Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   NBC Bolsters Snap - NBC appoints four of its senior executives to manage Snap Online, the Internet directory it bought into in June. NBC also unveiled a prime-time television ad campaign to promote the service. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   NBC Buys Into CNET, Snap - The television network acquires about 5 percent of the new-media firm, as well as a major piece of CNET's Net directory Snap, which the companies will operate as a joint venture. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   NC World Is Dead - The online trade publication that chronicled the evolution of network computing ceases publication. Its demise highlights the failure of Sun Microsystems and Oracle to make much of their network computing vision. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   NEC Gives Clik a Shot - Iomega says the Japanese PC-maker will soon be selling its own version of the 40 MB removable drives and disks. [Wired News]   NSI Welcomes Domain Policy - Network Solutions, the company with the government contract to dole out top-level domain names, thinks the White House's new Internet policy looks swell. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   NYSE Crash Spooks Markets - Most US stocks would have risen on Monday had it not been for a computer glitch on the New York Stock Exchange, which unsettled some traders. The Wired Index rises 17.10 to 390.89. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Nacchio: Mergers are Doomed - Qwest's CEO says the recent spate of phone-company mergers are court-bound and predicts his company will run circles around the established players. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Name-Your-Price Airline Tickets - When Priceline.com debuts this month, it will enable consumers to name a price they'd be willing to pay for airline tickets. [Wired News]   Nasdaq, Hong Kong Web Merger - Two of the world's largest stock exchanges merge online in a two-for-one site, the first in a series of efforts to integrate their offerings. By R. Scott Raynovich. [Wired News]   Nasdaq: The World's Best Backup - For the exchange to handle its billion trades a day, it takes millions of dollars of hardware, thousands of miles of cable, and one hell of a contingency plan. Karlin Lillington reports from Trumbull, Connecticut. [Wired News]   National Semi to Take Furlough - The troubled chipmaker says the triple whammy of a chip glut, plummeting computer prices, and Asian economic woes will force it to send its employees home for 10 days this fall. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Navigator Free-for-All - Following Microsoft's lead, Netscape announced today it will no longer charge for its browser - or the Communicator integrated browser and email suite. [Wired News]   Net Ad Firm Changes Hands - The principal stockholder in Zulu-Tek, a firm that has drawn attention with ambitious talk about becoming an Internet advertising powerhouse, says it's selling out to a Hong Kong investor. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Net Ad Firm's European Staff Jumps Ship - Amid allegations that parent company Zulu-Tek was not promptly paying ad partners, Softbank Interactive Marketing's entire European operation jumps to a new firm and immediately begins grabbing old clients. [Wired News]   Net Ad Sales -- Just Like TV's Early Days - Though Internet advertising revenues tripled last year, they're still only a fraction of what television pulls in. But Net ad watchers point optimistically to the industry's growth rate -- as fast as that of TV in the 1950s. [Wired News]   Net Ads Reach $351 Million - Internet advertising revenues nearly quadrupled in the first quarter compared with the same period last year, putting the industry on track for its first billion-dollar year. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Net Beckons, Investors Answer - A rally among Internet and tech stocks helps offset concerns stemming from Exxon's massive takeover of Mobil. Wall Street closes higher. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Net Credit Cards Turn Spam into Savings - Since marketing is cheaper and processing faster online, financial instituitions are forming partnerships with Net companies to offer low rates to plastic carriers. [Wired News]   Net Stock Frenzy Goes Flat - K-tel posts another whopping advance, but other Internet shares take a tumble as investors come to their senses. The Wired Index falls 3.03 to 425.45, and the Dow drops 40.16 to 8823.82. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Net Stocks Go Nuclear - While the rest of the market is mixed, Internet shares continue to soar on word that online holiday sales more than tripled. Like that's a surprise. By David Lazarus. [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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