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Tuesday 3 April 2001

MarchFirst - is it through the worst?

Troubled internet consultancy MarchFirst has had a bad start to April, cutting 1,700 jobs, and plunging on the stock market.

UK e-government slips in world ranking

While our cousins in North America and Singapore are considered to be "innovative leaders", the UK has claimed the booby prize as "visionary follower" in a global e-government ranking.

Beeb Ventures, Beeb gains - but rivals still unhappy

The BBC's ISP beeb.net has moved into profit - but critical voices are still accusing the BBC of abusing licence payers' money.

IT-literate lawyers unleashed to help cybercrime disputes

The fight against cybercrime has been given a boost today with the launch of an organisation that intends to help companies settle complex legal arguments out of court.

Nokia ready to roll out Hutchison 's 3G network

The race to roll out 3G networks and share the financial burden continues, this time with Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia agreeing to roll out Hutchison Whampoa's 3G network in the UK.

B2B: Not so nimble after all

After its all-singing, all-dancing New York strategy launch a couple of months ago, it's all change in the Ariba camp.

Be says: "Be off with you"

Software company Be is to fire a quarter of its workforce in a bid to cut the flow of cash from its coffers.

Ariba scraps second merger as B2B plans fall apart

B2B vendor Ariba is facing an uncertain future today as its $2.55bn merger with Agile Software hit the rocks. This comes just a month after it axed an alliance with rival i2.

UK e-traders breaking data laws

UK companies are risking unlimited fines from the Information Commissioner in their attempts to get online.

Barclays snaps up ShopSmart.com in bargain basement sale

Barclaycard-owned IndigoSquare has snapped up Shopsmart.com for a song. The retail site has swallowed up its competitor for a mere £1m, a fraction of its supposed value at the height of the dot-com boom.

Sun shines brighter with latest buy

Computer networking giant Sun Microsystems has signed a $152m all-stock deal to buy US storage software firm, HighGround Systems, as part of a broader push into the high-growth area.

Dot-com domain control stays in VeriSign's hands

The future of web domain names was decided last night: VeriSign will continue to run the global database of dot-com web addresses while also selling addresses on it.

Lucent chips away at debt mountain

Lucent has clawed back $519m to counter its debt mountain by issuing more Agere shares.

Great mobile networks think alike for price hike

Orange is to hike the prices of its cheapest prepaid handsets, following similar moves from Vodafone and One2One last week.

Napster quakes as music majors tune-up online offerings

Three major record companies have announced a joint collaboration to licence their huge catalogues of music for legal mp3 downloads.

Over a thousand staff to go at B2B vendors

B2B vendors Ariba and i2, and internet infrastructure company Inktomi are to lay off over one and a half thousand staff between them, after warning that they will all fail to make earnings forecast for this quarter.

Europe slumps after bell tolls for a bad day Stateside

European stocks fell on opening this morning after a bad day's trading in the US on Monday, based on fears of worsening relations with China.

Model management: Floating, sinking, and delisting

With a stock market listing comes public scrutiny. The critics are there every step of the way watching your every move. But if things don't go according to plan, there is a way out...


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