Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Citysearch CEO Touts Lycos Deal - OK, maybe the three-way merger between USA Networks, Lycos, and Ticketmaster won't have the cachet of a pure Internet company, says a key exec. But the combination will make a lot of e-commerce hay. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   CmdrTaco on Slashdot Sale - The co-founder and lead geek at Slashdot.org talks about selling the business to Andover.net. But he's reluctant to say exactly how much the sale brought in. Interview by Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Comcast Goes Portal - The cable-TV operator unveils a site for fat pipes, hoping to catch a piece of the burgeoning market for broadband Internet services. Competitors shrug. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Comcast Seeks MS, AOL Backing - It could become one of the biggest corporate skirmishes yet. Comcast may ask Microsoft and AOL for financial help in its bid to thwart AT T and buy MediaOne. The prize: a national broadband network into US homes. [Wired News]   Comcast's Consolation Prize - The No. 4 cable provider backs away from its bid for MediaOne, ceding victory to AT T. A hefty breakup fee, plus 2 million cable subscribers soften the blow. [Wired News]   Coming Soon: Transmeta's Plans - Silicon Valley's most secretive startup may soon spill the beans on what it's been up to, possibly at the November Comdex, says Linus Torvalds. [Wired News]   Commerce One's Stunning Debut - Commerce One posts one of the most impressive IPOs of the year with a 353 percent gain. All the buzz words surrounding it sure helped, particularly "e-commerce" and "business-to-business." [Wired News]   Commercial Ikonos in the Sky - Its first attempt to send a commercial, high-res image-capturing satellite literally crashed and burned. On Friday, Ikonos II is scheduled for launch. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   CompUSA Slashes Sales Force - The nation's No. 1 computer retailer cuts 1,800 sales jobs and announces plans to expand its Web presence after a bruising fourth quarter. [Wired News]   Compaq Bites the Bullet - New chief Ben Rosen calls US$281 million profit on $9.4 billion revenues unacceptable. Also: Borders CEO resigns.... Sprint PCS hands Lucent another huge contract.... And more. [Wired News]   Compaq Buys Zip2 - The PC maker buys the online-publishing software vendor to beef up AltaVista. Also: Drugstore.com lands on AOL, Excite.... ETrade to sell own mutual funds.... And more. [Wired News]   Compaq Closes Plants, Cuts Jobs - The largest US computer maker shuts down a New Hampshire manufacturing site. Also: Xerox and Microsoft in pact.... Ticketmaster ties the knot with Match.com.... MiningCo.com changes its name to About.com.... CNET jumps into online auctions. [Wired News]   Compaq Execs Abandon Ship - A stunning weekend announcement from the world's No. 1 computer maker: Its CEO has resigned and so has the company's chief financial officer. [Wired News]   Compaq Goes Shopping.com - The struggling retailing site will be acquired by Compaq Computer, which needs to beef up its AltaVista search engine to catch up with Yahoo. [Wired News]   Compaq Halts Online Sales - Internet sales are threatening the PC giant's deals with brick-and-mortar retailers. So Compaq pulls temporarily pulls the plug. [Wired News]   Compaq Hammered on Outlook - Shares of the biggest PC company plunge after analysts predict slowing sales in coming quarters. Other tech stocks follow. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Compaq Promises Better Days - At the annual shareholders' meeting in Houston, Compaq's embattled chairman asks investors for patience while the computer maker gets its act together. But shareholders call for blood. [Wired News]   Compaq Roars Ahead - With its Digital acquisition beginning to take hold, the PC juggernaut easily tops Wall Street earnings forecasts. Also: Wireless, data power Bell Atlantic.... And Broadcom beats the Street by 44 percent. [Wired News]   Compaq Spinning Off AltaVista - The giant computer maker forms the AltaVista Company, aiming to take public the search engine, which is now planning to morph into a portal. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Compaq Stock Pummeled - Shares of the computer maker take a nosedive after the company warns of an earnings shortfall and analysts lower performance expectations. [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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