Bogus Report Boosts Internet Stock
News As the Internet and message boards become more routine, people are being a little bit more cautious," said Marthe laRosiliere, associate general counsel of The Motley Fool, an online investing site. Companies who offer online investors' forums say...
[April 8, 1999, 9:09]
Customers Mourn Loss Of Dell Community Forum
News Dell's customers are lamenting the company shutting down the Customer Care message boards that have long been part of its Dell Community Forum, with some wondering about Dell's service commitment. The moderated message boards, which allowed Dell...
[July 14, 2005, 9:10]
Sucks.com Owner Wins Domain-name Case
News Although only a handful of companies have tried to usurp ownership of "sucks" sites, dispute resolution boards have sided with trademark holders in nearly all of those cases. A message board operator and pornographer who's registered hundreds of...
[June 20, 2001, 9:20]
Craft.com Another Dot-com Dud?
News The change has angered many of the company's subscribers, judging by the company's message boards. with the message "Don't shop at Craft.com". A new list of possibly sick dot-coms was published today by Barron's, which hired Pegasus Research...
[June 20, 2000, 9:33]
Dell Profits Slip Off Target
News Shortly after that, Dell began publicly talking about its strategy for its higher-priced XPS brand, a luxury line of computers that come with the highest upgrades of processors, hard drives and graphics boards available.
[November 1, 2005, 12:10]
Merrill Lynch Bans Web-based Email
News The policy will also affect access to outside message boards, chat rooms and forums, and any access to accounts from Internet service providers. The move by Merrill Lynch is not unprecedented; other major corporations, especially those in financial...
[August 11, 2003, 15:50]
HP Looks Good, But Could Attract Worrywarts
News Always a hot topic on the message boards, investors want a stock split for HP. Wayman, HP's financial chief, said sales of servers, notebooks and PCs were all strong. Here comes the big HP exhale. HP reported third quarter operating earnings of 85...
[August 17, 1999, 12:57]
Lycos Lays Off Fifth Of Staff
News This month, it closed its collection of community sites, including chat, message boards and clubs, in an effort to refocus its business. Sources inside the company said many members of its US ad sales team were laid off on Monday, along with the...
[February 12, 2004, 15:20]
The Day Ahead: Corel Tries Out New Buzzwords
News Like clockwork, investors hit the message boards talking about Corel's WAP strategy and other big plans. Of course, financial projections never mattered much to Corel anyway. Corel fumbled yet another quarter, but somehow still manages to string...
[March 21, 2000, 11:50]
Anonymous User Sues Yahoo! Over Anonymity
News Companies have subpoenaed message board sites like Yahoo! in attempts to find out the identities of users who post false or misleading information or information critical of their firms. The suit against Yahoo!
[May 11, 2000, 14:48]
