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Scoot.com Denies Takeover Rumours
News UK online directory service Scoot.com has denied it is in takeover talks with France's Vivendi, throwing cold water on a rumour that has contributed to a surge in dot-com shares this week. After first refusing to comment on the takeover report...
[September 6, 2000, 7:50]
A Year Ago: Scoot.com Sees Bright Future With Vivendi
News Information provider Scoot.com (quote: SCO) says it will be able to substantially boost subscriber figures after France's Vivendi promised to increase its investment. Scoot, which provides listings via mobile phones, Web sites and other media...
[January 18, 2001, 6:02]
Scoot.com Sees Bright Future With Vivendi
News Information provider Scoot.com (quote: SCO) says it will be able to substantially boost subscriber figures after France's Vivendi promised to increase its investment. Scoot, which provides listings via mobile phones, Web sites and other media...
[January 18, 2000, 12:39]
Wife 'hired A Hitman' To Kill Scoot.com CEO
News The ex-wife of Jon Molyneux, the former chief executive of Scoot.com, has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill her husband for his life insurance money, the Old Bailey heard on Monday. The case adds to Scoot.com's afflictions, the embattled...
[September 23, 2002, 15:56]
BT To Snap Up Scoot For A Snip
News BT announced on Thursday that it has offered to take over Scoot.com for £8m -- some 0.3 percent of the Internet directory service's value at the peak of the dot-com boom. Scoot -- which once had the financial muscle to buy the advertising newspaper...
[June 27, 2002, 16:05]
Scoot To Make Profits Next Year
News Scoot.com shares got a boost Friday after the company announced it will move into profitability in 2001, a year earlier than expected. Scoot used most of the funds to buy classifieds service Loot.com and will use as working capital and for...
[September 1, 2000, 14:00]
New Vivendi Buyout Rumours Boost Scoot
News Vivendi already has a 22.4 percent stake in Scoot.com. No one at Scoot.com was immediately available for comment. The Daily Telegraph reported rumours that Vivendi was already in talks to buy the 77.6 percent of Scoot.com which the French firm does...
[January 10, 2001, 10:29]
News Schmooze: Hackers, Slumps And Spies Oh My!
News At the same time Baltimore, the security company, and Scoot.com, the directory service, also got in on the act. Scoot's new chief executive has a novel idea for making money: get rid of two-thirds of your customer base and charge the rest for the...
[July 6, 2001, 17:26]
News Burst: Scoot, TheStreet.co.uk Face Financial Turbulence
News Scoot.com and TheStreet.co.uk are the latest to suffer from the ripple effects of soured investor sentiment. Scoot, the directory and e-commerce site, reported widening losses Thursday related to its acquisition of the UK's biggest classified...
[November 16, 2000, 10:18]
Dot-com Darlings Set For Relegation Shame
News Many financial experts are convinced that, barring a late and unlikely rally in their share prices, QXL, Scoot.com and software designer Izodia will all drop out of the FTSE All-Share Index after a review on Wednesday.
[December 12, 2001, 10:03]
BT Unveils Multimedia Directory Plans
News The telco subsequently bought the UK assets of Scoot.com for £8m in June. According to BT, the acquisition of Scoot has given it the search engines and databases it needs to offer classified listings again.
[August 6, 2002, 12:49]
Tech Companies Swing The Jobs Axe
News StepStone, the recruitment site, said on Wednesday it may need more cash to make it to profitability next year, while Scoot.com told investors on Friday it had sold off its 50 percent stake in Scoot Europe to keep from going bankrupt.
[July 27, 2001, 11:26]
Daily Mail Snaps Up Cut-price Loot
News Struggling Internet directory company Scoot.com is to sell classified advertising newspaper Loot to the Daily Mail Group Trust (DMGT) for £45m, in an attempt to avert financial disaster. Scoot is also receiving a bridging loan of £10.5m as part of...
[August 17, 2001, 12:50]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog And talking of roaming… Just a couple of days to go now before I and my pals scoot off to 3GSM. From: Tim XXX [mailto:tim@xxx.com] Friday 10/2/2006 For those that care, my total email count of GSM-related PR requests is now standing at around 250...
[February 10, 2006, 16:50]
The End Of Net Access As We Know It...
News At the same time the Sun's free ISP, Currantbun.com, announced a similar alliance with Scoot UK. Internet access providers are rushing to jump into bed with Internet content providers of every sort. According to one analyst the trend heralds the...
[August 17, 1999, 11:53]
Taking Ginger For A Test Drive
News A commuter should be able to scoot to work on a hot summer day and never break a sweat. Curious about whether the machine formerly known as Ginger lives up to its price and the tidal wave of prelaunch hype, and about what its inventor, Dean Kamen...
[December 22, 2001, 6:31]
News Roundup: Tech Companies Face Clouded Future
News Scoot agrees European rescue deal Friday 27th July UK information service will sell its stake in Scoot Europe to backer Vivendi Universal, is in talks over bridge financing Friday 27th July Sportingbet.com has raised its global profile, buying US...
[July 26, 2001, 10:35]
News Schmooze: Tech Economy Suffers As Bill Gates Heads For Fantasyland
News Less fortunate companies, like BT and Scoot, are having to make massive layoffs or face the prospect of going under. Send your tip-offs to: mailroomuk@zdnet.com. In case you were under any illusions that the global economy was going to make a Rocky...
[July 27, 2001, 17:40]
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]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The case continues, but it is alleged that the wife of the bloke who started Scoot hired a hitman to get rid of him and keep the family fortune. Monday 23/09/2002It's fun, this information technology, but sometimes lacking in colour.
[September 27, 2002, 18:00]
