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Netscape, AOL Fire 850
- America Online's buyout of the troubled software company Netscape Communications causes a rain of pink slips at both companies. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
Netted by the Debt Collector
- Skipped out on a bad debt in the Bay Area? Bad idea. Robert Young and his army of high-tech debt collectors have the tools to track you down and make you pay. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
Network Solutions Flourishes
- The domain-name registrar makes hay in the waning days of its monopoly, handing out a record 621,000 new Net names in the fourth quarter and doubling its profit. [Wired News]
Network Solutions Soars
- Network Solutions, the domain-name kingmaker, announces a stock split and a secondary offering. Its shares jump as a result. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
New HP Does E-Commerce
- Hewlett-Packard says it will launch an Internet site with Ariba, the start-up that connects buyers and suppliers. Says one analyst: "This is not the sort of thing HP would ever have considered doing a couple of years ago." [Wired News]
New Microsoft Heir Arrives
- Rory John Gates checks in at 8 pounds, 12 ounces. Also: Rolling Stone to offer MP3s of unsigned bands.... Datek scores big cash infusion.... IBM reorganizes sales effort.... And more. [Wired News]
New Neighbors on the Street
- Electronic communications networks, the fast-growing competitors to traditional stock brokerages and exchanges, angle for full-fledged exchange status and a piece of the NYSE pie. [Wired News]
New Options for Options?
- Silicon Valley companies are finding that their options for compensating -- and keeping -- valuable employees are getting fewer and fewer. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
New Record for Online Trading
- Online brokerages stocks surge on news of the historic first quarter. A new report says one in seven trades takes place on the Net. [Wired News]
New Sheriff in Town
- Barry Diller, head honcho of USA Networks, is on a rampage. He's going to make the Internet safe -- and profitable -- for business. Paul Beddoe-Stephens reports from New York. [Wired News]
New Ticket to Local Markets
- Denver gets a new city guide, courtesy of Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch. It's the first new site designed from the ground up by the merged company. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
New Web Hazard: Page-Jacking
- When does typing "Kosovo news" into a search engine get you a slew of lewd images? When the site has been page-jacked, according to the Federal Trade Commission, as it moves to collar the perpetrators. [Wired News]
New Year's Rally Collapses
- After opening strong, Wall Street goes into a tailspin on the first trading day of the year as investors shrug off the arrival of a new European currency. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]
New York Times Buys Abuzz
- The publisher snaps up a software company specializing in online community sites in a move to bulk up its online presence. Also: National Semiconductor unveils a "PC-on-a-chip"... Amazon.com suffers a half-hour shutdown. [Wired News]
Nielsen Comes to the Net
- The TV ratings monopolist shifts its weight to the Web, hoping to become the gold standard for Web audience measurement. Good luck, say analysts. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
No Power, No Missile Test
- The latest US Star Wars scheme runs into more problems when an electricity failure scrubs another test. Also: Swiss turn over alleged IBM bribe money.... Office 2000 faces Y2K problem.... Microsoft gives Inprise a US$125 million boost.... Britain guards against Y2K panic.... And more. [Wired News]
No World Order for E-Commerce
- Theoretically, you can buy just about anything on the Net from just about anywhere. But that doesn't necessarily mean delivery is a foregone conclusion. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
No-More-Embarrassment.com
- Would you want to be seen walking out of an adult toy shop? Probably not. That's why Malcolm Day thinks his online retailer, AdultShop.com, could become a global brand. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
Nortel Sells Plants Worldwide
- Nortel sells off plants in Europe, Canada, and the United States in a move expected to affect 4,000 workers. The restructuring could save the company US$300 million per year. [Wired News]
Not Bad, Covad
- Shares of the DSL access provider more than double on the first day of trading, a respectable performance for an IPO these days. [Wired News]
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