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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (28444)4/24/2000 12:11:00 AM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 42523
 
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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (28444)4/24/2000 12:54:00 AM
From: tsunami  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 42523
 
from the Business Week article about VUSA [The Fall of a
Dot-Com]



Meantime, in its zeal to meet the unrealistic expectations of Wall Street, the company was making ever more desperate and wasteful marketing deals. The company paid Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) $4.5 million for a year's worth of Web site ads that several insiders say brought in less than $100,000 of revenue.



What a joke this whole thing is.

The article is @ businessweek.com@@vbIbMWcQMIJfXwAA/premium/00_18/b3679001.htm