Amazon clinches deal to buy Middle East online retailer Souq.com


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2017

Money issue: Amazon argued that the IRS overestimated the value of "intangible" assets, such as software and trademarks, it had transferred to a Luxembourg unit, Amazon Europe Holding Technologies SCS.

DUBAI: Amazon.com has agreed to buy Middle East online retailer Souq.com, thwarting a last-minute bid by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar's Emaar Malls.

The value and terms of the agreement, which deal adviser Goldman Sachs called "the biggest-ever technology M&A transaction in the Arab world", were not disclosed.

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