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Jordan: Maktoob's Rise

Written byAmira Al Hussaini

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Posted 2 September 2009 21:15 GMT

Jordanian site Jazarah discusses the development of Arabic site Maktoob in this post. “Yahoo! and Maktoob officially announced the acquisition of maktoob.com, the largest Arabic website, by the international giant Yahoo! in a multi million deal, the financial figures weren’t announced but expectations suggest the deal worth more than $100 million,” announces the blogger.

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