headlines as we head into monday on qxl:
The Bigger, Better Picture.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation) PC Magazine, 11/16/1999, 8345 words. New technology makes a visible difference, as seen in the 50-inch Pioneer PDP-502MX. Although plasma displays are expensive, their thinness and sharp ... City: Hustlers are hitting the net Do not become the mark of a confidence ... The Sunday Telegraph (United Kingdom), 10/31/1999, 780 words. The internet is a magnificent force for good in the way it can instantly disperse information and facilitate commerce and education. It is unregulated and free. But it can also be used for malevolent purposes ... Head of LVMH close to acquiring British auction house Phillips: report Agence France-Presse, 10/30/1999, 305 words. PARIS, Oct 30 (AFP) - Bernard Arnault, the head of French luxury goods group LVMH and one of France's richest businessmen, is close to buying British auction house Phillips for more than 70 million pounds ... UK: DIARY - UK Equities - to November 19. Reuters English News Service, 10/29/1999, 612 words. * All times in GMT * All figures in million pounds unless otherwise stated Forward diary of events AFX (UK), 10/29/1999, 622 words. Friday Oct 29. INTERIMS Sceptical Geldof rules out float for Deckchair The Times of London, 10/29/1999, 242 words. BOB GELDOF, the rock star turned entrepreneur, yesterday ruled out a short term flotation of Deckchair.com, his Internet travel company, and said he would instead raise finance from venture capital funds ... QXL.com PLC - Stabilisation Notice Regulatory News Service, 10/29/1999, 207 words. LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE QXL.COM PLC (the "Company") City: Freeserve move The Daily Telegraph, 10/29/1999, 24 words. FREESERVE, Britain's biggest internet service provider, yesterday launched an online auction service in direct competition with schemes run by rivals QXL.com and Yahoo! U.K.'s freeserve to offer online auctions National Post, 10/29/1999, 136 words. LONDON - Freeserve PLC, Britain's top Internet service provider, said it will enter the crowded market for online auctions next month, fulfilling a promise made to investors at the time of its share sale in ... UK: Property tax to soar as firms go virtual - Web guru. Reuters English News Service, 10/28/1999, 452 words. LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - If the Internet succeeds as Gordon Brown hopes, future British finance ministers may lose great chunks of revenue and be forced to slap huge new taxes on homes and offices instead, a Web guru ... |