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Wife 'hired a hitman' to kill Scoot.com CEO

The ex-wife of Jon Molyneux, the former chief executive of Scoot.com, has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband... Read more

23 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

BT to snap up Scoot for a snip

BT announced on Thursday that it has offered to take over Scoot.com for £8m -- some 0.3 percent of the Internet directory service... Read more

27 June, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

A Year Ago: Scoot.com sees bright future with Vivendi

Company gets increased investment, projects subscriber jumps Information provider Scoot.com (quote: SCO) says it will be able to substantially boost subscriber... Read more

18 January, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Scoot.com denies takeover rumours

UK online directory service Scoot.com has denied it is in takeover talks with France's Vivendi... Read more

6 September, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Scoot.com sees bright future with Vivendi

Information provider Scoot.com (quote: SCO) says it will be able to substantially boost subscriber... Read more

18 January, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

News Burst: Scoot, TheStreet.co.uk face financial turbulence

Scoot.com and TheStreet.co.uk are the latest to suffer from the... Read more

16 November, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Scoot to make profits next year

Scoot.com shares got a boost Friday after the company announced it will... Read more

1 September, 2000 by Matthew Broersma

Scoot.com Q4 profits down

Fourth quarter profits for Scoot.com were boosted by the company's acquisition of classified ads magazine... Read more

16 November, 2000 by Chris Holbrook

Wife 'hired hitman' to kill Scoot.com CEO

...awry The ex-wife of Jon Molyneux, the former chief executive of Scoot.com, has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband... Read more

24 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Scoot.com sacrifices Loot to keep afloat

If ever an acquisition was an error of judgement... Scoot.com has confirmed that DMG Niche Publications is to buy its free... Read more

17 August, 2001 by Deborah Schofield

Scoot.com has one month to live

Oh for a cash injection... UK online directory firm Scoot.com has admitted it has only a month to live unless it... Read more

27 July, 2001 by Aled Herbert

Stockwatch Daily: FTSE upbeat despite market turbulence

Today's losers: scoot.com JDS Uniphase and HP... Poor quarterly results and job cut announcements... Read more

27 July, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

Stockwatch Daily: Telecom stocks in demand as resurgence continues

...per cent with Telewest Communications and BT among the biggest gainers, while Scoot.com gained on the Techmark index. France Telecom gained on the CAC... Read more

10 January, 2001 by Sonya Rabbitte

BT unveils multimedia directory plans

...year for over £2bn. The telco subsequently bought the UK assets of Scoot.com for £8m in June. According to BT, the acquisition of Scoot... Read more

6 August, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

What that £10k is worth now

The fall and fall of tech stocks has been one of the most noticeable trends of the year - what would your money be worth now if you'd invested at the dot-com peak? Read more

31 December, 2001 by Matt Loney

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