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When companies acquire properties, they usually either change the name to fit their brand, or they let the acquired properties operate under the original name. This allowed the acquired property to keep the name recognition that came it.

Product developer and specialty retail company Brookstone announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by a consortium led by...

The owner/founder of Bloglines [Mark Fletcher] confirms the acquisition rumors on his blog this morning. Here's the post from Mark's blog.

Daum Communications has completed the acquisition of Lycos. The transaction includes the Lycos.com site as well as Lycos' popular specialty sites, wired.com, tripod.com, angelfire.com, matchmaker.com, quote.com, and hotbot.com.