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To: Abbeydale who wrote (1418)	11/23/1998 4:22:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 37507

I wish this was me! LOL >>Why split? "You'd be amazed at how many people think they are getting something for free," says Dalton Chandler, analyst for Needham & Co. "They bought one and they get two." << INVESTORS GET EXTRA HELPING OF STOCK SPLITS By Peter D. Henig Red Herring Online November 23, 1998 They're carving up more than turkey in the tech market these days. Share prices of some of the most booming high tech stocks are being sliced and diced as well, as companies declare stock splits in reaction to healthy market gains. Amazon.com (AMZN) just declared a nice three-for-one split. redherring.com W

To: Abbeydale who wrote (1418)	11/23/1998 4:28:00 PM
From: waldo	Respond to of 37507

Monday November 23 3:34 PM ET Online shopping sites form network NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine leading specialty online retailers said Monday said they formed a network linking each online store to reach a combined audience of seven million to eight million -- just in time for the holiday buying blitz. The network brings together music, computer, stocks, toys, gardening, flowers, travel, movies and wine retailers at ShopperConnection (http://www.shopperconnection.com). The network is designed to buttress the retail group against expansion by online shopping giant Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN - news), which two weeks ago expanded into videos and holiday gifts from its roots as the top online book store. CDnow, which faces direct competition from Amazon.com in the online music business, spearheaded the project. ''Amazon.com is a very healthy thing on the Internet because it has gotten so much visibility,'' said Bob Saltzman, CDnow's vice president of strategic development, rejecting the idea the network was a reaction to the online bookseller's expansion. Still, Saltzman noted that ShopperConnection could help the companies to take some of the spotlight, and dollars spent on the Internet, away from Amazon.com. The new network tried to distance itself from the shopping mall image. Critics had found that difficult-to-navigate ''virtual shopping mall'' sites could be as stressful as a journey to the real thing. Saltzman says the network is different from a mall because it is a link of some of the strongest retailers solely working the Web. He also points out that the network is not, in itself, an online destination point. Rather, the customer will first log onto a favorite retail Web site and be given a chance to link to others only after making an initial purchase. ''If you make a purchase, when you arrive at the order confirmation page, there will be a link to ShopperConnection,'' Saltzman said. ''It's at the end they will see the link; we don't want to take customers away from what they are doing.'' The participants include CDNow (music), Cyberian Outpost (computers), Datek Online (stocks), eToys (toys), Garden.com (Garden supplies), PC Flowers & Gifts (flowers), Preview Travel (travel), Reel.com (movies), and Virtual Vinyards (wine and gourmet items). (Reuters/Wired) dailynews.yahoo.com