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Encyclopedia: Dot com boom Historically the dot-com boom can be seen as similar to a number of other technology inspired booms of the past including railroads in the 1840s, radio in the 1920s, transistor electronics in the 1950s, computer time-sharing in the 1960s, and home computers and biotechnology in the early 1980s. A stock market bubble in financial markets is a term applied to a self-perpetuating rise or boom in the share prices of stocks of a particular industry. The late 1990s boom in technology dot-com company stocks is a good example of a bubble, which burst in late 2000 and through 2001. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dot-com-boom   (4394 words)

Dot-com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) A stock market bubble in financial markets is a term applied to a rise or boom in the share prices of stocks of a particular industry, and applied only in retrospect when share prices have since crashed. Historically the dot-com boom can be seen as similar to a number of other technology inspired booms of the past including railroads in the 1840s, radio in the 1920s, transistor electronics in the 1950s, and home computers and biotechnology in the early 1980s. The dot-com boom produced other economic problems, based on the theory of growth of dot-coms, and the broadband access that was assumed to follow in its wake. www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/dot_com   (1284 words)

Dot-com - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The name derives from the fact that many of them have the ".com" internet top-level domain suffix built into their company name. In 1994 the Internet came to the general public's attention with the public advent of the Mosaic web browser and the nascent World Wide Web, and by 1996 it became obvious to most publicly-traded companies that a public web presence was no longer optional. At the height of the boom it was possible for a promising dot-com to make an initial public offering of its stock and raise a substantial amount of money even though it had never made a profit. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dot-com_boom   (1958 words)

dot - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about dot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) In computing, full stop that separates IP addresses, sections of domain names, and the hierarchies in newsgroup names, as well as file names and their extensions. A dot to the right of a note normally lengthens it by half. A dot and'--here he glanced at the baby--'a dot and carry--I won't say it, for fear I should spoil it; but I was very near a joke. encyclopedia.farlex.com /dot   (204 words)

Dot-com -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The late (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s boom in technology dot-com company stocks is a good example of a bubble, which burst in late 2000 and through 2001. Stories of people quitting their jobs to become full-time (Click link for more info and facts about day traders) day traders, while not representative, were common in the press. Several communication companies, burdened with unredeemable debts from their expansion projects, sold their assets for cash or filed for (A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared in bankruptcy) bankruptcy. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/do/dot-com.htm   (2206 words)

Tossed on the street by the dot-com boom Everywhere they could, landlords found excuses to evict tenants in good standing to line their pockets with some of the dot-com booty. City bureaucrats like Mayor Willie Brown and his developer cronies, are interviewed on-screen, explaining why "economic development" is good for all of the city’s residents. Boom shows how enraged residents resisted and, in some cases, prevented evictions. www.socialistworker.org /2003-1/436/436_13_Boom.shtml   (317 words)

Dot Com boom was ‘fraud’ or pyramid marketing – HP exec | The Register Dot Com boom was ‘fraud’ or pyramid marketing – HP exec Brice Clarke, director of strategic planning at Hewlett-Packard, said banks and finance houses carry the majority of blame for the recessionary effects of fall out from the collapse of many dot com firms, because they knew their business plans were not workable. "I believe that many of the dot com phenomena were in fact an example of fraud, or a really good repackaging of pyramid marketing, one of the two," said Clarke. www.theregister.co.uk /content/23/22107.html   (612 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Venture capitalists post first double-digit gain since dot-com boom SAN FRANCISCO – Venture capitalists recorded an average return of 15.7 percent during the year ending in March, marking the first double-digit annual gain since the dot-com boom, according to industry figures released Wednesday. The last time venture capital funds averaged an annual return of at least 10 percent occurred in late 2000, coinciding with the end of the Internet investment frenzy that the industry helped finance. During the year ended March 31, the Nasdaq composite index soared 48.7 percent and the broader Standard and Poor's 500 index climbed 32.8 percent. www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20040721-1405-ca-ventureprofits.html   (217 words)

Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Startup.com at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) A good documentary providing insight into the dot com era and the impact it had on some of its players. If I remember the reports at the time, the documentary was actually begun to capture the heady days of the dot com boom and to show friends and family what their life was like. I would recommend this movie for everyone, but definitely for anyone touched by the dot com boom and bust. www.epinions.com /content_71673286276   (764 words)

