Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Excited About Auctions - Upping the ante among the monkey-see, monkey-do portal sites, Excite's Classifieds2000 unit unveils an auction service that combs both classifieds and auction databases. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   FCC Extends Wiretap Deadline - Regulators extend the deadline for installing new wiretaps on digital phone lines. That'll give the telcos and the FBI time to sort out what the new taps should do. [Wired News]   FCC May Propose Rules for Bells - The commission may allow the phone companies to build new data networks that they wouldn't have to share with competitors. The move could acclerate the opening of local markets. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   FCC Taxes Digital TV Service - Broadcasters wanting to offer services other than free television programs over their digital television spectrum must pay a special fee, the FCC rules. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]   FCC: No to Local Long-Distance - Federal regulators rule that long-distance marketing agreements between Qwest and regional phone companies US West and Ameritech are illegal. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   FDIC: Keep It to Yourself - Some institutions have passed the federal banking overseer's Y2K compliance tests with flying colors. But the agency won't let the banks gloat in public about it. By Yukari Iwatani. [Wired News]   Fast Times for Antitrust Action - Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, on the front lines of the 20-state antitrust battle against Microsoft, talks to Wired News about how the case is likely to proceed in the coming months. By Randolph Court. [Wired News]   Fat Pipes For All - Consumer groups, ISPs, and phone companies want the FCC to rule that rivals can offer their own high-speed Net services over TCI's cable-TV lines. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Fat Pipes for Fat Apps - @Home Corporation paired up with Release Software to kick off "the fastest software store on earth," but for now, few earthlings will have access. [Wired News]   Fear and Loathing in Cupertino - Say one thing for Steve Jobs, he's got an iron fist. While he's brought Apple back to profitability, his control of leaks has left the press hungry for details on the company's new products. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   FedEx Strike May Freeze E-Sales - With visions of e-dollars dancing in their heads, online retailers worry that a strike by pilots will affect holiday deliveries. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Fete For a Market Mood Ring - BancAmerica Robertson Stephens throws a grand Tiki party to kick off the company's stock analysis site. By Kaitlin Quistgaard. [Wired News]   Fickle Fortunes - In two days, the 24-year-old co-founders of theglobe.com transform from being captains of a doomed IPO to zillionaire status. This is their story. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Finding a Match for Netscape - As reports fly about an imminent buyout of the browser pioneer, analysts say it's an attractive marriage for several rumored suitors. [Wired News]   Firefly: From the Media Lab to Microsoft - From its origins as an MIT Media Lab spin-off, to its newfound status as another trophy acquisition in Redmond's 'Web lifestyle' strategy, Firefly has built a business on Web personalization and profiling. [Wired News]   Firings at Broderbund - The Learning Company fires 500 people, or 42 percent of all employees, at recently acquired Broderbund. "The days of the artist are gone," one analyst says. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   First Virtual Tries to Sell Itself - The ecommerce company hopes to trade a controlling stake in its business for the cash it needs to stay afloat while refocusing its strategy. [Wired News]   For Joe Net, More Consumption - The changes wrought by a Netscape-AOL combo may not be obvious to the average Web user. But they will be potent. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   For Porn, Click Here - Can't decide what kind of porn you're in the mood for? Visit Adult 10,000, the brainchild of a Frenchman who's figured out how to make money off mom-and-pop pornographers. By Mark Cromer. [Wired News]   For Sale: Your Tastes, Interests - The debate over online privacy comes down to what information sites are collecting and how. The truth is, only a handful of companies are on the cutting edge. By Craig Bicknell. [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 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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