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Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Choicepoint continues its acquisition spree

Embattled ChoicePoint is continuing its long history of acquisitions, this time by buying EzGov and Magnify. See the press releases: ChoicePoint(R) Adds to Government Services; Expands by Acquiring EzGov Operations in the Americas, Caribbean and ChoicePoint(R) Acquires Magnify, Expanding Fraud Detection and Analytics Services.

Posted by privacylawyer at 5/03/2005 04:29:00 pm
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