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IPO Roundup: Virata, IManage, Web Street Prep IPOs
News A handful of tech companies are prepped to make their market debuts Wednesday as Web Street, iManage and Virata priced IPOs at the top or above their projected ranges. Online broker Web Street priced its 3.5 million shares at $11 a share, the top...
[November 17, 1999, 13:12]
M&S Tops High Street Web Ranking
Blog We wouldn't stand for this on the high street, and it's a safe bet that this year's Christmas e-shoppers won't tolerate it online either. Hats off to Marks and Spencer, which has scooped the title of the UK's most user-friendly Web site.
[November 24, 2006, 15:44]
High Street Stores Fail Web Test
News High street shops have been expecting people to come to their Web sites because they know the retail name. The survey of 4,000 readers revealed that online-only retailers provide a higher standard of service than the Web operations of their high...
[November 7, 2001, 17:24]
Web Retailer Alleges Anti-Internet High-street Conspiracy
News Britain's traditional high-street stores are feeling the pinch from their online rivals and have resorted to bullying suppliers and manufactures not to supply online traders, according to one Web based company.
[April 28, 2000, 11:02]
Dixons Ditches High Street For The Web
Talkback I hope Dixons isn't foolish enough to build an "Internet Explorer Only" site then, or they'll lose me as a customer for starters.
[April 5, 2006, 13:42]
Dixons Ditches High Street For The Web
Talkback Makes sense, most of their sales staff arent really that clued up so its just as well buyers are so might as well take out the middle man!
[April 5, 2006, 18:17]
Web Kiosks Help Job Hunters On The High Street
News The stand-alone 'I+' kiosks use touch screen technology to connect to the government's worktrain Web site, allowing jobseekers to search for a job as part of their daily routine. Jobseekers can now search for work while they shop, using government...
[February 7, 2003, 10:08]
Dixons Ditches High Street For The Web
News Dixons will move off the high street and exist purely as an online retailer, Dixons Services Group announced on Wednesday. Electrical goods retailer DSG said that it will rebrand its high street Dixons stores as Currys.digital, and move the Dixons...
[April 5, 2006, 12:50]
The Day Ahead: Web Brokers' Profits Can't Buy Wall Street's Love
News Online brokers such as E*Trade, Ameritrade, DLJdirect and Charles Schwab all creamed Wall Street estimates and delivered stellar quarterly results. The consensus on Wall Street is that first-quarter volume and profits won't last.
[May 2, 2000, 11:42]
No. 10 Web Site Collapses From Heavy Demand
News Downing Street Web site was still out of action on Monday, after collapsing under the pressure of its heaviest-ever traffic last week when a document linking Osama bin Laden to the terrorist attacks on 11 September was published on the site.
[October 8, 2001, 16:03]
Yahoo Gateway Blamed For Lost Customers
News Online brokers sometimes grumble that portal sites charge too much money for the audience they deliver, but now the relationship between brokerage Web Street Securities and portal site Yahoo has turned downright sour.
[November 6, 1998, 9:16]
More Analyst Downgrades On Yahoo!
News Another group of Wall Street analysts is warning that Web giant Yahoo! Wall Street has sung the same tune about Yahoo! However, Wall Street analysts have expressed scepticism that traditional advertisers are coming on board as quickly as Yahoo!
[December 11, 2000, 16:14]
OmniSky Brings Wireless Web To The Palm V
News OmniSky International, headed up by CEO Neville Street, has been beta-testing its integrated Web clipping and email service in the UK since February, using Handspring's Visor and the VisorPhone GSM springboard module.
[March 22, 2001, 12:30]
Prime Minister Gets Email - But Don't Expect A Reply
News The 10 Downing Street Web site on Thursday published a Web form that allows members of the public to contact the Prime Minister. The site advises that if your comments to Blair are personal or private and you expect a reply, you should write to him...
[August 21, 2003, 13:00]
Valentine's Day Goo Clogs Net
News Greet Street launched on the Web last summer, after Card-O-Matic was taken over by rival American Greetings, and in December pulled in a $6 million investment from Gibson Greetings. Now Greet Street is hawking its wares on the Web, through such...
[February 16, 1998, 9:31]
Wall Street Waits For Word On Yahoo!
News Wall Street analysts will be listening eagerly after market close Wednesday when Web bellwether Yahoo! Wall Street expects the company to break even this quarter, down from 12 cents a share during the same period a year ago, according to First Call...
[July 11, 2001, 14:43]
Old Economy Lines Up To Take Over Dotcoms
News Buy.com isn't the first big-name Web site to be bought by a UK high street retailer. UK High Street retailer John Lewis confirmed Tuesday that it will purchase the UK operations of troubled e-tailer Buy.com, as analysts claim that more "old economy...
[February 6, 2001, 9:18]
Yahoo Results Earn Grudging Approval
News Yahoo on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that met Wall Street analysts' expectations but dampened their enthusiasm for proof of an advertising recovery. Wall Street had expected the company's net income to reach 8 cents a share on...
[July 10, 2003, 14:06]
High Street Brands Yet To Embrace E-commerce
News Sixty percent of UK high street brands are yet to embrace the Web, according to research conducted by supply chain management firm Amethyst. Retailers without a transactional Web site that accurately reflects the equivalent high street brand...
[June 17, 2003, 13:40]
Publishers Want Online Ad Guidelines
News Randy Kilgore, advertising director of Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition, said the move partly stems from a fear that, if the blurring continues, the Web could lose credibility as a source of trustworthy information.
[February 5, 1999, 15:03]
