Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Bankruptcy Lawyers Smell Blood - Law firms specializing in Chapter 11 are beefing up their Silicon Valley operations, betting that many of today's hot tech firms will be tomorrow's road kill. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Baratz Resigns from Sun - A month after his promotion to division president, Alan Baratz throws in the towel and moves on. [Wired News]   Bargain Hunters Bid up Stocks - Monday the market tanked. Tuesday it rebounded as investors bid on bargains. Tomorrow, who knows? But Big Al is speaking before the Senate, and that oughta mean something. [Wired News]   Barnesandnoble.com Files for IPO - The online bookseller spawned from the gigantic brick-and-mortar chain will try to trounce Amazon.com with an offering of up to $200 million. Also: Wit Capital files for IPO. [Wired News]   Barnesandnoble.com IPO Set to Go - In its latest, and presumably final, filing, Barnesandnoble.com says it plans to raise US$300 million. Also: Dell to build plant near Nashville.... China cracks down on illegal satellite dishes. [Wired News]   BayCorp's Net Power Exchange - BayCorp Holdings spawns a Web site to mine the market for wholesale power. But will utilities and power marketers forsake the phone? [Wired News]   Behold, the Übertool - It's a phone, it's a Web browser, it's a video camera, it's a personal digital assistant. Orange, one of the UK's leading cellular carriers, plans to roll out a wireless videophone next year. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Bell Atlantic Calls on AirTouch - Bell Atlantic courts wireless giant AirTouch Communications. A deal could put the squeeze on AT&T, the nation's wireless leader. [Wired News]   Bell Atlantic, Vodafone Do Deal - The two telecom powers finally announce an agreement to form a US wireless telephone company. With more than 20 million customers, it'll be the nation's biggest -- larger than AT&T and Sprint PCS. [Wired News]   Bell Atlantic, Vodafone Do Deal - The two telecom powers finally announce an agreement to form a US wireless telephone company. With more than 20 million customers, it'll be the nation's biggest -- larger than AT&T and Sprint PCS. [Wired News]   BellSouth Buys Chunk of Qwest - BellSouth, looking to beef up its business-oriented, high-speed telecom services, buys about 10 percent of Qwest for US$3.5 billion. [Wired News]   BellSouth Could Buy Qwest - The Atlanta-based Baby Bell says it's considering acquiring Qwest, the fourth largest US long-distance company. [Wired News]   Bells Lose High Court Ruling - The Baby Bells lose big as a Supreme Court ruling upholds federal rules to force competition in their markets. But the court also slams the 1996 Telecom Act, calling it "a model of ambiguity." By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Bertelsmann's Big AOL Pay Day - The German publishing giant says it netted US$130 million selling a small chunk of its America Online investment last year. The company's chief executive also says half its sales next year will be Net-driven. [Wired News]   Better Business Bureau Offline? - The newcomer in the privacy "seal of approval" game is experiencing technical difficulties accepting online seal applications. That's not a good sign, critics caution. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Better Times for MS Temps? - Microsoft increases the number of temp agencies that supply its temporary labor force. The competition may mean better benefits, the company says. Or not, say labor organizers. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]   Beyond.com Grabs BuyDirect - Consolidation comes to the online software retailing business as Beyond.com acquires a "complementary" rival for US$133.7 million. [Wired News]   Bianca Finds New Sugar Daddy - The online publisher of "literate smut" site Nerve agrees to buy the parent company of Bianca's Smut Shack, an online pioneer and still-popular community site. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]   Bidders High on Drugs.com? - It's one of the last easily identifiable domains left on the Web. But is Drugs.com worth a US$1 million haul, or is the seller just tripping? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Bidding in Beijing - One of China's leading Web sites is about to enter the online auction world after discovering its users are wild about e-commerce. [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 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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