R.H. Donnelley Corporation, a leading Yellow Pages and online local commercial search company, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Business.com, a business search engine and directory and pay-per-click advertising network. Under the terms of the agreement, Business.com would be acquired for $345 million in cash and deferred purchase consideration. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2007.

Search engine Local.com acquired online business directory provider PremierGuide.com for approximately $2 million.

Online retailer Amazon.com announced it acquired www.dpreview.com, a comprehensive site for digital camera information and reviews. Dpreview.com was founded in 1998 and receives seven million unique visitors a month (over 22 million sessions) who read over 120 million pages.