Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Business New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Advertisers Want Their ITV - Advertisers have a new medium on which to mark their territory -- interactive television. A report predicts ITV will be a US$20 billion industry by 2004. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]   After the Fall, a Rebound - Tech and Internet stocks are warily returning to life following Wall Street's bloodbath a day before. Will it last? Don't hold your breath. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   After-Hours Trading Takes Shape - Wall Street will offer some kind of after-hours trading to individual investors this summer. But a lot of work remains to be done. [Wired News]   AirTouch's Magic Touch - The once-unassuming firm is now one of the most successful wireless phone companies anywhere. That's why there's an international bidding war brewing. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Airtouch Bidding War Escalates - MCI has steered clear of wireless in the past, but reportedly it's set to join Vodaphone and Bell Atlantic in pursuit of the industry leader. And others may join the fray. [Wired News]   Al Says Nothing, Shares Rise - Fed Chair Alan Greenspan appeared before the Senate Wednesday and said -- nothing. Nothing new, anyway, and that's exactly what the Net stock market wanted to hear. [Wired News]   Al Speaks, Tech Stocks Plunge - The Fed chief did have some cheerful things to say about the economy. But investors can't get past two words regarding inflation: "upside risk." The Nasdaq leads the market lower. By David Lazarus. [Wired News]   Alaska ISPs Claim Telco Snow Job - The Last Frontier's Net service providers are battling a telco that is offering free access and owns the link to the Lower 48. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Alcatel Cuts Jobs, Shares Rise - The French telecom equipment maker says it will cut 12,000 jobs in the next two years. Investors like the news. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]   Allaire Flies Sky High - Shares of the Web-software company shoot up over 100 percent on the first day of trading. True to Net-stock form, it has yet to see a profit. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]   Allen Boosts Cable Holdings - Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen adds a US$3.6 billion cable purchase to his tech portfolio. The purchase of Falcon Communications will make Allen's Charter Communications -- already the No. 4 US cable company -- even bigger. [Wired News]   Allen Buys Another Cable Shop - Paul Allen takes another step towards becoming master of his own "wired world" with the US$3.1 billion acquisition of Bresnan Communications, a Midwest cable operator. [Wired News]   AltaVista Hazy on Sold Searches - Some AltaVista search results will be soon be generated by money, and some by machine. The ad agency says we'll be able to spot the difference. Critics aren't so sure. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   AltaVista Joins Free ISP Brigade - Search engine becomes first in US to offer no-fee Internet access, but for a price: if you close the banner ad on your desktop, goodbye connection. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]   AltaVista Nixes Paid Search - The search engine revokes its controversial practice of selling top-placed results to the highest bidder. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   AltaVista Offers Free Net Access - The search engine takes the leap into the free ISP business and adopts the ad-supported model. The move could send shivers up the spines of America Online and Yahoo. [Wired News]   Amazon Admits Paid Placements - The online bookseller says it will disclose which books pay for prime real estate on its site. The decision comes after reports it accepted money to feature certain titles. [Wired News]   Amazon Aims at Toddler Set - The online bookseller expands further, adding stores for toys and consumer electronic products. Also: DoubleClick agrees to buy NetGravity for US$530 million.... And more. [Wired News]   Amazon Buys LiveBid.com - Moving to beef up its auction unit, Amazon.com said it will acquire LiveBid.com, the site that hosted live bidding on O.J. Simpson memorabilia, among other things. [Wired News]   Amazon Buys into Drugstore.com - People have hailed the start-up as the nascent Amazon of online pharmacies. The bookseller will help make it happen. 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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