- Thu May 18 2000 Broadcom eyes optical market for new chip business
The high-flying communications chipmaker plans to aggressively gobble up smaller companies this year as it moves into new areas such as optical networking.
- Thu Dec 31 1998 SkyMall CEO buys out shareholders
On a day when the NASDAQ hit an all-time high, the in-flight catalog retailer falls 25 percent on news that its CEO bought out three major shareholders at a steep discount.
- Mon Jun 4 2001 Blind faith in traffic as Web currency
The universal acceptance of raw visitor numbers as the Internet's unofficial currency created the false assumption that Web portals and other advertising-driven businesses guaranteed the viability of free services. How was everyone duped so easily?
- Sat Mar 31 2001 The week in review: Network misconnections
Analysts and investors grow pessimistic about a quick recovery in the networking sector as more equipment makers reveal that earnings for the short term will be even more dour than thought.
- Fri Jun 23 2000 End of the beginning for digital economy
The Net economy is not doomed. It simply is experiencing the kind of natural consolidation that recast many other industrial landscapes, from automobiles to banking.
- Thu Nov 2 2000 Fired: Laid-off workers in revolving door
Despite the dire warnings that have induced investors to abandon dot-com companies, many other high-tech businesses are expanding exponentially--and they can't find enough people to hire.
- Wed Jun 6 2001 Connection is king
After years of mocking America Online as hopelessly "old media," Web portals are reviewing the subscribed service in an effort to salvage their own businesses.
- Sat Apr 17 1999 The week in review: How's the PC really doing?
Compaq's warning that first-quarter earnings would be half of Wall Street expectations due to weak demand for business PCs sets off a grand debate about the industry's health.
- Sat Feb 5 2000 The week in review: Linux ever upward
Just as Comdex used to bring the PC world together, so it seems a New York trade show is becoming a focal point for Linux adherents and their ever-expanding initiatives.
- Mon Feb 10 1997 Privacy profit

