Following weeks of speculation, Ancestry.com is finally to be sold for $1.6 billion to a European private equity firm called Permira. The company will continue to be headquartered in Utah, USA.
News giant CNN has the full story at http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/22/news/companies/ancestry-dot-com/index.html?h
(With thanks to Karen Cummings via Twitter)
Chris
Scottish Research Online - 5 weeks online Pharos course, £45.99, taught by Chris Paton from 26 SEP 2012 - see www.pharostutors.com
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)
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