Experts who blend genealogy with travel can uncover your clan's history—and guide you through it, too.

Ancestry.com (ACOM)Q1 2013 Earnings CallMay 01, 20135:00 pm ETExecutivesHeather EricksonTimothy P. Sullivan - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Member of Equity CommitteeHoward Hochhauser - Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Offi

General Motors has pulled a television ad for its new Chevy Trax compact SUV after complaints about its use of a song with lyrics that are offensive to people of Chinese ancestry.

Ancestry.com (ACOM)Q4 2012 Earnings CallMarch 28, 20135:00 pm ETExecutivesHoward Hochhauser - Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Member of Equity CommitteeTimothy P. Sullivan - Chief Executive Officer,

The Los Angeles subway does not get much respect, especially when compared to more popular systems around the world. But while the current setup isn't too impressive, it does have some noble ancestry: the Pacific Electric Red Car and Los Angeles Rail

Private company research firm Privco has ranked the top 20 merger and acquisitions of the top 20 technology VC firms of 2012, including Ancestry.com's $1.6 billion sale to private equity firm Permira and other top tech acquisitions such as Yammer, Me

23andMe, the genetic testing company funded by Google and co-founded by Sergey Brin's wife, unleashed the geekiest Black Friday deal we've ever seen. For just $99 (normally $499), 23andMe will analyze your genes to determine your ancestry, risk of di

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Ancestry.com Inc on Monday sold $300 million of seniornotes in the 144a private placement market, said IFR, a ThomsonReuters service.Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, andRBC were the joint bookrunning managers for the sale.BORRO

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ancestry.com Inc must provide more details about the $1.6 billion saleof the genealogy website before its shareholders vote on theacquisition by private equity...

WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - A Delaware judge on Monday blocked Ancestry.com Inc's shareholder vote on the sale of thefamily-research website for $1.6 billion to private equity firm Permira Investment Advisors pending added details on the sale process

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A Delaware judge onMonday blocked Ancestry.com Inc's shareholder vote on the saleof the the family-research website for $1.6 billion to privateequity firm Permira Investment Advisors pending added details onthe sal

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Ancestry.Com Inc : * Delaware judge says allows Ancestry.Com Inc shareholder vote on $1.6

Overview -- U.S. online media company Ancestry.com is proposing to issue anew $720 million senior secured credit facility and $300 million seniorunsecured notes to fund a leveraged buyout. ...

Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.

By GMI Ratings:By Greg Ruel, Senior Research AssociateAncestry.com (ACOM), the company whose headlines involve cluing in the public on how George Clooney is related to Abraham Lincoln and Justin Bieber is a distant cousin of Ryan Gosling, is attempti

(Reuters) - The crew member who died when the replica ship HMS Bounty sank during Hurricane Sandy had written on her Facebook page that she was a descendent of the original Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian.

Spectrum Equity looks like it will make about 7x its investment in Ancestry.com. Yesterday, a group led by Permira agreed to buy Ancestry.com in a $1.6 billion deal. The company, whose website helps users trace their family roots, will be taken priva

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

(Reuters) - Genealogy website operator Ancestry.com agreed to be acquired for $1.6 billion by a group led by Europe-based private equity firm Permira Advisors LLC, four months after it put itself up...

Apple and Prospect Global Resources also gained on the day.

U.S. genealogy website operator Ancestry.com agreed to be acquired by a group led by private equity firm Permira in a $1.6 billion deal, four months after it put itself up for sale following the cancellation of a TV show based on its research. The co

The latest money news from Ann Cates, including a deal for genealogy website Ancestry.com.

European private equity group in $1.6bn deal for the world’s leading genealogy website, paying a 41% premium to the company’s undisturbed share price

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Online genealogy site Ancestry.com to be purchased by European private equity firm.

Among the stocks to watch today are Ancestry.com, Nexen, and VF Corp.

BP has reached a deal to sell its stake in TNK-BP to Rosneft. | Greg Smith's book about Goldman Sachs goes on sale Monday. | Marissa Mayer holds her first earnings call as Yahoo's chief executive. | A group led by Permira has agreed to buy Ancestry.c

Wall Street pointed higher, toward a recoup from Friday’s drubbing. Investors are reviewing earnings from Caterpillar and Hasbro and awaiting reports from Yahoo and TI. No major economic data are set for release on Monday. Ancestry.com agreed to a

Facebook was up this morning.

NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Ancestry.Com Inc : * Shares up 8.1 percent in premarket trading

Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. genealogy website Ancestry.com said it will be acquired by a group led by Europe-basedprivate equity firm Permira in a $1.6 billion deal.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- An investor group led by European private-equity house Permira agreed to acquire Ancestry.comfor $1.6 billion in cash, the Provo, Utah-based company specializing in online family histories said. The $32-a-share buyout pric

The online family history company agreed to be acquired by private-equity house Permira.

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