John Lewell

[London, ENGLAND] Integration of content on the Web sites of Hoover’s, Inc. and the Financial Times will extend beyond the U.K. to France, Germany, Italy and Spain, the two companies have revealed. As part of the deal, Hoover’s Online and Hoover’s Online UK will link to over 3,000 related news headlines and archived articles each […]

[London, ENGLAND] European career portal jobpilot AG claimed Tuesday that it has topped the million-user mark, the first of its kind in Europe to do so. The figures given by jobpilot include Web access statistics audited by ABC Interactive that show a jump in page impressions from 27 million in December 2000 to 41 million […]

[London, ENGLAND] Northern Europe’s largest directory company Eniro announced Monday its acquisition of Panorama Polska, a company that has 50 percent of Poland’s directory market. Eniro said it will pay SEK 860 million (US $27.8 million) in newly issued shares to Panorama Polska’s owner Telia, together with cash of approximately SEK 310 million (US $31.8 […]

[London, ENGLAND] After announcing what it called “record” financial results for Q4 and the last year, pan-European online travel company ebookers.com said it would seek a listing on the London Stock Exchange. Currently listed on both Nasdaq (EBKR) and the Neuer Markt (eb6), ebookers.com believes an LSE listing will give it access to institutional funds […]

[London, ENGLAND] European satellite operator EUTELSAT announced Friday the successful launch of EUROBIRD, a new satellite that will provide additional bandwidth for entertainment and business networks in western and central Europe. EUROBIRD is the first of three satellites scheduled for launch by EUTELSAT this year. It was launched into space from the Guiana Space Centre […]

[London, ENGLAND] Emerging technology analyst Forrester Research has turned its attention to southern Europe, comining up with various reasons why the region’s retailers are still not selling online. According to Forrester, retailers in southern Europe “remain paralyzed in the face of unique regional roadblocks,” opening up opportunities for “portals, invaders, and grocers” to usurp their […]

[London, ENGLAND] U.K. security firm Securicor plc has announced a new online service named SafeDoor that allows people to shop online while keeping their credit card and personal details private. Coinciding with the news that intruders gained access to 98,000 customer accounts at Amazon division Bibliofind, the launch of SafeDoor appeared to be well-timed. Potential […]

[London, ENGLAND] Mobile Internet enablers Aspiro, of Sweden, and Wysdom Inc., of the U.S., announced Thursday an agreement to deliver SMS traffic to each other’s customers across the Atlantic. The deal means that Wysdom’s customers will be able to reach over 200 GSM carriers in Aspiro’s international SMS network, while Aspiro’s customers will get access […]

[London, ENGLAND] Online loans provider Moneygator announced Tuesday it has acquired the operations of E-Loan UK from E-Loan Inc. in the United States. The two parties did not disclose the terms of the deal. Established in November 1999, E-Loan UK was a joint venture between E-Loan Inc. and venture capitalist eVentures which is jointly owned […]

[London, ENGLAND] European online travel agency ebookers.com has shrugged off the decision by Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch airlines to stop paying commission for online ticket sales, saying that its business will be completely unaffected. The reason for ebookers.com’s confidence is firstly that the ruling by the two airlines applies only to North America, […]

[London, ENGLAND] Announcing what could be a long-term romance, Match.com said Monday it will power online matchmaking services for MSN.co.uk, the most popular Web site in the U.K. Match.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ticketmaster, already provides online personals and matchmaking services on the Microsoft Network in the United States. It has been keen to […]

[London, ENGLAND] United Business Media announced Monday its acquisition of French corporate communications services company Cyperus, adding France and Spain to the markets reached by United’s PR Newswire. United is making an up-front payment of EUR 11.5 million (US $10.7 million), but could eventually pay up to EUR 23.3 million (US $21.68 million) after three […]