Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > CNET News.com > 1998 > October New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Dow and Nasdaq move on up - Stocks moved higher today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average getting a lift from strong blue chip earnings, while the Nasdaq Composite Index got a boost from gains by technology bellwether stocks. [News.com]   Dow climbs as Nasdaq falters - Wall Street stocks closed mixed today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average continuing its upward momentum as a sell-off in technology stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite Index lower. [News.com]   Dow's seven-day streak ends - The Dow Jones Industrial Average snapped its seven-session winning streak today as blue-chip stocks finally succumbed to profit-taking in light trading. [News.com]   Drugstore.com details emerge - Drugstore.com, the Kleiner Perkins-backed start-up led by former Microsoft new-media executive Peter Neupert, is quietly spilling out more details about its venture on its Web site. [News.com]   Dyson addresses new domain plan - Now that the U.S. government has decided to create a new nonprofit corporation to govern the way the Internet is technically run from here on out, the remaining question is how the organization will tackle that Herculean task. [News.com]   E*Trade's loss meets expectations - Online brokerage E*Trade today reported a fourth-quarter loss roughly in line with expectations and showed strong account and transaction growth. [News.com]   E-commerce enthusiasm - E-commerce goes mainstream as Visa, AOL, and Microsoft heavily promote online shopping to tap into the rapidly growing Internet population. The companies are working to convince consumers that online purchases are easier and safer than a trip to the corner store. [News.com]   E-commerce heads for hills - A Web site designed for low-tech mountain sports enthusiasts is betting that one of high tech's hottest trends--blending content with direct sales--can help it reach profitability. But the little-known site may face an uphill climb toward that goal. [News.com]   E-rates by mid-November - Schools and libraries that have been eagerly waiting for billions of dollars in federal Net access discounts will have to hold tight a bit longer. [News.com]   EDS income drops 15% - Electronic Data Systems reported third-quarter net income fell 15 percent, pressured by lower-profit service contracts from its former parent, General Motors. [News.com]   EMC earnings surpass estimates - EMC announced its third-quarter earnings jumped 51 percent as it lengthened its lead in the market for data storage products for larger computer systems. [News.com]   EU, U.S. to meet on competition - Top EU and U.S. monopoly investigators plan to meet tomorrow to discuss competition issues on both sides of the Atlantic--including a hearing relating to software giant Microsoft. [News.com]   EarthLink charging content sites - EarthLink has signed on some 20 Web content sites that will pay the ISP to be included on personalized start pages for EarthLink subscribers. [News.com]   EchoStar boosts interactive plan - Digital satellite television provider EchoStar today announced that by next year, 1.8 million of its U.S. customers will have access to interactive services as a result of a deal today with software provider OpenTV. [News.com]   Efforts aimed at blind Net users - As the nation observes National Disabilities Month, two firms and a standards organization are honing in on the needs of visually impaired users. [News.com]   Entrust adds VPN module - Entrust Technologies today announced a new virtual private network module for its public key infrastructure software to issue digital certificates. [News.com]   Ericsson begins restructuring - Ericsson has announced a comprehensive corporate restructuring plan, but the changes are unlikely to spur lagging sales or get the company's stock out of the basement. [News.com]   European privacy deadline nears - The European Union will not disrupt the flow of data between Europe and the United States, even though strict new privacy protections took effect in Europe yesterday, a key Commerce Department official said today. [News.com]   Excite trounces expectations - Excite today posted a third-quarter performance that exceeded Wall Street's expectations. [News.com]   FCC likely to oversee Net calls - The Federal Communications Commission is expected to decide as soon as Friday that telephone calls people make to connect their computers to Internet service providers are more like long distance calls than local calls, and therefore are subject to the agency's jurisdiction. [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 39 40 41 42 43 44 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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