PRODIGY TO BUY RIVAL FLASHNET COMMUNICATIONS
Date: 09 November 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Prodigy Communications Corp acquires rival FlashNet Communications for about $124 million in stock (S)
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