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05/24/2001 Archived Entry: "AskJeeves turns tables, buys eTour"

ZDNet: eWEEK: AskJeeves turns tables, buys eTour

With a proven technology, shaky financials and a rock-bottom stock price, AskJeeves Inc. seemed to be a prime takeover target in the consolidating CRM software arena.

But instead the Emeryville, Calif., vendor of natural language search and customer service applications did some buying of its own Tuesday, scooping up the assets of direct marketing and Internet media company eTour Inc. for an undisclosed amount of cash.