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Bankers Trust pins down Year 2000 costs - Bankers Trust expects to spend about $220 million to $260 million through this year and over the next two years to prepare its computer systems for the year 2000, according to a government filing. [News.com]
 
Banking on Windows DNA - Microsoft's DNA is replicating within the Ohio Savings Bank. [News.com]
 
Banyan might spin off phone directory - Banyan Systems said it may spin off its No. 1 online phone directory www.switchboard.com from its core networking business next year to capitalize on a hot market for Internet stocks. [News.com]
 
Barksdale throws in the towel - Netscape Communications chief executive Jim Barksdale knew it was time to throw in the towel. [News.com]
 
Barnes & Noble buys Ingram Book - Barnes & Noble, the largest U.S. bookseller, announced today that it plans to buy Ingram Book Group in a deal worth $600 million in its latest challenge to Amazon.com. [News.com]
 
Barnes & Noble deals questioned - Barnes & Noble's buyout of distributor Ingram Book Group marks the bookseller's second industry alliance in a month, raising anticompetitive concerns among rivals and analysts. [News.com]
 
Barnes & Noble takes online hit - Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookseller, today reported a wider-than-expected fiscal third-quarter loss thanks to operating losses at its Web unit that offset surging sales from the company's retail superstores. [News.com]
 
Be gets funding help from friends - Be Incorporated, a maker of operating system software, announced it has raised in excess of $25 million in 1998 to fund market expansion, with some of that money coming from Intel. [News.com]
 
Be opens OS to Windows - Be Incorporated yesterday announced BeOS Release 4, a new version of the operating system that will make it easier for Be fans to retrieve information written on Windows programs. [News.com]
 
Bell Atlantic plans long distance play - Bell Atlantic said today it will file with New Jersey state regulators for permission to enter that state's long distance telephone market, and has laid out a series of promises company officials hope will help reach that goal. [News.com]
 
Bell Atlantic to sell most of Infoseek stake - Bell Atlantic Electronic Commerce Services plans to sell 85 percent of its stake in Infoseek, relinquishing its role as the Internet search company's third-largest shareholder. [News.com]
 
BellSouth drops suit on phone subsidies - In a move that may take some pressure off beleaguered Washington regulators, BellSouth said today it would withdraw from a lawsuit challenging the way federal telephone subsidies are governed. [News.com]
 
BellSouth sees strong earnings growth - BellSouth expects a 12 to 14 percent rise in earnings per share next year, helped by strong growth in Latin American wireless customers. [News.com]
 
BellSouth service gets banks online - BellSouth has begun offering banks a new package of services, including Internet access and software, that lets the financial companies provide online services to their customers. [News.com]
 
Bells still trying to go the distance - As Bell Atlantic moves to break into the New Jersey long distance market, the near-term outlook for Bell companies to expand into long distance at home still remains dim. [News.com]
 
Bennett: SEC should report on Y2K filings - In the wake of a number of Y2K filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission by some major corporations, one U.S. senator is taking a break from his Congressional recess to urge the commission to report on whether publicly-traded companies are disclosing their Year 2000 readiness adequately. [News.com]
 
Big firms eschew Comdex booths - If you're looking to see technology demonstrations from the largest companies in the computer industry, Comdex, ironically, may not be the place to do it. [News.com]
 
Big flat panels drop in price - Two flat-panel display makers introduced new 18-inch displays today as the market for these fancy thin monitors heats up. [News.com]
 
Big names submit XMI standard - A group of software vendors led by IBM, Oracle, and Unisys wants to make it easier for development teams to work together on the Internet. [News.com]
 
Biggest U.S. smart card trial ends - The largest U.S. pilot for smart cards is drawing to a close after 14 months. The market trial in Manhattan's Upper West Side was designed to see how U.S. consumers and small merchants would use smart cards loaded with e-cash. [News.com]
 
 

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