Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Buy.com Dumps Appeasement Policy - A typo on the computer-equipment commerce site brought customers running. But the company says it won't honor the posted price. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Buy.com Faces Class-Action Suit - Customers are irked that the online superstore keeps charging them, then canceling the orders. One lawsuit has been filed, and others may be in the works. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Buy.com Rolls with the Punches - Even as the discount online retailer plans to go public, a spate of bad publicity is threatening to undermine the company's best-laid plans. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Buy.com's Price-Slashing Plan - Buy.com is willing to sell at a loss to be the Net's biggest superstore. It snagged an exec from the world's biggest wholesaler to make it happen. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Buying Countries Online - Seattle entrepreneur Gregory Paley kicked up his heels when Wall Street blessed China.com. And he's got 16 similar sites waiting in the wings. By Debbi Gardiner. [Wired News]   Bye-bye Buyouts? - Silicon Valley is enraged over an esoteric accounting rule. At stake is how companies record the financial effects of billion-dollar acquisitions. By Eileen Buckley. [Wired News]   C&W, IBM Team Up for Speed - Cable Wireless aims for smaller businesses with fast, always-on Net service. Also: Qwest becomes an applications service provider, with help from HP and SAP.... Is USA giving up on its Lycos bid? ... Zagat restaurant surveys hit the Web.... And more. [Wired News]   CA Buys Platinum Tech - Computer Associates' acquisition of Platinum Technology is one of the biggest in the software industry. It will put more pressure on rivals like Oracle and Microsoft. [Wired News]   CBS Invests in Medscape - CBS will buy 35 percent of Medscape and help launch a new consumer health information site. Medscape says it's more than just another CBS.com deal. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]   CBS: Another IPO? - Marketwatch.com's amazing initial public offering whetted the monetary appetite of CBS. Hoping to make the most of Net stock frenzy, the company may spin off the rest of its Net assets for an IPO. [Wired News]   CDNow to Enter Amazon's Jungle? - Amazon.com may soon have another competitor in the online book business -- CDNow. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   CDNow, Columbia House to Merge - The online retailer and the granddaddy of direct music marketing will combine and create a new e-commerce site. Sony and Time Warner will also have a big piece of the venture. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   CDNow: Now Is the Time - The online music seller brings N2K into the fold. But investors still want answers to several questions. Like, how can it compete with Amazon? [Wired News]   CE Fair: Germany Going Gaga - Berlin's international consumer electronics expo started in the first days of radio, but now it's introducing the Continent to new media. Steve Kettmann reports from Germany. [Wired News]   CEO Schmoozefest on E-Commerce - At Microsoft's CEO Summit execs talk power and speed. Martha Stewart and Ford are just two companies eager to jump on the bandwidth bandwagon. Chris Stamper reports from Redmond, Washington. [Wired News]   CEO of Troubled Iridium Quits - The struggling satellite phone company's chief executive is stepping down, effective immediately. [Wired News]   CIH Virus Culprit Pegged? - An engineering college in Taiwan says a former student named Chen Ing-hau wrote the hard-drive-eating bug.... UK's United News & Media buys tech publisher CMP.... AOL, hungry for audio content, may be pursuing Chancellor Media. [Wired News]   CMGI to Buy AltaVista - It's official: CMGI will buy most of AltaVista from Compaq Computer for US$2.3 billion in stock. The goal is to beef up CMGI's clout on the Web. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   CMGI: Suitors Coming for Lycos - Since announcing it would not support the USA Networks bid for Lycos, CMGI has been shopping for other suitors. It's found some, says a CMGI managing director. [Wired News]   CNET Begins $100 Million Pitch - It's one of the Internet's biggest advertising campaigns ever, and will include everything from billboards to television spots. Also: Health sites buy medical news service.... Starbucks outlines Net plans.... No midnight Phantom in UK.... Lycos closes Wired Digital buy.... And more. [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

About   Help   Content Filter   Terms   Privacy Policy © 2026 whatUseek