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And speaking of top 10 lists: Spring 2000 update to Giga Information Group's list of top e-commerce sites: the revenue bar is raised ($2 billion in online revenues), making the list inaccessible to most business-to-consumer (B2C) sites. In this version of the list, Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) has dropped off and America Online (AOL) (www.aol.com) has joined. Some sites on the list are both business-to-consumer and business-to-business (B2B), such as Charles Schwab (www.schwab.com) and Dell Computer (www.dell.com). ú America Online: In the first quarter of fiscal 2000, AOL's revenues from advertising, commerce and other sources climbed to $350 million, doubling from $175 million during the same quarter in 1999. Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500 (http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/internet500.html) estimates AOL's annual online revenues at $4.45 billion and lists AOL as the no. 7 company. AOL Online Service is listed as no. 2 in the NextCard eCommerce Index (http://www.nextcard.com/indexes_frame.shtml?UTID=4446278810618814206267144100913444609248090623260650) for February 2000 and as the no. 1 "e-company" on the Fortune e-50 list (http://www.fortune.com/fortune/e50/index.html), which is Fortune's index of e-stocks that have the potential to upstage the Dow. ú Charles Schwab: In 1999, Schwab earned total revenues of $3.9 billion. During the fourth quarter of 1999, 73 percent of all trades at Schwab took place online, up from 61 percent during the fourth quarter of 1998. At year-end 1999, Schwab had 3.3 million online accounts with $349 billion in assets, up 50 percent and 100 percent, respectively, from year-end 1998. Schwab's single-day record in 1999 was 78 million Web site hits and 62,000 simultaneous customer Web sessions. Charles Schwab is listed as the no. 2 e-company in the Fortune e-50 list and no. 15 on the Inter@ctive Week Internet 500. ú Cisco Systems (www.cisco.com): Cisco's online revenues are $9.5 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists Cisco as the no. 2 company. Cisco is listed as the no. 5 net hardware company in the Fortune e-50 list. ú Dell Computer: Dell's online revenues are $6.1 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists Dell as the no. 4 company. Dell is also listed the no. 4 net hardware company on the Fortune e-50 list. ú Federal Express (www.fedex.com): FedEx's online revenues are $5.6 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists FedEx as the no. 5 company. ú IBM (www.ibm.com): IBM's online revenues are $8.84 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists IBM as the no. 3 company. IBM is listed as the no. 1 net hardware company in the Fortune e-50 list ú Ingram Micro (www.ingrammicro.com): Ingram Micro's online revenues are $3 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists Ingram Micro as the no. 8 company. ú Intel Corp. (www.intel.com): Intel's online revenues are $10.5 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists Intel as the no. one company. Intel is listed as the no. 3 net hardware company in the Fortune e-50 list. ú Nortel Networks (www.nortelnetworks.com): Nortel's online revenues are $2.4 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists Nortel as the no. 9 company. ú United Parcel Service (UPS) (www.ups.com): UPS' online revenues are $5.35 billion as estimated by Inter@ctive Week's Internet 500, which lists UPS as the no. 6 company.