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QXL.com reveals floatation details
News British online auction site QXL.com said Monday it hopes to raise up to £70m through its planned dual flotation on London's Stock Exchange and New York's tech-oriented Nasdaq market. And QXL's planned offering price is far below market expectations.
[September 21, 1999, 11:22]
Startup Spotlight: QXL.com
News The US has its eBay, one of the biggest e-commerce sites around, and the UK's equivalent is QXL.com (QXL: quote ). QXL therefore allows people to experience the process of auctioning through a computer interface, which effectively depersonalises...
[November 17, 1999, 17:36]
The Day Ahead: Is QXL.com really the next eBay?
News The surge of UK-based auction house QXL.com raised quite a ruckus after an analyst gave the stock a lofty price target and compared the company to a young eBay. Bock reckons that QXL.com is a young eBay with a first mover advantage.
[April 7, 2000, 12:54]
QXL to launch NSPCC charity auction
News Online auctions are turning out to be great places to find bargains, and next week one of the biggest auctions ever staged in the UK will take place on qxl.com, with all proceeds to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
[September 10, 1999, 11:44]
UK Net startups not scared by Freeserve plummet
News QXL.com, the European online trading company has in fact gone ahead and defiantly published its the share price range for its initial public offering today. A QXL spokesman says that it's time the stock exchange woke up to the less-than-subtle...
[September 21, 1999, 16:17]
A Year Ago: UK Net startups not scared by Freeserve plummet
News QXL.com, the European online trading company has in fact gone ahead and defiantly published its the share price range for its initial public offering today. A QXL spokesman says that it's time the stock exchange woke up to the less-than-subtle...
[September 21, 2000, 7:02]
QXL shuts down auction scam on UK site
News QXL has taken steps to shut down a scam operated by one of its members that included the sale of a 100-year-old deep sea diving suit on its UK site. The eBay seller was contacted and he confirmed the QXL sale was nothing to do with him and that his...
[June 20, 2003, 11:24]
Roundup: Dot-com downturn - where do companies go from here?
News QXL gets a cut-price ricardo Fri, 18th Aug 2000 QXL in a position to fight eBay in Europe as ricardo takeover is finally agreed Lastminute.com shares drop Mon, 31st Jul 2000 Adabra.com sells assets to another startup, while Clickmango quietly bows out
[August 31, 2000, 13:05]
Net stock depression threatens UK flotations
News Among those reported to be lining up for IPO's are Lastminute.com and QXL, the online auctioneer. QXL has secured $30 million in venture capital funding, primarily from luxury goods giant Group Arnault, for expansion, marketing and R&D.
[August 11, 1999, 16:11]
Market mayhem: Tech stocks on a rollercoaster
News Is QXL.com really the next eBay? Shares of QXL.com went bonkers because an analyst compared the UK-based online auctioneer to a young eBay. But QXL.com is a long shot to become the next eBay. Broker tip triples QXL share price -- What Internet bubble?
[April 7, 2000, 14:28]
News Burst: QXL revises terms of ricardo.de merger
News QXL.com has reached an agreement to merge with German online auctions firm ricardo.de, after facing down a host of difficulties. If completed, the merger will create one of Europe's largest e-commerce sites and help bolster QXL against imminent...
[August 18, 2000, 10:26]
Tech shares end summer doldrums
News Auction site QXL.com (quote: QXL) was up 8.75p, or 17.2 percent, to close at 59.75p. On Tuesday, European group buying Web site Letsbuyit.com said it would lay off 80 employees, 20 percent of its workforce, to reduce annual spending by 15m euros.
[September 4, 2000, 8:57]
Nasdaq drop slams UK markets - again
News Among Internet bellwethers Freeserve (quote: FRE) sank 24 to 408p, Lastminute.com was down 8.5p to 195, and QXL.com (quote: QXL) lost 83 points to 400p. The FTSE 100 and FTSE techMARK indices dropped precipitously in morning trading Tuesday...
[April 11, 2000, 10:30]
UK tech stocks take a hammering
News Auction site QXL.com (quote: QXL) was down 38 to 912p, while travel specialist lastminute.com (quote: LMC), which many see as the epitome of the Internet bubble economy, was down 27 to about 195p amid reports that refund cheques sent to investors...
[April 4, 2000, 14:26]
Auction site QXL going, going, gone
News Auction site and would-be eBay competitor QXL.co.uk is to close its virtual doors at the end of May. We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who joined the QXL auction community during the previous 10 years, and thank you for your...
[May 7, 2008, 12:26]
UK markets hold steady
News Internet auction site QXL.com (quote: QXL) lost 51 points to close at 237p. Bellwether e-commerce site lastminute.com declined 5.5 to 152p -- still, however, above its IPO price. UK markets avoided the all-out bloodbath some had feared Monday, with...
[April 17, 2000, 16:01]
Rate worries pound FTSE, Nasdaq, Dow
News Technology stocks were responsible for most of the damage, with QXL.com (quote: QXL), Psion (quote: PON), Scoot.com (quote: SCO) and Fibernet all falling over seven percent. Excite@Home lopped off 3 1/8 to 40 3/8 while Amazon.com and eBay dropped 7...
[January 5, 2000, 9:46]
UK markets: Another grey day
News E-commerce companies saw little enthusiasm during the day, with QXL.com (quote: QXL) down 11 to 226p. It's expected that investors will leave behind their mania for everything ending in ".com" and refocus on what traditionally makes a business...
[April 18, 2000, 9:54]
News Burst: QXL in AOL Germany pact
News QXL.com (QXL: quote ) shares climbed 17 percent Tuesday after the company announced an agreement with AOL Germany, which could give it access to more than one million AOL users there. QXL is one of the UK's pioneering public Internet companies...
[November 10, 1999, 9:39]
Ministry of Sound DAP jukebox hits QXL for charity
News One of only four specially designed Creative 20GB DAP Jukeboxes is being auctioned on QXL.com for charity. The jukebox, which comes with Ministry of Sound albums dating from 1993 to the present, and carries a Ministry of Sound design, had reached...
[December 7, 2001, 15:34]
