Alex Berenson

With 950 reporters and 79 bureaus, Bloomberg competes to break news with Dow Jones, Reuters and Bridge News along with newspaper Web sites, dozens of smaller Internet sites, and even gossipy chat rooms. ”

Of all the big Internet companies, Yahoo is the most highly valued on a price-earnings and price-sales basis. ”

Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary. ”

America Online, of course, is a master of the hard sell, from stuffing mailboxes with free trial offers to forcing subscribers to click through ads before they can get their e-mail. ”

Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending. ”

Whatever the potential pitfalls, banks are increasingly enthusiastic about venture capital, particularly in new companies with strong prospects in fields like health care and technology. ”

Information technology departments must spend enormous amounts of time and money worrying about integrating big computer systems with billions of pieces of customer data. ”

Even technology companies get good news sometimes. ”

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day. ”

Big companies often use their leverage to take stakes in would-be suppliers, especially in the technology business. ”