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Delver Gets Acquired by Sears (Really)

TechCrunch  Mar 08 09

Social search engine Delver, which we placed on death watch a month and a half ago has been acquired by Sears in a last minute play right out of left field. Israeli business media is reporting that as part of the deal, Delver CEO Liad Agmon will move to Chicago where he will hold a title of VP at Sears Holdings. Delver itself will become an R&D center for Sears and will continue to develop its social graph search engine, as well as additional products. It is not clear what Sears wants to do with Delver. Perhaps it will turn it into a social product search engine, or maybe it just likes the idea of buying an Israeli R&D team on the cheap. Full story...

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