THE OPERATOR DAILY: 08/01/09

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HEADLINES:

INFORMATION SERVICES
- MICROSOFT LOOKS TO ACQUIRE FAST SEARCH & TRANSFER.
- YAHOO!, NAVTEQ EXPAND MAP DATA AGREEMENT.

LOCAL SEARCH
- REACHLOCAL BECOMES AUTHORIZED GOOGLE ADWORDS RESELLER.
- QUANTUM VENTURES BECOMES ONE-THIRD EQUITY PARTNER WITH LOCALBIZNOW.

OF NOTE . . .
- MEDIO APPOINTS NEW VPS.
- FORMER SENSIS EXECUTIVE JOINS MOBILEPEOPLE.

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