HomeAdvisor to merge with Angie's List, form new public company

Lakewood, Colorado-based HomeAdvisor Inc. plans to merge with rival home-improvement ratings service Angie’s List and become a new, publicly traded company called Angi Homeservices Inc. IAC InterActive Corp. (Nasdaq: IAC), the New York City-based parent company of HomeAdvisor, announced Monday that it and Indianapolis-based Angie’s List (Nasdaq: ANGI) reached agreement on the deal, which is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter. The transaction combines Angie’s List’s well-known brand…...