April 2002 State Legislatures Magazine: When the Dot.com Boom Went Bust By the end of the decade, the state's booming high-tech industry had replaced Hollywood as California's cash cow, and Sacramento was lapping up the milk. Taxes on stock options and capital gains rose from $2.5 billion in 1994 to nearly $18 billion in 2000, fueling a spending spree that left lawmakers giddy in disbelief. But the boom times ended as abruptly as they began, and the state's fiscal fortunes crashed right along with the NASDAQ index. www.ncsl.org /programs/pubs/402calif.htm   (2244 words)

Dot com boom prompts CTO shortage - vnunet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Dot com boom prompts CTO shortage - vnunet.com Miller said a CTO is "top of the shopping list" for a company wanting to get a dot com presence. "When you are a dot com company, your only channel is through the internet. staging.vnunet.com /2111496   (616 words)

Digital Sizzle: Dot-Com Boom, Part 2?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Analysts are optimistic because unlike the dot-com boom of the late 1990's, the current gain is being driven by growth and earnings. Amazon.com - Their stock has risen 187% this year, and this week reported that third quarter profits were up 33%. Analysts say there are still reasons to be wary, but the direction is a positive one. blog.digitalsizzle.com /technology_news/2003/10/dotcom_boom_par.html   (135 words)

European economy to benefit from dot com boom.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) They are setting their sights on the Internet, hoping to come up to speed with the United States, in terms of creating new businesses and jobs in the information age. Their aim is to take advantage of what's become known as the dot com boom and put the European Union at the forefront of the e-commerce revolution. This really has been the e dot commerce summit and a recognition that there has to be a modernisation of the economy of Europe and the need to make sure that we compete with the United States to create a dynamic economy. www.netlondon.com /news/2000-12/08BF312A2A851CBA802.html   (757 words)

Dot.com boom set to buck Indian ad industry fortunes MUMBAI, MARCH 24: The dotcom boom has come as a boon for the Rs 7000-croreIndian advertising industry which has been witnessing a declining growthrate during the last three years. ``In the new millennium, the advertisingindustry will be revived by the dotcom advertising boom, after the slow-downin growth,'' predicts Prem R Mehta, vice-chairman and managing director,Lintas India Limited. With the dotcomadvertising boom gaining momentum, many medium-sized Indian advertisingagencies also expect a steady increase in its capitalised billings in thenew millennium. www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/20000326/fst25034.html   (498 words)

Art in America: Surviving and thriving: having weathered the dot-com boom and bust of the late 1990s, the Bay Area's ... Art in America: Surviving and thriving: having weathered the dot-com boom and bust of the late 1990s, the Bay Area's art community is going strong, its museums and galleries keeping pace with a wealth of innovative emerging artists - Report From San Francisco Surviving and thriving: having weathered the dot-com boom and bust of the late 1990s, the Bay Area's art community is going strong, its museums and galleries keeping pace with a wealth of innovative emerging artists - Report From San Francisco Many in the San Francisco art world are enjoying a sense of poetic justice these days, now that the money-flaunting young dot-commers have "moved back in with their parents." The city's atmosphere has changed and the boom years seem like a distant memory. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_11_90/ai_94079416   (1410 words)

Help is at Hand : News : News Archive : 2004 : September : Internet usage sees the largest rise since dot com boom!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Over the past six months usage has jumped from 54 per cent to 58 per cent - the biggest increase in usage since the 2001 dot com boom. Women have been incremental in this upsurge in internet usage, now accounting for 48 per cent of the total online user population, up from 46 per cent in the last six months. However, you may visit the banners you are missing. www.helpisathand.gov.uk /news/national/2004/sep/rise-usage   (235 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Schwab posts best quarter since dot-com boom SAN FRANCISCO – Charles Schwab Corp.'s quarterly profit surged above $200 million for the first time since the dot-com boom, continuing a comeback that has been orchestrated by the stock brokerage's eponymous founder. The San Francisco-based company said Monday that it earned $207 million, or 16 cents per share, for the three months ended in September. That compared with net income of $233 million, or 17 cents, per share on revenue of $3.14 billion last year. www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20051017-1410-earns-charlesschwab.html   (685 words)

