Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1997 > October New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   WorldCom scuttles merger rumors - WorldCom (WCOM) is trying to quash speculation that it may join forces with a Baby Bell in its battle to wrest MCI Communications (MCIC) from a merger with British Telecommunications (BTY). [News.com]   Wozniak joins Web start-up - Twelve years after his departure from Apple Computer, the Woz is back in the boardroom. [News.com]   Wristbands hold patient info - It's all in the wrist, or rather, on it: Experts say important medical information, embedded within digital wristbands, may soon accompany patients wherever they go. [News.com]   Y2K bug threatens oil industry - The millennium computer bug could paralyze the offshore industry in the North Sea--one of the world's biggest oil production areas, warned major oil companies. [News.com]   Y2K bug to cost U.K. $38 billion - The millennium bug will cost British firms $38.4 billion, and a failure to convert computers by 2000 could put 29 percent of Britain's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) at risk, a computer company warned today. [News.com]   Yahoo beats expectations - Yahoo (YHOO) topped off an eventful day today with better-than-expected results for the third quarter, as traffic increased and the company made a round of e-commerce deals. [News.com]   Yahoo buys Four11 for free email - Yahoo (YHOO) said today it would buy Four11 for $92 million in stock and begin offering free email to its users. [News.com]   Yahoo sees growth spurt in Japan - Japan's market for Internet services will take off within two years and start growing at a pace similar to that in the United States, said the chief of leading Internet search company Yahoo (YHOO) Japan Corporation. [News.com]   Yahoo to debut UK finance service - Internet media company Yahoo (YHOO) said today it is launching a free finance service in the UK. The service will show continuous but slightly delayed feed information on all quoted stocks, indices, and foreign exchanges, as well as timely business news. [News.com]   Yahoo's news wants to be heard - In its continuing attempt to be all things to all Net surfers, Yahoo (YHOO) unveiled today an audio news feature in its service. [News.com]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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