D&B acquires Italian information/multimedia company.D&B (Murray Hill Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
English-born colonial poet who wrote several collections of verse, including The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). , has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Data House S.p.a. (Milan) from Seat Pagine Gialle Seat Pagine Gialle is an Italian company with a strong European presence in the directories market place. The UK subsidiary is Thomson Directories Ltd.. External links
Data House is a multimedia company that operates in traditional directories, directory assistance, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , office products and services, business information and television. The company collects and provides commercial and personal Italian real estate information for banks, notaries, real estate agencies and corporations making loan decisions. Products include real estate reports and mortgage certifications, as well as its real estate database. Data House products will continue to be available in Italy Italy (ĭt`əlē), Ital. Italia, officially Italian Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 58,103,000), 116,303 sq mi (301,225 sq km), S Europe. through Ribes S.p.a., a bank-owned software company in which Data House holds a minority share. D&B said it plans to offer its products through Data House sales channels and Data House products through D&B channels later this year. D&B chairman/ceo Allan Loren said that Data House "will enhance our current business by allowing D&B to participate in more small business lending transactions, while immediately positioning us for growth in serving the Italian banking sector." Data House will continue to be based in Milan. |
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