Today's Deals: Wine.com and WineShopper.com Pop the Cork

 Sabre (TSG) acquires Gradient Solutions

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-commerce enablers

   *  Scorecard:      B-

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 15--Sabre Holdings announced that it has acquired Gradient Solutions Limited, a Dublin, Ireland-based technology company that provides e-commerce solutions to the global travel marketplace. Gradient Solutions enhances Sabre's online distribution solutions, by bringing an international and highly customizable online booking engine. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

 

 Applied Digital Solutions (ADSX) acquires WebNet Services

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Internet services

   *  Scorecard:      C+

PALM BEACH, Aug. 15--Applied Digital Solutions , a single-source provider of e-business solutions, announced that it has acquired New York-based WebNet Services, an Internet service provider, network integrator and website developer. The WebNet acquisition expands the palate of Integrated Technology solutions that Applied Digital offers and strengthens the Company's Application Service Provider (ASP) initiative, helping companies and institutions of all sizes address and manage e-business projects in the fields of general business, agribusiness, retail, education and finance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

 

 ClearWorks.net (CLW) and Eagle Wireless (EAG) to merge

   *  Amount:         $158 million

   *  Terms:            100% stock

   *  Premium:        25%

   *  Industry:        Internet services

   *  Scorecard:      C+

NEW YORK, Aug 15--Eagle Wireless International said it will merge with ClearWorks.net, to create a broadband telecommunications company with domestic and international market share. Eagle Wireless said it could expand its customer-base to several hundred thousand homes in coming years, under the merger with ClearWorks.net, a Houston, Texas-based provider of high-speed Internet and other digital services. ClearWorks.net shareholders will receive four Eagle Wireless common shares for each five Clearworks.net common shares, in a deal worth $158 million.

 

 NewBridge Capital (NBRG) acquires SkateSurfSnow.com

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            100% stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-tailers

   *  Scorecard:      C

NEWPORT BEACH, Aug. 15--NewBridge Capital announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets of SkateSurfSnow.com from PacificTradingPost.com. NewBridge will issue an undisclosed amount of common stock and warrants for the assets of SkateSurfSnow.com, which operates an e-commerce Web site and retail store in Huntington Beach, Calif., serving the fast growing skateboard, surfing and snowboarding markets.

 

 Wine.com and Wineshopper.com to merge

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-tailers

   *  Scorecard:      B+

PALO ALTO, Aug. 15--Wine.com and WineShopper.com, two of the leading Internet wine stores, said they will merge and build a new Web site combining the best features from both companies, and plans to operate under the Wine.com name and URL. Wine.com was founded back in 1994 and was one of the first online retailers, while WineShopper.com was just launched in April, with a $30 million investment from Amazon.com.