BreakingNews.ie: Google price sets the ball rolling Initial shares of Google were priced late yesterday at $85 (€68.88), the low end of a range revised downward just hours earlier, humbling expectations for the most-trumpeted internet company public stock offering since the dot-com boom went bust. Nearly 15,000 people were stopped and searched by police or members of the British Army in Northern Ireland last year, new figures have shown. Lightweight double sculls duo Sam Lynch and Gearóid Towey have seen the end of their Olympic dream after they were pipped at the post by Japan in semi-final B. News Archives www.breakingnews.ie /2004/08/19/story162452.html   (628 words)

Employment Situation Summary (American Pay is Higher Today Than During the Dot-Com Boom)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Nonfarm payroll continued to rise in June, and the unemploy- ment rate remained at 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. After years of trumpeting a "jobless recovery," the skeptics are admitting that America is in the midst of a jobs boom, with 1.4 million new jobs over nine straight months of payroll growth. There will be zero growth in "burger-flipper jobs" relative to the overall labor force, according to U.S. Department of Labor projections for 2002-2012. www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1164299/posts   (2766 words)

Pune Community Portal - puneScoop.com || Debate In America Is Whether Real Estate Boom Is Like The Dot-Coms Boom; Any ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) She and her fiancé, a dentist, had already put down a deposit on a Manhattan condo earlier in the week and had come to look at another at the Nexus. Nobody can know whether the housing boom of the last decade will end as the dot-com frenzy did. Another lingering echo of the stock market boom is the role of the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank. www.punescoop.com /story/2005/3/26/43938/2420   (2314 words)

Financial Express: `Dot-com' boom in Asia spells cash for IPO pros Hong Kong -- The frenzy for Internet stocks in the U.S. seems finally to have made its way to Asia, but investors aren't the only ones jumping on the new found opportunity. Large investment banks, which until recently considered the industry worthy of only scant resources, now hope to cash in on a potential "dot-com" boom in Asia and are playing catch-up through re-organisations and new appointments. Net Express provides a portal to India, with news from The Indian Express and The Financial Express along with sites on travel and tourism, the entertainment industry, the power sector, the environment and much more. www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19990517/fma17042p.html   (910 words)

Dot Com Boom or Gloom? Is The Brass Ring Still 'Grab-able' in 2002? For a while there it did seem that every time you turned on your TV or picked up a newspaper you were greeted with the news of one multi-million dollar dot-com venture or another falling by the wayside. Most of us knew the bubble was bound to burst sooner or later -that many of the dot com forerunners were over-valued and under-prepared to sustain their momentum for the long haul. Certainly not when compared to the demise of the mighty dot com giants. www.lendingexpo.net /ideam-11752.htm   (2992 words)

Did you miss out on the dot com boom ?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) Did you miss out on the dot com boom ? Now is your chance to join the Second Wave. You will be part of an INC500 company. www.freeclassifiedads.com /ads/319818.htm   (37 words)

Though the dot-com boom is over, e-book sales still on the rise - 02/28/02 Though the dot-com boom is over, e-book sales still on the rise - 02/28/02 Use of this site indicates your agreement to the Terms of Service (updated 08/09/2001). Though the dot-com boom is over, e-book sales still on the rise www.detnews.com /2002/technology/0202/28/technology-428351.htm   (612 words)

IngentaConnect E-commerce forecasts: a return of the dot.com boom?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) E-commerce forecasts: a return of the dot.com boom? Author: Halal W.E. Source: On The Horizon - The Strategic Planning Resource for Education Professionals, Volume 11, Number 1, January 2003, pp. You will be able to remove this item from your shopping cart at any time before you have completed check-out. api.ingentaconnect.com /content/mcb/274/2003/00000011/00000001/art00006   (141 words)

The dot-com boom has left some urban voters out in the cold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) The dot-com boom has left some urban voters out in the cold Many said they felt left out of the dot-com boom. Even in a growing economy, starting a business is risky and tough, he acknowledged. seattlep-i.nwsource.com /local/puls05.shtml   (3177 words)

Epinions.com - Comments on 'The dot com boom and bust ' Epinions.com - Comments on 'The dot com boom and bust ' Home > Media > Videos & DVDs > "The dot com boom and bust " > comments Comments on "The dot com boom and bust " (1 total) www.epinions.com /content_71673286276/show_~allcom   (79 words)

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