Tom Taulli

Finally, the NASDAQ shot through the 3,000 barrier. Much of the enthusiasm was driven by economic news pointing to a slower economy and less inflation. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed up 13.17, or 2.35 percent, to 573.83, the Nasdaq Composite jumped 46.21 to 3,027.84 and the Dow Jones industrial average moved up 27.22 to 10,609.06. […]

After reporting earnings last week, eToys (ETYS) has been in a downward spiral, plummeting from 61-3/8 to 50-3/8. Yet, the stock still has a tremendous market capitalization: $5.7 billion. This is still much larger than the market capitalization of Toys R Us (TOY), which stands at $3.7 billion. By all accounts, Christmas should be stellar […]

Investors cheered the Nasdaq Composite past 3,000 before the midpoint of Tuesday’s session although the technology-heavy index was unable to end Tuesday above the milestone. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index closed off 6.21, or 1.10 percent, to 560.66, the Nasdaq Composite climbed 13.96 to 2,981.61 and the Dow Jones industrial average ended down 66.67 to 10,581.84. […]

Since its IPO in July at $9 per share, Audible (ADBL) has been rocky. After reaching a high of $25, the stock is now at $8-5/8. Unfortunately, last week the company’s 40-year-old chief executive officer, Andrew Huffman, died of a heart attack. The chairman and founder of the company, Donald Katz, will serve as the […]

Internet investors, who were rooting for the Nasdaq to cross the 3,000 barrier, had little to cheer about at the end of Monday’s trading as all the major indices treaded water. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index gained 4.15, or .74 percent, to 566.87, the Nasdaq Composite closed up 1.21 to 2,967.64 and the Dow Jones industrial […]

Over the weekend, Tom’s readers e-mailed him with questions regarding the addition of Microsoft and Intel to the Dow,the status of Stamps.com and Cobalt Networks. Hi Tom: As you know, this week Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) were added to the Dow. What does this mean to investors? Reply: First of all, keep in mind […]

On Wednesday, StarMedia reported its financials, showing yet again that the company is building itself into a dominant portal for Latin America. For the quarter, revenues shot to $5.62 million, up from $1.65 million in the same quarter a year ago. There were 1.17 billion page views during the quarter, which is a 71 percent […]

Despite a worse-than-expected earnings report from Amazon.com, Internet shares were able to end the day on the upside. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index gained 10.64, or 2.01 percent, to 549.64, the Nasdaq Composite rose 71.90 to 2,874.42 and the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 228.91 to 10,623.91. Among Internets, the big loser was Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) […]

The supercharged IPO market has spawned a large number of Net companies, many of which are fighting fierce battles trying to dominate their respective spaces. However, many of these companies will soon realize that it is better to join forces — through mergers and acquisitions — then to destroy each other. There was evidence of […]

Internet stocks finished lower Wednesday as investors continued to express worry over corporate earnings, dragging down both the ISDEX and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite. Internet bellwether eBay Inc. started the downward momentum after disappointing Wall Street. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index fell 12.66, or 2.30 percent, to 538.79, the Nasdaq Composite ended off 8.98 to 2,802.49 […]

On Monday, Lycos announced its ambitious shopping destination site, called simply enough, LYCOShop. The site provides full-service hosting for online merchants — such as The Sharper Image, Neiman Marcus and more than 1,000 other merchants — to sell their wares to the massive Lycos user base. This, of course, comes on the heels of Amazon.com’s […]

In the Net world, content has become a dirty word. The big money is in B-to-B, infrastructure and transactions, right? Well, the fact is that there are many opportunities in the content space. One company to look at is LookSmart (LOOK). Recently, the company announced that its directory has over 1.2 million unique URLs (apparently, […]