Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Ellison to US: 'Split Microsoft' - Oracle's Larry Ellison says the United States ought to split the software giant into two identical companies, put the two top execs in charge, and let the chips fall where they may. [Wired News]   Employers Read Workers' Email - Almost half of major US firms monitor employees' phone calls, email, and computer files, according to a survey. The most common form of surveillance: storing and reading office email. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Emusic Inks Yahoo Deal - The online MP3 seller signs a distribution agreement with the biggest Net portal, its second big deal in recent weeks. Also: Sanyo is developing a digital music player. [Wired News]   Endangered Species: Tailgaters - Jaguar rolls out an enhanced form of cruise control that automatically keeps its cars a safe distance from others on the highway. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Equinix Gets Cisco, MS Backing - Equinix, a budding company building a sort of data clearinghouse for other Web-based companies, lands US$12.4 million in investments. Among the investors: Cisco Systems and Microsoft. [Wired News]   Ericsson Aims Higher, Highest - The Swedish mobile-phone maker has plans to surpass Nokia and Motorola, though not this year. The expansion would cost more than 10,000 workers their jobs. [Wired News]   Ericsson to Slash 11,000 Jobs - With the massive cuts, the Swedish phone giant is following in the footsteps of its US rival Motorola. Also: Microsoft eyes two-for-one stock split. [Wired News]   Ericsson, Qualcomm Accord - The Swedish company buys into CDMA, the dominant US wireless technology.... Also: George Lucas helps his alma mater go digital.... Microsoft's Venus faces problems in China.... And millions may lose their network TV. [Wired News]   Eudora on the Block? - Qualcomm ponders changes in its email-client division, including a possible sale. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Euro Telecoms on a Fast Track - Deregulation of the European telecommunications industry is expected to happen quickly, in marked contrast to how it went in the United States. But there are other problems to be surmounted as well. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin, Ireland. [Wired News]   Europe Embracing All Things E - Companies will show their e-commerce wares at the huge CeBIT fair in Hannover, Germany, as online sales appear ready to explode. [Wired News]   Europe Survives Euro Test - There's been hardly a computing hitch since Europeans adopted the new currency. Does the easy transition bode well for Y2K? Not necessarily. Wendy Grossman reports from London. [Wired News]   European Telecoms: Buy, Buy, Buy - France's Alcatel agrees to buy another California Internet company for US$350 million. And Germany's Siemens is expected to spend $US1.7 billion on US data-networking firms. [Wired News]   Everybody's High on Wall Street - The Dow charges ahead, even as most companies see declines and the Fed looks at an interest rate hike. Do the record highs conceal a weak market? [Wired News]   Ex-Centennial CEO on Trial - Emanuel Pinez, jailed since 1997, heads to a Boston courtroom Monday on securities-fraud charges. Meanwhile, the discredited company he founded takes another shot at the stock market. [Wired News]   Ex-Exec Sues iVillage - A former executive sues the Web publisher over his stock options. More importantly, he's threatening to tie up the planned IPO in court. Absurd, says iVillage. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Ex-SGI Chief: Redmond Bound? - Richard Belluzzo will reportedly become a Microsoft honcho, leading the company's Internet operations. Also: AOL launches a free Net access service in Europe, while partner Bertelsmann unloads some AOL stock.... London wants its own Nasdaq.... A rebel tries to bring Net-by-cable service to China.... And more. [Wired News]   Excite Email Down - As many as several million users of Excite Mail, the free email service from Excite@Home, couldn't access messages on Tuesday. The company, which says it has fixed the problem, blames record traffic. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Excite-ment Over Big Pipe Ads - The marriage with At Home could bring a whole new era of Internet infomercials. Andy Halliday, Excite's VP of commerce, looks to the future. Interview by Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Excite@Home: No Yahoo Merger - The company president says Excite has talked to Yahoo -- and others -- about its high-speed network start page, but that's it. Also: Sega reportedly picks AT T for Dreamcast Network.... Telewest, Microsoft expected to do Net via cable in Britain.... 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

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