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Microsoft to buy Rapt Inc

SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. plans to buy Rapt Inc., plugging a hole in its suite of tools for Web publishers and advertisers, the software giant was expected to announce today. Microsoft did not say what it will pay for the privately held San Francisco company. Rapt's software and consulting services help Web site publishers tweak how they package and price display-ad space.

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