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Wednesday, March 7, 2001
TOP STORIES THIS WEEK:
* Doubts growing over Excite's future in Europe
* An ill-fated party
* Autonomy to exit FTSE 100
* Brussels plays down cipher unit security breach
COLUMNS:
* Jen Tracy and Luke Allnutt: Czechs bounce back
WORTH REPEATING:
* President Putin thinks it could be better
THE WEEK:
* Seven days of the Internet Economy
BY THE NUMBERS:
* British travel online
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TOP STORIES
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Doubts growing over Excite's future in Europe
By Bernhard Warner
Broadband has stalled across the continent, so the US giant may pack
up and go home
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An ill-fated party
By Kristi Essick
France has just held its annual Fête de l'Internet. Not everybody was
in the mood to celebrate
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Autonomy to exit FTSE 100
By Rick Wray
The UK search-software business faces ejection from the index of top
stocks after its valuation plummets
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Brussels plays down cipher unit security breach
Evidence has emerged of suspicious link between EU and US intelligence
agency
By Boris Gröndahl
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OPINION
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Jen Tracy and Luke Allnutt: Czechs bounce back
Globopolis peaked too early, but the time is coming for Central
European e-commerce
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WORTH REPEATING
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"I think it could be better"
President Putin commenting on the official Russian presidential
Web site during a webcast on Tuesdasy, 6 March
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THE WEEK
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Ya-boo-hoo: Trading of Yahoo shares was sensationally halted on
Wednesday after the Internet portal's stock dived 6.3 per cent
because of "news pending". An annoucement will be made by the company
at the close of trading in the US on Wednesday.
Spending plans: Pearson revealed it had actually decided to boost
spending on the Net last year while the rest of the industry ran for
cover. The publisher of the Financial Times spent £196 million (309
million euros) compared with estimates of £190 million as it pushed
for profitability at its FT.com financial news operation and consumer
education portal The Learning Network. Pearson's 2000 profit before
tax was £333 million (526 million euros), down 17 per cent but in line
with analysts' projections.
New chapter: Amazon, the worlds' biggest online retailer, and
Wal-Mart, the world's biggest offline retailer, were reportedly in
secret talks to form a "strategic alliance". Amazon's stock closed up
26 per cent on Monday, adding $1 billion (1.08 billion euros) of value
to the company. Hopes for the deal receded the following day, however,
prompting the stock to fall.
Fine time: AOL France's worries are far from over in regard to its
unlimited flat-rate offer. After a French court ruled the ISP should
pay FF250,000 (38,112 euros) to consumer group UFC-Que Choisir for
failing to provide a quality service, AOL France took another blow. A
Toulouse court sided with an dissatisfied subscriber, requiring AOL
France to pay FF1,000 (152 euros) in damages.
Psion plummets: Psion shares fell as the UK hand-held computing group
decided to concentrate on its corporate business to the detriment of
jobs in its consumer unit. The move was prompted by the termination of
a venture with Motorola which would have developed a rival to the
PalmPilot, and a pre-tax loss of £8.1 million (12.8 million euros) for
2000.
Value subtracted: LineOne, the UK-based ISP up for sale by owners BT
and United Business Media, has reportedly dropped in value from 400
million euros in November to 100-150 million euros now. Prospective
buyers include Wanadoo, Tiscali, and T-Online. LineOne has about
350,000 subscribers.
Played out: Toyzone.co.uk, the Net retailer backed by entrepreneur Tom
Hunter and TV presenter Jonathan Ross, and fronted by Matthew Freud,
the PR guru, closed a day after eToys, the giant US start-up, filed
for protection from its creditors. Although it had revenues, it said
it could find no investors willing to back a consumer Net retailer.
Toyzone was last year reputed to be worth £250 million (395 million
euros), claiming sales of £2 million (3 million euros).
Universal sells: Vivendi Universal looked close to selling back its
stake in AOL France to AOL-Time Warner for around $700 million (753
million euros). Previously Vivendi had wanted to swap its stake in AOL
France for a stake in AOL Europe. AOL France has around 600,000
customers compared with Wanadoo's 1.4 million. AOL has 4.6 million
subscribers in Europe.
Ask the experts: The market for online expertise is consolidating in
France. On Monday, eQuesto snapped up competitor Woonoz. Both
companies allow users to sell their knowledge on a wide range of
subjects, but eQuesto focuses on the business sector while Woonoz was
geared more to consumers. Woonoz, which was located in the Tocamak
incubator, had been looking for a buyer after going into liquidation
in February - it didn't plan to break even until 2003.
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