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The Day Ahead: Dot-coms search for happy medium
News Last year's orgy of funding is over for dot-coms. Dot-coms weren't worth last year's valuations, but they aren't completely worthless either. If dot-coms continue to get pounded, just remaining listed on the Nasdaq will be a feat.
[October 9, 2000, 12:18]
The Day Ahead: Dot-coms latest survival tactic is relocation
News It's a well-known fact that dot-coms are pinching pennies to survive, but now there's a sure-fire way to boost a company's financial standing. If the dot-coms weren't so foolhardy with their cash last year, they would have saved themselves a lot of...
[August 31, 2000, 11:46]
Dot-coms now closing at one a day
News It might be just more fun for bricks and mortar companies to watch these dot-coms die," one analyst told Webmergers. Conventional wisdom from industry observers has it that the failure of dot-coms is just a superficial distraction from the real...
[November 20, 2000, 10:50]
Dot-coms face a tough 2001
News Ernesto Schmitt, president of online music portal Peoplesound.com, believes that many UK dot-coms will find it difficult to attract investment this year -- in contrast to a year ago. There will be lots of merger and acquisition activity in e...
[January 4, 2001, 8:20]
Dot-coms rely on 'dubious' business information
News Investors have placed a new emphasis on dot-coms presenting a clear path to profit, while a recent study found Internet companies are more likely to hire executives with questionable backgrounds. Compared with mainstream workers, dot-com companies...
[November 6, 2000, 13:38]
The Day Ahead: Dot-coms grow up, chief execs step out
News In most cases, the moves make a lot of sense and show that dot-coms are reaching maturity. Just in the last week, the faces of four dot-coms changed dramatically. Those dot-com chief execs are a savvy bunch.
[July 31, 2000, 12:35]
More UK dot-coms come to the end of the road
News For example Netimperative (www.netimperative.co.uk), one of the earliest UK dot-coms to call in the receivers, has relaunched after restructuring and re-investment, with all of its original staff. Dot-com failures are continuing at an increasing...
[November 23, 2000, 15:25]
More UK dot-coms log off
News Investors have been far more sceptical about handing cash to dot-coms since the downswing in April. Adabra.com, which launched a group-buying service last autumn, has sold its business assets to another UK-based e-commerce startup in the latest...
[July 31, 2000, 12:48]
US dot-coms going bankrupt faster than Europeans
News A comparison study by London based business consultants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found European dot-coms to be a lot more cautious in the spending of their venture capital. Fifty percent of the Internet market capitalisation in Europe came from...
[October 4, 2000, 14:54]
The Day Ahead: 'Band-Aid financing' won't work for some dot-coms
News Those cash strapped dot-coms sure are a resilient bunch -- for now. Instead of going out of business quietly, struggling dot-coms are raising more money in hopes fighting on. In recent weeks, many struggling dot-coms have announced cash infusions.
[May 17, 2000, 11:50]
The Day Ahead: It's hip to be bear on dot-coms
News Heaney, who covers a bunch of dot-coms in the $5 and under club, said some dot-coms focused on specific niches can survive -- if they can weather the current storm. Dot-coms are tainted by daily layoff and closure stories.
[November 27, 2000, 11:50]
Dot-coms see gold in consumer data
News During the dot-com implosion, doubts surfaced about the efficacy of online marketing. Web analytics is becoming a hot niche in a cold Internet advertising market, as a slew of companies launch projects to make sense of consumer data collected online.
[October 25, 2001, 9:46]
Future Net: 'Dot coms' could face revenge of dinosaurs
News To hear them tell it, the "dot com" companies of the world hold all the cards against big business. Those statements may have held up a year ago, and may still ring true in some sectors today, but by and large the Fortune 500 are beginning to roar...
[September 7, 1999, 10:42]
Downturn claims 5,000 dot-coms
News In the three years since the peak of the dot.com frenzy, nearly 5,000 internet companies have either been acquired or shut down in a massive sector consolidation, says a new study of mergers and acquisitions.
[March 17, 2003, 12:45]
Feeling dot-coms' pain... and loving it
News Automobile industry executives gathered here for the 2001 North American International Auto Show say that the "dot-bomb" effect -- battered stock prices, sluggish sales growth, and deteriorating worker morale in the technology sector -- may work...
[January 11, 2001, 12:01]
Dot-coms come under data protection scrutiny
News The Office of the Information Commissioner has launched an investigation into the compliance of British Web sites with the Data Protection Act 1998. With the passing of the deadline, last October, for companies to comply with the Act, the balance...
[January 9, 2002, 13:13]
Cutbacks push dot-coms toward profits
News It was one of the first high-profile dot-coms to fold once advertising started to contract. Daugherty said the company benefited by coming late to the Internet party, having operated just two months during the dot-com "excess life.
[January 9, 2002, 15:03]
Heavy rain knocks out Soho dot-coms
News Some of the UKs top Internet companies could be without phone and Internet connections until next week as heavy rain in the West End and West London Tuesday puts 2,000 phone lines out of action and damages underground cables near Regent Street.
[August 10, 2000, 9:19]
The Day Ahead: Silver lining amid dot-com demise
News Commentary: In the most depressing time for dot-coms, for their investors and their employees, there's a glimmer of hope. The pain was put off for awhile, but the questionable dot-coms are finally folding for good.
[November 10, 2000, 12:09]
Roundup: Dot-com downturn - where do companies go from here?
News It's been a long, hot summer for dot-coms in the US and Europe alike. More UK dot-coms log off Mon, 12th Jun 2000 Is it worth bidding for dot-coms that have gone down the tubes? Thu, 15th Jun 2000 Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are having...
[August 31, 2000, 13:05]
