Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Forbes: Cendant is 'Fine' - Despite accounting problems, a class-action lawsuit, and charges of fraud, Cendant chairman Walter Forbes told the audience of Spotlight 98 that earnings will be "good." By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Fore to Miss Earnings Estimates - Fore Systems is the latest networking equipment maker to hit a financial speed bump, as it tells investors that second-quarter earnings won't meet expectations. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Forget $600 for a PC, Try $199 - Taiwan's Acer Group says it plans to sell a line of computers priced at as little as a third of the cost of the cheapest PCs -- perfect for places like China. By Yukari Iwatani. [Wired News]   Free ISPs Revel in Beta Optimism - X-Stream Network boasts 28,000 new users since its March launch in the United Kingdom, a country where high local phone charges make no-cost Internet access particularly attractive. By Randolph Court. [Wired News]   Gates Lauds Windows 98 - Microsoft's chief compares the personal-computer industry to the history of cars, saying "We're in about the 1920s stage." By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Gateway Hurts PC Stocks - Weaker-than-expected earnings from Gateway and other high-tech firms drags the Wired Index down 1.34 to 438.85. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   GeoCities Flies in IPO - The share price of the Web community company more than doubled in its first day of trading, despite a nasty market downturn. Analysts credit the magic of Internet fairy-dust. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   GeoCities Newest Neighbor: an Adman - Tom Evans will become CEO of the homepage hosting service next month, bringing with him years of experience in print publishing and ad sales -- and a goal of generating some revenue for GeoCities. [Wired News]   GeoCities Re-Zones for Business - Just one step ahead of the competition, the free homepage host is rolling GeoShop e-commerce tools into the online neighborhood, in hopes of bolstering its bottom line. [Wired News]   Geocities Loves Inktomi Now - The online community site switches to Inktomi search technology to improve search results and capture more ad revenues. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   German Challenge to MS Office - Microsoft got the upper hand in the browser war by giving away Internet Explorer. Now, a Hamburg firm called Star Division is trying that tactic, too. By Karsten Lemm. [Wired News]   German Dream Job: Fluent Web Designer Sought - With its "immersive" approach to design, this German-based studio needs a Web designer who's ready to dive in. [Wired News]   German Net Access Gets Cheap - Two telecom upstarts say they will offer online services in Germany that will be far less expensive than incumbents Deutsche Telekom and AOL. By Karsten Lemm. [Wired News]   Geron Extends Life of Rally - The biotech company may have figured out how to repair damaged human organs -- sending its shares, and much of the rest of the market, soaring. The Wired Index rises 2.56 to 428.54. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Gigabit Networker - At Alteon Networks, Hong Kong-born Selina Lo is outsmarting the gigbit Ethernet competition and escaping Cisco's hungry maw. [Wired News]   Giveaways Are Gonna Cost Ya - Marketers using incentive programs to drive traffic to their sites may soon find themselves paying a licensing fee to CyberGold, which apparently has a patent on the idea. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Globalstar Adds Up the Damage - Satellite phone company Globalstar says that the rocket malfunction that destroyed 12 of its satellites will take a significant bite out of its finances. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Globalstar Shares Crash, Burn - A rocket carrying 12 Globalstar satellites malfunctions, causing Globalstar's stock to take a nose dive. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Globalstar Still Grounded - Diplomatic wrangling holds up the launch of four Globalstar satellites from a Russian space base. The question is how long will the bickering last? By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Go2net's Low-Overhead Plan - Its US$33 million all-stock acquisition of Silicon Investor fits right into the content aggregator's vision: a network of small-staff sites that lets technology do the work. [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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