BARRY DILLER INTERACTIVE CORP TO BUY ASK JEEVES
Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO of InterActive Corp, the e-commerce group announced on March 21, 2005 that it will buy Ask Jeeves, a website that uses a butler as its symbol. This is InterActive Corp expanding interest into teh internet search business. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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