Steve Harmon

Ever since we profiled the planned initial public offering of Internet software maker Inktomi, dozens of readers have asked us to alert them about when and if it goes. The latest buzz has Inktomi scheduled to price Monday, June 8, and start trading Tuesday. The IPO comes at a time when the Internet Stock Index […]

  08-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 135.04 2.54 1.92% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,381.13 36.94 2.75% NASDAQ 1,787.77 4.85 0.27% DJIA 9,069.60 31.89 0.35% AOL (NYSE:AOL) agrees to acquire Israeli-based Mirabilis, maker of instant messaging product ICQ, for $287 million cash. ICQ is the pioneering instant messaging service/software for the Web that notifies users when […]

If audience reach, users, or subscribers all boil down to eyeballs and pocketbooks, how come Gannett, which through its TV and newspaper units reaches about 23 million, is an $18.5 billion market capitalization firm, while Excite, with a reach of about 20 million via the Web, sits at $1.3 billion? Of course, revenue and earnings […]

05-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 132.50 1.88 1.44% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,344.19 29.09 2.21% NASDAQ 1,782.92 12.97 0.73% DJIA 9,037.71 167.15 1.88% CMG Info (NASDAQ:CMGI) pops back up today with a 14% gain to $39 per share after one of its portfolio investments, Engage Technologies, announces reaching 12 million Web user profiles. Another CMG […]

Computer software and hardware e-tailer Cyberian Outpost filed to go public as the latest Web retailer hoping to ring up a sale on Wall Street. The trouble is, rival Egghead.com (NASDAQ:EGGS) trades at under 1x sales according to our analysis, leaving us wondering if Cyberian may be left standing in the cold. While the exact […]

04-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 130.62 1.69 1.31% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,315.09 18.00 1.39% NASDAQ 1,769.95 27.64 1.59% DJIA 8,870.56 66.26 0.75% CMG Info (NASDAQ:CMGI) drops 13% to $34.125 on no news today. Our analysis shows the public venture capital and direct marketing firm’s 23 off-balance sheet assets could be worth north of $1 […]

The same herd mentality that kept investors out of Internet stocks at the beginning of the year now gives them the jitters given the market’s latest pullback from April’s high for many stocks in the Net sector. But Internet stocks handily beat the market year to date, leaving us wondering if the selloff isn’t a […]

  02-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 131.90 1.48 1.13% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,297.09 -20.59 -1.56% NASDAQ 1,742.31 -19.48 -1.11% DJIA 8,804.30 -86.94 -0.98% Cyberian Outpost, which sells software and hardware via the Web, files for initial public offering, the latest to tap the public market for capital. Given Wall Street’s latest fickleness we wonder […]

There are tens of thousands of Web sites devoted to investing, finance, Wall Street and the stock market in general. Every six months we scan our bookmarks, favorites, and notable Net sites to share that list with readers in an effort to offer a quick resource guide for you. Here it is: Steve Harmon’s High […]

  02-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 130.42 -1.23 -0.93% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,317.69 -25.88 -1.93% NASDAQ 1,761.79 14.97 0.86% DJIA 8,891.24 -31.13 -0.35% Excite (NASDAQ:XCIT) reports it sold $21 million of advertising on its new Excite-Netscape co-branded search service, which goes live today on Netscape.com. Excite hires 12 new sales staff to help meet […]

Seattle-based cybermeals and Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel Partners formed a partnership that will bring $10 million in funding to the online restaurant meal company. The companies also said that Jim Breyer and Bud Colligan, managing partner and venture partner respectively at Accel, would join the cybermeals board of directors. “We’re extremely pleased with […]

  01-Jun-98 point change % change ISDEX 131.65 -6.77 -4.89% ISDEX Price Wtd. 1,343.56 -82.75 -5.80% NASDAQ 1,746.82 -32.05 -1.80% DJIA 8,922.37 22.42 0.25% CyberGuard (NASDAQ:CYBG) agrees to acquire Arca Systems, an information security services firm in an effort to expand its enterprise network security products and services. We think this area may see more […]