Archive - 14 Dec 2000
The AOL Time Warner juggernaut - friend or foe?
The road to mega-merger approval has many sets of traffic lights. But today, those at one of the big...
EU takeover law branded 'anti-American'
The European Parliament has come under fire from UK business leaders for passing legislation that co...
Server sales growth shows no sign of stopping
Worldwide server revenues grew last year by 12 per cent and show no sign of slowing down according t...
AOL-Time Warner merger receives FTC approval
US regulators have given their approval to the $109bn merger of AOL and media giant Time Warner afte...
CA Barcelona jamboree cancelled
Software giant CA has had to cancel its first European user group meeting and exhibition - because t...
Dabs.com debuts cut price IT equipment exchange
IT e-tailer Dabs.com has developed a new trading hub, Dabsxchange, offering discount priced equipmen...
GILC slams cybercrime convention
The Global Internet Liberty Campaign has published an open letter announcing their displeasure at th...
Internet customers bring less cash to Egg
Egg has acquired 141,000 new customers between October 1 and December 11, according to a trading sta...
Tiscali eyes LineOne
Italian telco Tiscali is in talks to buy UK ISP LineOne, according to reports on Reuters.
IBM sharks for new server business
IBM today ships two new servers for ebusiness, the z900 and Shark.
Siemens ups its expectations despite share slump
Siemens announced today that it expects double digit sales growth next year and said earnings will i...
SNCF announces ecommerce venture
French rail company SNCF has launched its own ecommerce company GL E-trade and bought a 20 per cent ...
Bank of England warns on burden of backing telcos
The Bank of England today ordered banks to review their lending and underwriting as it delivered its...
Nokia rumours revitalise Lucent shares
Lucent shares have jumped 12 per cent on news that the company is being linked with a takeover bid f...
Virus crisis: 2001 will beat this year for attacks
Industry experts are warning that viruses will be even more damaging over the next twelve months tha...
EM.TV to be probed over finances
German media group EM.TV & Merchandising is to be investigated by Munich prosecutors after its share...
Investors say Letsbuyit after discounting rule change
Letsbuyit.com shares rocketed by more than 125 per cent yesterday after the German Government moved ...
Goldfish to open bank
Centrica is to combine its Goldfish credit card operation with Lloyds TSB's internet banking technol...
Ex-IBM man faces jail over double dealing
Robert St Germain, former manager of IBM, has been convicted of filing false tax returns and conspir...
French ecommerce given courier boost
French express courier Chronopost has created its own ecommerce unit in conjunction with transport c...
AOL and Time Warner agree open-access cable deal
AOL and Time Warner have signed an open-access cable deal with US anti-trust authorities that could ...
Ted Baker has designs on Pocket PCs
UK fashion house Ted Baker is planning to attract mobile professionals with the launch of its handhe...
Oracle lashes out at Commerce One
Oracle has accused unwanted collaborator Commerce One of compromising the performance of motor indus...
Lernout & Hauspie to appeal bankruptcy ruling
Troubled Belgian speech recognition expert Lernout & Hauspie confirmed yesterday it is to appeal the...
IBM head vows to boost Linux development
IBM supremo Lou Gerstner yesterday gave a rousing speech in New York to reaffirm IBM's commitment to...
US wireless auction slow off the blocks
The US wireless auction got off to a slow start this week, pulling in only $501m in the first two ro...
Ofcom: The superfluous super-regulator?
Finally the government is listening. A super-regulator is no longer an industry pipedream - it will ...
US power players and European investment executives
On the day America's White House finally opens its door to the country's most influential man, the F...
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