Internet Market Close Report for 1999.01.05

October 18th, 2008
The snapshot:

  04-Jan-99 point change % change
ISDEX 298.95 12.22 4.26%
NASDAQ 2,208.05 15.36 0.70%
DJIA 9,184.27 2.84 0.03%

  • Sportsline (NASDAQ:SPLN) soars 12% to $17.9625 per share after inking a deal with Amazon to create and maintain a sport related book and merchandise site. Deals not known but we think Sportsline may be receiving a substantially-higher "affiliate" like split from Amazon for the deal. Our estimate? 25% of sales may go to Sportsline.

  • Network Solutions (NASDAQ:NSOL) climbs 18% to $155 per share on news of a planned 2-for-1 stock split. These excite investors who think they'll be getting 2 shares for 1 and the observation that stocks that split often rise to pre-split levels. Not always though. Others that have announced splits include CMGI (NASDAQ:CMGI) and Inktomi (NASDAQ:INKT). In 1998 Yahoo, AOL, Earthlink, Mindspring to name a few, also split.

  • Go2Net (NASDAQ:GNET) acquired Web21, creator of the 100hot.com web site that ranks web sites by estimating users. Terms: $13.5 million GNET stock.

  • Earthlink (NASDAQ:ELNK) announces preliminary fourth quarter revenue of $58.3 million, up 138% vs. 4Q97. The consumer ISP also expects losses, however, as it grows the business, surpassing more than 1 million subscribers in 4Q.