestry.com
The following exceprt is from an article posted in the Provo Daily Herald. PROVO — Just days after Ancestry.com Inc. announced it planned to sell to Permira Advisers LLP, a London-based private equity firm, shareholders are suing the world’s largest Continue reading Shareholders Sue Ancestry.com
So it’s finally happened… Ancestry.com has been sold for $32 per share in cash. The stock sold for as much as $32.48 on August 20, leaving some folks scratching their heads about the sale, which is set to close in Continue reading Ancestry.com to be Acquired by Pirmira Funds for $32 per Share in Cash with Investigations Already in the Works
The following press release was issued by Ancestry.com: What Do Snoop Dogg and Warren Buffett Have in Common? Both Are Included in Ancestry.com’s Updated Yearbook Collection Search Millions of Photos of Loved Ones, Friends, and Celebrities in Expanded U.S. Yearbooks Continue reading Ancestry.com’s Updated Yearbook Collection
The following news release was received from Matthew Deighton at Ancestry.com: 1000memories’ Online Photo Digitizing Technology Brings New Sharing Capabilities to Ancestry.com Users (PROVO, Utah) – Oct. 3, 2012 – Ancestry.com Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history Continue reading Ancestry.com Acquires 1000memories
The following teasor is from the September 20, 2012 edition of Bloomberg Businessweek: Cross you fingers, and hope… A few prayors couldn’t hurt. Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA)’s TLC is in talks to pick up “Who Do You Think You Are,” Continue reading The Learning Channel May Pick Up “Who Do You Think You Are?”
The following teaser is from the September 10, 2012 edition of http://www.reuters.com (Reuters) – Hellman & Friedman LLC, Permira Advisers LLP and TPG Capital LP are bidding for Ancestry.com Inc (ACOM.O), though a deal remains elusive as the family-history website Continue reading Three Companies Bidding on Ancestry.com