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posted 12-18-2000 05:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InvestorGuide Daily      Reply w/Quote
Amazon.com dropped 11% today in sympathy with EToys.com which announced last week it would badly miss estimates for the quarter (EToys lost 73% today). The big question is, will Amazon's partnership with ToysRUs.com stave off the Grinch? (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/18/companies/toys/

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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday unanimously approved, with conditions, the proposed $111 billion merger between America Online and Time Warner, the biggest media marriage ever. The real question is, what is this monster going to do? (source: Red Herring) http://redherring.com/industries/2000/1215/ind-merger121500.html


Internet consulting stocks are still in a free fall, and it got worse last week after a massive wave of layoffs. How long will this downturn last? (source: Red Herring) http://www.redherring.com/investor/2000/1211/inv-consulting121100.html

Business 2.0 looks at 10 online retailers who may not make it to the next holiday season. What's in "store" for these companies and what will they do to survive. (source: Business 2.0) http://business2.com/content/channels/ebusiness/2000/12/15/23751

Even in these dark days, there are still believers in B2C e-commerce. The thought is that someone is going to survive, and therefore thrive, in this arena. (source: Red Herring) http://redherring.com/vc/2000/1215/vc-doerr121500.html

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The online advertising business exploded in 1999 when dot-coms spent millions to establish name recognition, but now that the dot-com sector is starting to founder the once lucrative on-line advertising industry may be in for some trouble. (source: Business 2.0) http://business2.com/content/channels/investing/2000/12/08/23511

Eight of the 10 fastest growing retail sites on the Web are run by traditional retailers, according to a report released Friday. The report said that while pure-play e-tailers continue to hold onto the top four spots in its overall ranking, offline retailers gained fast during the traditional holiday shopping season. (source: E-Commerce Times) http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6107.html


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The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday unanimously approved, with conditions, the proposed $111 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., the biggest media marriage ever. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/14/deals/aoltimewarner/

Auction sites are dominating the 2000 online holiday shopping season, according to a report issued by Media Metrix. For the two weeks ended November 26th and December 3rd, Web auction giant eBay averaged 60% more unique daily visitors than the Internet's top retail site Amazon.com, the report said. (source: E-Commerce Times) http://ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/6064.html

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Yahoo has established a new service that will enhance its streaming audio and video Internet broadcasts, bringing it up to speed with Microsoft, which announced similar products only yesterday. (source: MarketWatch) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/archive/20001213/news/current/yhoo.htx

Commissions at web brokerages are falling fast, but the new wave of net investors are willing to pay for full service, a new study says. The study found that the new breed of online investors have more money, are less tech savvy, and are more dependent on financial institutions for direction and support than their predecessors. (source: The Standard) http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,20797,00.html

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Within the next month, a mess of online holiday sales figures will be released, to be scrutinized like tea leaves for signs of the fate of e-commerce. But no matter how those numbers read, 2001 is shaping up as a year where traditional storefront and catalog retailers firmly take control of the online turf from pure-play e-tailers. (source: E-Commerce Times) http://ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/5946.html


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posted 12-11-2000 11:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for InvestorGuide Weekly      Reply w/Quote
A list of the net stocks that have been hit the hardest in the last 52 weeks. (source: VTO Report) http://www.vtoreport.com/other/wasteland.htm

Take an in-depth look at why, despite the recent slow-down, online advertising giant Yahoo has traditional advertisers shaking in their boots. (multiple pages) (source: Forbes) http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2000/1211/6615168a.html

The Net democratized trading and outlets for financial data. Investor education may be next to reach the masses. (source: Business 2.0) http://business2.com/content/channels/investing/2000/12/04/22955

Ameritrade plans to spend $100 million on technology in the next 12 months in an effort to become the top provider of Web brokerage features as well as a destination for cheap online trading. The No. 5 U.S. Internet brokerage, has already spent $100 million over the last 15 months to develop its Web site. (source: Yahoo) http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001205/wr/financial_ameritrade_dc_1.html

Day-trading gained much public attention during the extended bull market of recent history, but now that the run is over, most assume day-trading is dead. Not so; in fact, competent day-traders have little to fear from a bear market. (source: Forbes) http://www.forbes.com/2000/12/06/1206netcents.html

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America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc. have made what they consider their last and best offer to U.S. antitrust enforcers as the two sides near the endgame of their drawn-out negotiations over the companies' proposed merger, according to sources familiar with the matter. (source: Washington Post) http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41011-2000Dec7.html

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- Shares of Ask Jeeves dropped 61 % in trading Friday after the company announced that its CEO is stepping down and warning that it would fall well below fourth-quarter revenue and per-share loss forecasts.

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posted 12-07-2000 05:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InvestorGuide Daily      Reply w/Quote
As if dot-coms needed another headache right now, November saw employees at two Internet-based companies announce their intentions to unionize. Will old-fashioned unions be the next big trend for New Economy worker bees who grow more frustrated with long hours and stock options that have yet to materialize? (source: Business 2.0) http://www.business2.com/content/channels/ebusiness/2000/12/07/23437

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As the FTC nears a decision in its review of AOL's proposed merger with Time Warner, archrival Microsoft is behind the scenes, endeavoring to convince federal regulators to block the deal. The main source of contention remains competitors' access to the combined company's high-speed cable lines. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/498902.asp

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Online retailers are expected to drum up more than $11 billion in sales this holiday season, double what they made a year ago. Surprisingly, much of this growth may be coming from recent movements to the Web by small, "Mom & Pop" retailers. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/04/companies/mompop/

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Another sign that tech stocks have fallen dramatically: value funds are starting to scoop up them up. Value funds, which typically buy cheap stocks of companies with consistent if unremarkable growth, are starting to see bargains in the tech sector. Find out which tech stocks are thought now to be underpriced. (source: theStreet) http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/funds/fundjunkie/1191116.html

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Online shopping appears to be running about 40 percent ahead of what it was last year and gaining momentum, but the nature of online shopping is changing, with more shoppers turning to traditional retailers, according to recent reports. (source: The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7053-2000Nov30.html


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- An investor group led by Bain Capital agreed Friday to buy a majority stake in Datek Online Holdings, one of the biggest online brokers, and its electronic trading network, Island ECN, for $700 million, and will spin off Island as a separate company.

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posted 11-30-2000 05:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InvestorGuide Daily      Reply w/Quote
Ever since the Internet became a household word in the mid-'90s, businesses and consumers have eagerly anticipated the arrival of the next killer application. Despite some false prospects along the way, many industry analysts and even some large companies such as Intel are willing to bet that the next big thing has finally arrived. Its name? Peer-to-peer networking. (source: RedHerring) http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue86/mag-p2p-86.html

With Net stock averages down 73% from March highs, and many individual issues down 90% or more, it's easy to call a bottom. The more difficult question to answer is: how long will it last? (source: Forbes) http://www.forbes.com/columnists/2000/11/29/1130simons.html

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posted 11-29-2000 05:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for InvestorGuide Daily      Reply w/Quote
As the AOL-Time Warner merger seems to be heading into its final stages, the new challenge is determining how to value the "new" AOL. (source: Upside) http://upside.com/Money/3a2407573cd.html

As the Nasdaq tumbles and the dot-com world falls apart, CEOs at "Old Economy" companies claim to be going forward with plans to use the internet to transform the way they do business. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/495832.asp

In Brief:
- As if he needed more bad news, Priceline.com founder Jay Walker is now being investigated for employment violations. The investigation stems from layoffs at Walker Digital, Walker's struggling incubator, where terminated employees were not given proper notice or severance pay.

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