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SurveyMonkey Evolves, Acquires MarketTools

Online polling outfit SurveyMonkey announced today that in conjunction with private equity firm TPG Capital, it had agreed to buy MarketTools, maker of online survey app Zoomerang and a variety of products for market research and feedback management. Terms of the complex deal were not disclosed, but the New York Times says TPG is getting a stake of less than 10 percent of SurveyMonkey at a valuation of $1 billion.

We’re Taking the Day Off to Eat Too Much

November 28, 2013 at 3:00 am PT

Yahoo Snaps Up Image-Discovery Startup LookFlow

October 23, 2013 at 10:43 am PT

GoDaddy Acquires Online Invoicing Firm Ronin

October 02, 2013 at 11:13 am PT

Symantec Nominates Two New Directors

August 28, 2013 at 9:49 am PT

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Nobody was excited about paying top dollar for a movie about WikiLeaks. A film about the origins of Pets.com would have done better.

— Gitesh Pandya of BoxOfficeGuru.com comments on the dreadful opening weekend box office numbers for “The Fifth Estate.”