Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   IPOs Set to Flood the Market - Though the market's a bit skittish, about two-dozen companies are slated to go public next week. There could be a few casualties along the way. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]   IPOs for the Everyman - Want to get in on one of those mind-blowing Net IPOs? Good luck. Bankers and big investors get almost all the shares. A new firm hopes to change that. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   IRS Computer Security Still Lax - A report from the General Accounting Office says the tax agency has made improvements, but that its computer system is at risk for attacks by crackers bent on identity fraud. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   ISPs Demand Cable-TV Access - Traditional online services are again clamoring for the government to force cable-TV companies to open up their broadband networks to competition. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   ISPs Gang Up to Get on Cable - Nine more ISPs joined a coalition to lobby Congress for a piece of the high-speed cable action. Also: Microsoft's Paul Allen invests in Ziff-Davis. [Wired News]   Ikonos II Goes Up - The first commercial satellite that will provide high-res images from space launched Friday morning, avoiding its predecessor's fiery fate. Joanna Glasner reports from Vandenberg AFB. [Wired News]   Imaging Satellite Lost in Space - The ballyhooed high-res commercial satellite made by Space Imaging fails to call home.... Cisco acquires Amteva Technologies.... Redmond backs Internet2.... And more. [Wired News]   Impressive Earnings From Apple - The revived computer maker reports solidly better-than-expected earnings. The number of Macs shipped in the quarter jumps 27 percent. [Wired News]   In Congo, the Net Precedes Phone - Years of Mobutu's dictatorial rule left the nation without a telecommunications infrastructure. A service called Bushnet is nevertheless making headway. [Wired News]   In Vegas, Everyone's a Visionary - High tech and Hollywood converge at the National Association of Broadcasters to hash out the next big thing in digital entertainment. Hooray for HollyWeb. Joanna Glasner reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   India's Net Obstacles - The government is sweeping aside the phone monopoly that limited the Net's growth. But the nation's 1 billion people are still a long way from the network age. [Wired News]   Indian Firm Lists on Nasdaq - Infosys, an Indian software and computer service firm, makes a successful debut on Nasdaq -- the first Indian company to do so. More Indian companies will list in coming months. [Wired News]   Indian Tech Firms Gaze West - Several companies from India, seeking to take advantage of those sky-high valuations, are expected to list on US markets this year. [Wired News]   Indie Films Find a Home - Amazon.com is giving independent filmmakers a place to show their work online. Also: Broadcast.com beats Wall Street earnings estimates.... Search engines are biased and skimpy -- but better than nothing, researchers say.... Dell launches "free" service in France.... And more. [Wired News]   Industry Lauds AOL Acquisitions - This week's purchase of Spinner Networks and Nullsoft has sent many online audio and streaming media proponents into a victory dance. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]   Inflation Report Buoys Stocks - Wall Street posts modest gains amid signs that interest rates will hold steady. The Lycos soap opera, meanwhile, takes yet another turn. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Informatica Seeks an IPO - The database-software vendor plans to cash in on the market's current enthusiasm for tech stocks. Also: Claimsnet.com will try again.... Zulu-Tek seeks to sell a chunk of BrandsForLess.com. [Wired News]   Inktomi Makes Impulse Buy - Inktomi, a publisher of search software, buys Impulse Buy to beef up its online retailing engine. Also: US regulators sue stock hoax suspect.... Domain name registrations surging at Network Solutions. [Wired News]   Innocent Plea in PairGain Hoax - A North Carolina man appears in a Los Angeles federal courtroom to answer charges of securities fraud. His case goes to trial in July. [Wired News]   Inside Amazon's Shopping Cart - Amazon downplays its purchase of Alexa Internet, which takes the online bookseller a step closer to personalized online shopping. Privacy advocates are not pleased. A Wired News analysis by Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]     [ 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 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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