Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Radio Shack's Challenged Future - High margins on techno tidbits that sell in 6,900 stores have primed the retailer's revenue pump in the past, but now it's looking to big deals with Sprint and Compaq to help it compete for new slices of business. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   Rambus Rising - Rambus shares enjoyed a second day of 20 percent-plus gains on news that Intel and others are testing the firm's next-generation, chip-to-chip communication products. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Rate Cut Falls Flat - Surprising just about nobody, the Fed shaves another quarter-point off interest rates. But jaded investors already are looking ahead to future cuts. Stocks end mixed. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   RealNetworks Keeps Sliding - Shares of the software company slid for a third day after its CEO accused Microsoft, its biggest investor, of underhanded tactics. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   RealNetworks and Microsoft Hold Hands, Butt Heads - While the two companies collaborate on standards for streaming media, each strains to be the first in sales and market share. [Wired News]   Rebuilding an Empire - The Cable & Wireless purchase of MCI's backbone may finally position the company for a merger, adding another chapter to the company's storied history. By Randolph Court. [Wired News]   Reel.Rich - Hollywood Entertainment, feeling heat in the brick-and-mortar video store business, will pay US$100 million for online video peddler Reel.com. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   Robertson Stephens On Auction Block - The high-tech investment bankers asked BankAmerica to set the firm free rather than force a merger with its cross-town rival, Montgomery Securities, a subsidiary of NationsBank. [Wired News]   Russia Buries US Stocks - Worries that Russia might devalue its currency presses US stocks lower. The Wired Index drops 5.67 points to 408.29. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Russia Pummels Stocks Again - World stock markets, including those in the US, reel for a second day after Russia indefinitely halts ruble trading. Technology issues plummet again. The Wired Index falls 17.15 to 397.91. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Russia Punishes Tech Stocks - Russia's economic troubles send world markets, and most US stocks, reeling. Technology issues are particularly hard hit. The Wired Index falls 4.41 to 415.15. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Russian Roulette Rattles Market - Although US markets held firm, other bourses lurched at the news that President Boris Yeltsin had sacked his prime minister in the midst of Russia's economic turmoil. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   SBC Challenges FCC's Data Rules - SBC Communications asks the federal courts to overturn the FCC's ruling that Baby Bells must share their advanced data networks with competitors. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   SBC Takes Case to Supreme Court - The regional phone company wants to crack the long-distance market with its claim that portions of the Telecommunications Act are unconstitutional. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   SEC OKs Net-Based Stock Markets - The Securities and Exchange Commission approves the proliferation of online trading systems. Who loses? Fat cat investors on Wall Street. Who wins? Mom and pop investors trading online. R. Scott Raynovich reports from Washington. [Wired News]   SGI to Close Cosmo Software - SGI will close its 3D-animation division following the collapse of talks with potential buyer Sony. The high-end computer manufacturer planned to sell the unit as part of a restructuring effort that also produced the recent MIPS spinoff. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]   SGI: Moving Beyond Dinosaur Era - Bringing Intel inside its powerful workstations should open Silicon Graphics' doors to the robust NT market. But what the company is hyping as a new strategic direction looks more like another step in a path determined long ago. [Wired News]   Saffo: Leave That Middleman Alone - Pundits tell us that the Web will put travel agents and others out of business by placing customers in direct contact with companies through the much-hyped process of disintermediation. Not a good idea, said futurist Paul Saffo at the WWW7 conference. [Wired News]   Scientific-Atlanta Claims Lead in Set-Top Race - After all the hype of NextLevel's deals to build next-generation set-top boxes to big cable providers, Scientific-Atlanta says it's going to beat those guys to the punch. [Wired News]   Scientific-Atlanta Profits Fall - The Asian crisis drags down another tech company, as Scientific-Atlanta says its first-quarter income will be significantly lower than analysts expected. By Sean Donahue. [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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