| Intuit to buy Homestead Technologies
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Software developer Intuit Inc. (Nachrichten) said Monday it will buy Homestead Technologies Inc., a privately held maker of Web site development software, in a deal it valued at $170 million. Intuit, which makes Quicken, TurboTax and small business accounting software QuickBooks, said the deal will add Web site creation and e-commerce software to its product mix. 'This acquisition supports our growth strategy in small business by addressing an underserved need, and continues Intuit's move beyond financial management solutions into helping small businesses solve other important problems,' Brad Smith, senior vice president of Intuit's small business group, said in a statement. Homestead will become part of the small business group following the acquisition.
A vision for the future of Barrow
I WAS wondering what I could write about this week as it is a bit of a struggle in the close season when everyone is taking a well-earned rest. I needn't have worried, because during my nightly ritual of reading the Evening Mail on Thursday, there on page 48 were a couple of responses to my shared stadium column. First of all, many thanks for your responses on the concept of ground-sharing and, although I obviously don't agree with your opinions, at least you demonstrate your passion for the football club, which is to be applauded. “Victorian" Vic's letter was very funny and shouldn't be taken too seriously. But I thought I would take this opportunity to respond to the points raised in Vic's letter. Vic lad, I hope your opinions are of the minority because it's those opinions that make people like me do what we do and try and improve the standard of facilities in professional sport in the town, whether football or rugby.
Surviving in the small business jungle
It's a jungle out there, and a formidable one at that. For someone with little experience, the small business world can prove perplexing, taxing, gratifying or lucrative. Seasoned proprietors, too, face certain challenges and rewards with each new venture.A quick glance around the Susquehanna Valley indicates as much.Milton's Broadway Bound Cafe shut down this year, but was recently replaced by Milltown Deli. Lewisburg has seen the advent of a few new businesses just this month, including an art gallery and a boutique. Earlier this month, the Watson Cafe abruptly shut down. LeVan's, Watsontown's longtime newsstand, changed hands and will reopen in December as the Watsontown Emporium. .
Biotech contractor moves part of business back to Montgomery Co.
A Rockville biotech services contractor is reworking part of its campus to make room for a new cell banking facility that it held in its one-time parent company's manufacturing and distribution plant in Frederick. BioReliance Corp., previously owned by California-based Invitrogen Corp., was sold to New York-based Avista Capital Partners for $210 million in a deal signed in February -- three years after Invitrogen bought the Rockville company for $507 million in cash and debt. The sale of BioReliance, an arm of Invitrogen that contributed $105 million to the larger company's $1.3 billion in total revenue in 2006, leaves Invitrogen with three buildings housing about 266,000 square feet on a Frederick campus. The buildings once housed small chunks of administrative, information technology, lab and biodefense work and cell banking activities.
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