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Big Week Ahead for IPOs
- Investors hungry for tech IPOs will have a virtual smorgasbord of offerings next week. Close to 20 companies are set to go public -- and analysts expect most will do just fine. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Billions for Broadband
- With its US$60 billion purchase of MediaOne Group, Comcast will have a piece of the two biggest players in the broadband Internet business. What's next? A union of the At Home and Road Runner cable modem consortia? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Biotech Firms Preen for Bucks
- For years, investors have poured money into Net companies. This week, biotech companies at the BioPartnering conference try to divert venture capital into their forsaken industry. Lindsey Arent reports from Napa Valley, California. [Wired News]
Biz-to-Biz eBiz Buzz: Big Bucks
- Consumer commerce sites like Amazon get all the ink, but the big money is in business-to-business e-commerce, says Goldman Sachs. Like about US$1.5 trillion by 2004. [Wired News]
Black Box Crooks Finger Buyers
- Thousands of people who bought illegal cable descramblers on the Web may soon be getting unexpected -- and unwanted -- visits from the cops. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
Bloomberg Sues Over Bogus Site
- The business news and information company sues the unidentified creators of a site that cloned its site to hype a stock. But first it needs to find them. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Blowout Quarter for Yahoo
- The online directory reports first-quarter results far above Wall Street expectations. Traffic, revenue, and earnings all surge in the quarter. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Back in Form
- Tech and Net stocks are elbowed aside as investors renew their affection for Wall Street's old guard. Like clockwork, traders are once again leery of sky-high prices. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Defy Compaq's Woes
- The Dow rockets to yet another record high, shrugging off a profit warning from the computer sector. Tech stocks eventually limp into positive territory. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Go Bananas
- Earnings worries? What earnings worries? Wall Street reopens the record books as the Dow scores another home run. Once again, tech stocks bring up the rear. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Hit Record High
- The Dow roars back to life following several days of listless performance. High-priced tech and Internet stocks are elbowed aside by wary investors. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Rally to Record High
- The rest of the market, however, lags behind as traders seek motivation to keep buying tech stocks in the face of slower earnings. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Soar, Techs Sag
- Blue-chip shares surge into record territory as oil stocks continue to rally. But the tech side runs out of steam amid profit warnings and earnings disappointments. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Blue Chips Surge, Techs Tank
- While the Dow climbs amid fresh merger activity and upbeat earnings, a boardroom coup at Compaq sends tech stocks plunging. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Boeing Eyes Phone Biz
- While other parts of the satellite phone industry are falling out of the sky, Boeing wants a bigger slice of the business. The company is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the Ellipso satellite network. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Boeing Passes Y2K Test
- The world's biggest airplane maker says that its jets won't fall out of the sky on New Year's Eve 1999. [Wired News]
Bond Sell-Off Whips Stocks
- Wall Street is pretty sure Greenspan is mulling an interest-rate hike. There's no clear evidence, of course, but with the G-man you have to read between the lines. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
Book Giveaway Floods Server
- A British online bookseller with its eye on Amazon staged a happy-hour literature giveaway, pleasing thousands and frustrating thousands more. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
Bookseller Rakes in Bucks
- Barnesandnoble.com, the perennial runner-up in online bookselling, raises a tidy US$450 million in a giant IPO. No matter that analysts have been dissing the company's e-commerce strategy for the past two years. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
Booksellers Slash Prices
- When Amazon slashed prices of its bestsellers, rival barnesandnoble.com immediately followed suit. Investors fear a nasty price war. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
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