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Amazon's Galli jumps ship for VerticalNet

...operating officer Joe Galli has resigned from the online retailer to join VerticalNet as its new chief executive officer In a prepared release, Amazon.com... Read more

26 July, 2000 by Larry Barrett

VerticalNet, BT and ICG form £140m venture

British Telecom (quote: BT.A)said Tuesday the joint venture with VerticalNet and Internet Capital Group will set up Internet business communities across Europe... Read more

1 February, 2000 by Tiffany Kary

The Day Ahead: Mulling Amazon's sales, VerticalNet questions

...Amazon's preannouncement. Don't leave your healthy scepticism at home -- ever. VerticalNet investors are learning that lesson after Joseph Galli left as chief executive... Read more

9 January, 2001 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: You'll have a cow over this B2B IPO

...and transaction services." Sounds good so far, especially given the performance of VerticalNet, CommerceOne, FreeMarkets and others. But eMerge deals in cattle. Yes, cattle. How... Read more

2 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

Commerce One lays off 400

...E-marketplaces never materialised the way companies like Commerce One, Ariba and VerticalNet had predicted. PurchasePro, another e-marketplace evangelist, filed for bankruptcy protection last... Read more

7 October, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

The Day Ahead: Prime time for PurchasePro.com

...business-to-business obscurity while players such as Ariba, Commerce One and VerticalNet hog the spotlight. But that situation may change in the next few... Read more

5 September, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: B2B companies should deliver strong quarters

...batch of business-to-business upside surprises. Commerce One, FreeMarkets, PurchasePro.com, VerticalNet are all expected to post strong results. With the worst of the... Read more

11 July, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The great B2B shootout

IBM, Sun, Oracle and dozens of other companies are all gunning to become the back-end platform provider of choice Read more

17 May, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

The Day Ahead: Why some consortia B2B exchanges won't work

...for now. That's why shares of B2B incubator Internet Capital Group, VerticalNet, CommerceOne, FreeMarkets, Ariba and a host of others have come down from... Read more

15 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Tech volatility clamps down on buzzword abuse

How do you know when the euphoria has officially left the tech sector? The buzzword abuse declines dramatically Read more

5 May, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Amazon.com's march to profits still hazy

Amazon cleared every hurdle it had to in the first quarter, but if you were trying to guess when the e-tailer will be profitable keep on guessing Read more

27 April, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Dump those tech shares, make a trader's day

...are also in the doghouse. However, companies like Commerce One, Ariba and VerticalNet have good prospects. If they don't do it for you, go... Read more

17 April, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Everybody wants to be B2B

...B2B) news shows, companies will do anything to run with shares of VerticalNet and Commerce One -- even one of those Baby Bells is singing the... Read more

23 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

THE DAY AHEAD: About.com gets B2B religion

...is hoping to use its platform to aggregate industry content and rival VerticalNet. The company recently posted better than expected fourth quarter earnings as revenue... Read more

14 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

The Day Ahead: Sizing up the Internet incubators

...e-commerce partner companies, ICG is a player. It owns stakes in VerticalNet, Breakaway Solutions and US Interactive. Also profited when MatchLogic sold out to... Read more

7 February, 2000 by Larry Dignan

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