BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 8, 1999 ISSUE
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INTERNATIONAL -- EUROPEAN BUSINESS Europe's Internet Revolution HOW IT'S LIKE THE U.S.... -- Giants such as AOL and Amazon.com dominate, along with local power Bertelsmann. -- Europeans, though behind the Americans, are rushing to the Web. Some 10.4% of people on the Continent use the Internet, and Web surfing is growing 50% a year. -- European stocks associated with the Web are taking off. ...AND HOW IT'S DIFFERENT -- Europe's patchwork of languages creates niche players such as Galeries de Versailles and Class Editori. -- Seed capital is in short supply. -- Europeans are slower than Americans to trust the Internet for financial transactions. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					Return to main story INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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