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Author's Note: In 1999, many of our Private Equity clients were struggling with the spiraling valuation levels of Internet and e-business entities. It was then L.E.K. first published this article [...]

The Internet remains an exciting industry for investors due to mergers and partnerships between Web companies and media, entertainment, and communication businesses. The Internet has completely changed retail and entertainment businesses in the United States. It is anticipated that approximately 100 million Americans will be 'surfing' the Web by 2000. During the 1998 Christmas season, retail sales reached $4 billion. However, as price/earnings valuations far surpass companies in other market sectors, the Internet remains a very speculative investment propostion.

Stocks in the Internet industry are only for those investors who can tolerate risk the most, even though many of these equities have been leaders in the bull market of the 1990s. Investor interest has been pushed higher by the possible merger of Netscape and AOL, but investors must be willing to adjust to price swings, high price/earnings ratios, and other pitfalls. Several of these stocks are timely for 1998 and 1999, but are best suited for speculation.

MovieLaLa, a social network and movie marketing platform for upcoming movies, announced it has received seed funding from Jim Moloshok, a former entertainment executive at HBO, Yahoo! and Warner Bros, [...]

Byline: David Barkholz Al Chalashtori, general manager of Universal Nissan and Universal Hyundai in Orlando, Fla., says lots of shoppers are finding his stores from an often overlooked source: Yahoo! [...]

To accelerate growth and expand its marketplace, Chairish announced that it has raised a $3.2 million seed round from Azure Capital Partners and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV), both of which [...]

Byline: Erin Greer Detroit's bankruptcy filing was announced Thursday. Less than 24 hours later, County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina ruled the filing unconstitutional. And while Michigan's Attorney General Bill Schuette has [...]

Byline: Robert Carr, Contributing Writer SANTA MONICA, CA--A partnership of the Luzzatto Co. Inc. and Welk Real Estate Inc. has gained $14 million to refinance a 62,000-sq.-ft. office here. The [...]

In a sign of just how badly Microsoft wants Yahoo, the software maker's CFO said Monday that the company would borrow cash for the first time to fund its proposed […]

British Airways is to sponsor Yahoo!'s rugby content during the Six Nations tournament, which starts on 5 February. BA will use the tie-up to support its sponsorship of the [...]

Internet company Yahoo Inc.'s third-quarter net income more than doubled from a year ago, continuing a recent surge driven by an online advertising revival. The company earned $65.3 million for […]

Byline: aaron elstein Even a slimmed-down Monster Worldwide Inc. looks pretty scary with its shares scaling such heights. The Manhattan-based online employment firm has seen its stock nearly triple in [...]

Barry Diller, a Hollywood media mogul, has acquired LendingTree, an online financial-services provider. Mr Diller's shift to e-commerce comes amid a revival of interest in online businesses. A few surviving [...]

The internet portal Yahoo! has beaten analysts' revenue and earnings expectations for the quarter to 30 September, posting earnings of dollars 28.9 million, compared with a loss of dollars 24.1 [...]

Yahoo! achieved a profit internationally for the first time in two years and continued to produce an operating surplus in the UK and Ireland in its latest quarter's trading. In [...]

Yahoo Inc. soared above the difficult economy in its third quarter, reporting solid earnings and a 50% boost in revenue. Yahoo on Wednesday reported revenue for the quarter ended Sept. […]

Global portal Yahoo! posted a pre-tax profit of dollars 36.9 million (pounds 23.9m) for the three months to 30 June and is now profitable in the UK & Ireland. The [...]

To keep your head above water during one of the worst advertising markets for years is one thing. To do so while being a digital business is another. To do [...]

Yahoo Inc. bid farewell to six straight quarters of red on Wednesday, thanks in part to its growing focus on fee-based services such as job listings. The company reported second-quarter […]

Amid the roughest ad market of its life, Yahoo reported last week that fourth-quarter sales fell almost 40% from a year ago. The Internet portal lost $8.7 million on revenue […]

Yahoo [YHOO] and Microsoft [MSFT] this week said they experienced strong online sales growth during the months of November and December. Holiday sales on Yahoo's shipping web sites rose 86 […]

Online media outlets stumbled to keep up with consumer demand in 2001 while scaling back on workforces and business plans. The bad year for companies that disseminate information online started […]

Stockmarkets around the world continued their recovery last week, with many recapturing their pre-September 11 levels. Technology stocks again led the way following better than expected results from Juniper Networks […]

Yahoo! has announced a third-quarter net loss of £16.6m,with net earnings down 44% year-on-year to £114.5m. The company, which posted a profit of £32.9m for Q3 last year, blamed the [...]