All those small ailments make for big money: WebMD to be sold for $2.8 billion
All those small ailments make for big money: WebMD to be sold for $2.8 billion
For months, health website WebMD has been looking for a suitor. Today, it found one. The private equity giant KKR — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts — has struck a deal to buy the site for about $2.8 billion. But why was WebMD looking to be sold in the first place?
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