Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Making money - Airlines are going flat-out to provide best seats for international


Airlines are going flat-out to provide best seats for international
Seattle Times - CHICAGO In the battle among airlines for international business travelers, it's snooze or lose. Literally. With long flights to China, India and the Middle East becoming more common, airlines are spending millions of dollars to make sure their

Vonage Shares Drop in NYSE Trading Debut
Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of Vonage Holdings Corp., the Internet telephone pioneer, dropped in their trading debut Wednesday after pricing late Tuesday at $17 a share, the middle of the expected range. Shares of Vonage fell 70 cents, or 4 percent, to

Researchers say semantic Web will drive Internet
IT World - Much of the discussion is centered on the "semantic Web," the term for how researchers believe information on the Web can be intelligently labeled, interpreted and linked through applications that can draw relationships and discover buried

Vonage IPO stock drops on first day
Network World Fusion - The company's stock closed at $14.85 on Wednesday after going on sale at $17 when the New York Stock Exchange trading day began. Vonage offered 31.25 million shares, raising about $531 million. It planned to use that money to fund continued marketing

Vonage shares drop at debut
Globe and Mail - NEW YORK Shares of Vonage Holdings Corp., the Internet telephone pioneer, dropped in their trading debut Wednesday after pricing late Tuesday at $17 (U.S.) a share, the middle of the expected range. Shares of Vonage fell 70 cents, or 4 per cent

Bill to Ban Gambling Online Gets 4th Chance
Washington Post - Online poker players will have to fold their hands if a Virginia congressman gets his way. Today, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up a bill introduced by Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte (R) that would ban much online gambling, including bets on

Investors drop Internet phone pioneer Vonage
USA Today - NEW YORK (AP) Shares of Vonage Holdings (VG) , the Internet telephone pioneer, dropped in their trading debut Wednesday after pricing late Tuesday at $17 a share, the middle of the expected range. Shares of Vonage fell $2.05, or 12.1%, to $14.95

Microsoft Jazzes Up Mapping Service
Forbes - Microsoft plotted another leg of its ongoing course toward capturing more web traffic Wednesday as it updated its mapping service, Windows Live Local, to include features like real-time traffic data and the uploading of photos and lists to map sites