Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Healtheon Makes First Big Buy - Healtheon uses some of its high-flying stock as currency to buy a rival, MEDE America. The acquisition will beef up Healtheon's reach into doctors' offices. [Wired News]   Healtheon as Lazarus - Three months ago, Healtheon's IPO was dead. Today, it has arisen, revived by the manic market for Net stocks. But if it hopes to sell, it better move fast. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Healtheon's Healthy Debut - On its second try at an IPO, the software company scores big. Investors salivate over its prospects in wiring the US$1 trillion health-care industry. Oh yeah, and it's a Jim Clark shop. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Healtheon, WebMD Deal Set? - Health-care sites have reportedly agreed to join forces, with Microsoft and Excite among the deal's investors. Also: Valley says worker shortage costs US$3 billion a year.... KB Toys boosts Web presence.... Hot Net cools biotech investment.... And more. [Wired News]   Healtheon, WebMD Will Merge - After lengthy negotiations, the health-care technology companies agree to merge in a transaction worth about US$5.5 billion. Microsoft will own a big part of the new company. [Wired News]   Hearst Buys SF Gate, Chronicle - Ending years of speculation in the Bay Area, the Hearst Corporation -- owner of the afternoon San Francisco Examiner -- will buy the morning Chronicle and its Web site. Is San Francisco on the verge of becoming a one-newspaper town? [Wired News]   Here Come the New Dot-Coms - Uncertain forecast or no, a raft of Net companies aim to test the choppy waters of the IPO market next week. A few of them will sail, but most will tread water or sink, analysts say. [Wired News]   Here Comes the Netmobile - GM says it will start testing a Net-connected car this fall. What a fabulous new way for advertisers to reach you, execs gush. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Here's the Deal with Priceline - Can you really "name your price" for airline tickets at Priceline? Sure, but don't expect to get a ticket with a lowball offer. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Here's to the Crazy Ads - As soon as a company launches an ad campaign, spoofers are on the case. The parodies have always spread quickly on the Web, and spoofers say we ain't seen nothing yet. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   Hewlett-Packard Splitting Up - The legendary Silicon Valley firm, which has struggled of late, will split into two publicly traded companies. CEO Lewis Platt will step down. [Wired News]   Hey Expedia, Move Over - Preview Travel is joining up with Travelocity to be the No. 1 travel agent on the Internet, surpassing Expedia. [Wired News]   Hey, Where Is Everyone? - Wall Street goes virtually nowhere as investors stick to the sidelines. The situation in Yugoslavia, plus an upcoming Fed meeting, hold stocks in check. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   High Bandwidth Bureaucracy - Telecommunications companies have dug up the same stretch of road three times in the last three months to install high-speed fiber-optic cables. Is this any way to run an information revolution? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   High Finance, High Intrigue - The story of a Morgan Stanley worker fired for allegedly conspiring to break into the company's computers takes another turn. The securities firm suspends two employees following payoff allegations. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   High Prices Unsettle Investors - Wall Street takes a tumble as traders high-tail it from any stock with a lofty valuation. And word of Lycos' buyout draws a chilly response. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Hiring Crunch Hits Old Guard - They watched their employees jump ship for startups, and now established companies are trying to get them back. It's not so easy. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Hot Deals for a New Millennium - Y2K jerky. Y2K yo-yos. Y2Kia Cars. The US Patent Office registers hundreds of new ideas for turning a buck when the clock strikes 2000. [Wired News]   Hot Desert Sand, Ricochet Modem - Three Canadians are preparing to traverse one of the world's most forbidding deserts, armed with camels, water, and lots of digital gear. [Wired News]   Hot IPOs Are Flaming Out - Want to get in on an exciting Net company the first day it hits the market? Bad idea. Most new Net stocks are trading far below their IPO highs. By Craig Bicknell. [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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