New York - Answers Corporation, the company behind reference sites Answers.com and WikiAnswers.com, announced on Tuesday that it has secured up to $13 million through a private placement of shares and warrants with venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures.

New York - Answers Corporation, which operates the dictionary and definitions site Answers.com used in Google search results, announced on Monday that it has acquired Lexico Publishing Group, which operates Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com, for $100 million in cash.