• December 21st, 2011

    Microsoft says goodbye to Ciao, sells online shopping guide to LeGuide.com

    LeGuide.com Group, a pan-European publisher of online shopping guides, comparison websites and the like, has acquired online shopping portal Ciao from Microsoft.

    Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but LeGuide.com says it paid for the Ciao assets in cash and didn’t need to take on debt to finance the transaction. → Read More

    December 21st, 2011

    Microsoft Says Goodbye To Ciao, Sells Online Shopping Guide To LeGuide.com

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    LeGuide.com Group, a pan-European publisher of online shopping guides, comparison websites and the like, has acquired online shopping portal Ciao from Microsoft.

    Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but LeGuide.com says it paid for the Ciao assets in cash and didn’t need to take on debt to finance the transaction. Read more over at TechCrunch Europe. → Read More

    August 29th, 2008

    Microsoft Says Hello to Ciao, Buys European Shopping Site

    Microsoft has agreed to acquire a Connecticut-based research company called Greenfield Online, which runs both a website called Ciao for European comparison shoppers and an online survey system that helps businesses conduct market research.

    The cash tender offer to buy out all of Greenfield’s outstanding shares amounts to roughly $486 million, about $60 million more than investment firm… → Read More