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The Day Ahead: Can Pets.com's sock puppet save its stock

...Street isn't interested and the competition is intense? If you're Pets.com, you make use of your best asset -- the sock puppet mascot... Read more

6 June, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Pets.com gets put down

Pets.com finally surrendered to the inevitable Tuesday when it announced that it... Read more

8 November, 2000 by Larry Barrett

The Day Ahead: Silver lining amid dot-com demise

...Band-Aid financing" moves is now accelerating. Although it's a shame Pets.com's sock puppet is homeless, few folks seeing the big picture... Read more

10 November, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: 1Q IPO hits and misses

...online, has crumbled 56 percent since its February offering price of $10. Pets.com had a nifty mascot and a big backer in Amazon.com... Read more

3 April, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: WebMethods serves up hot B2B IPO with XML twist

Get ready for the first new IPO buzzword of the millennium - XML, or eXtensible Markup Language Read more

11 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Net retailing shakeout hits Boo.com

...including Beyond.com and Value America, have announced cutbacks and restructuring moves. Pets.com recently reduced the amount of money it said it expects to... Read more

27 January, 2000 by Margaret Kane

The Net goes guerilla

Internet companies are doing everything they can to stand out from the crowd, including advertising on boxer Evander Holyfield's trunks Read more

29 November, 1999 by Margaret Kane

Pets.com puppet comes back from the dead

...and bust years... A sock puppet which acted as the 'face' of Pets.com has been reincarnated as the mascot of a car loans firm... Read more

18 June, 2002 by Pia Heikkila

Pets.com turns up paws and a blow to MotherNature

...casualties of the dot-com fallout and big job cuts at eBay. Pets.com and MotherNature.com, pet supplies and alternative healthcare products e-tailers... Read more

8 November, 2000 by Deborah Schofield

It's dog eat dog for online pet sellers

The dot-com consolidation continues with Tuesday s announcement that Pets.com will take over the business of Petstore.com. The deal gives... Read more

13 June, 2000 by Margaret Kane

Ellison demands simpler IT systems

At OracleWorld, the chief executive has highlighted complex, incompatible systems as one of the IT industry's worst offences Read more

15 November, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

Microsoft co-founder hits investment slump

...Perkins Caufield & Byers-backed Excite@Home to Hummer Winblad Venture Partners-backed Pets.com. In addition, Allen has continued to bring in money on many... Read more

13 May, 2002 by Dawn Kawamoto

Dot-com Ice Age shows signs of thaw

...by the flameout of high-profile sites such as Webvan, Kozmo and Pets.com. Sites that targeted businesses as customers accounted for 38 percent of... Read more

27 December, 2001 by Sam Ames

Blodget to leave Merrill Lynch

...a share. However, he also took criticism about his stock picks, including Pets.com and eToys, both of which failed before they turned a profit... Read more

15 November, 2001 by CNET

Tech slump has knock-on effect in property market

Firms are either abandoning buildings or struggling to balance high rates with crucial business deals Read more

4 July, 2001 by Troy Wolverton

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...... and PDP11s too

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496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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