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COVER
STORY Laying It On the Line
Bernie Ebbers, telecom's swaggering cowboy, delivered a profit warning and an apology to WorldCom investors on Nov. 1. They responded by lopping $17 billion more off his company's market cap. Now, with its long-distance business unraveling, Ebbers sees salvation in the Internet. But visionary Vice-Chairman John Sidgmore is growing increasingly detached and could soon be on his way out. Has too much time passed for WorldCom to become a player in high-value Internet services?
SPECIAL REPORT: LOGISTICS Logistics Is Suddenly Sexy
Both dot-coms and Old Economy companies are turning their attention and dollars to the mundane business of delivering the goods on time
Nabisco: One Smart Cookie It's using the Web to coordinate orders, and share warehouses and trucks with other manufacturers
Warehouse Trouble The dot-com shakeout comes just as e-fulfillment outfits are gearing up to deliver Christmas goods
Home Page Software to catch e-adulterers, an Idiot's Guide to not much, prospects for an online delivery service, a gibberish generator
Personalities Going for Gold at BlueLight
Parent Kmart considers him a bit pushy, but CEO Mark
Goldstein aims to make its online retailer leader of the pack
Making Her Own Luck
If Ellen Hancock can mastermind new services for Web hoster Exodus, her old job setbacks will be a laughing matter
Web Smart Companies Wired at Webcor
The San Mateo builder's embrace of
technology makes it stand out in the
risk-averse construction industry
MONDAY So What's Plan B?
Spinning out a dot-com subsidiary was all the rage. No more. What's next? Perspective by Heather Green
TUESDAY Calling Dr. Soros
Most people had given Bluefly.com up for dead. Not investor George Soros. Can he help revive the off-price online retailer?
Company Closeup by Faith Keenan
WEDNESDAY Shorts vs. Sports
Short sellers are betting big time that Global Sports is doomed. CEO Michael Rubin is out to prove them wrong.
Movers &
Shakers by Heather Green
THURSDAY The Net2Phone Puzzle
Using phones to tap the Internet is going mainstream, thanks to AOL and Yahoo! So why is pioneer Net2Phone sinking?
Street Wise by Amey Stone
FRIDAY
Move Over, Priceline
The airlines have started their own cheap tix site, Hotwire.com. We offer
an assessment of the interloper.
Clicks & Misses
by Timothy J. Mullaney
COMING UP SOON:
Disappearing Inc. lets you get rid of
unwanted e-mail--for good.
A profile of social critic Jeremy Rifkin, whose latest target is e-business
and "hypercapitalism."
We try out shopping bot MySimon.com
EXTRAS:
Q&As
Get a firsthand perspective on the issues.
Andy Ball, president of Webcor, talks about how the Internet
is changing construction.
Shane Coppola of Westwood One assesses the prospects for making
money from traffic and other information via the mobile Web.
Kevin Lynch, CEO of Nistevo, explains Net-powered logistics.
Andy Kahan, a victims' rights advocate in the Houston mayor's office,
discusses the dark side of online auctions.
Ideas.com Design maven Jakob Nielsen watches people browse around on a Web site to gain valuable insights into usability. In the case of ideas.com, the invention and inspiration exchange put off its launch to fix the problems. We'll show you what didn't work--and what does.
What's Behind the Net-Stock Meltdown
Don't be surprised that the transition to the vaunted
Internet Age isn't a pretty sight. Failure is a natural part of the process. Let's just hope that from now on companies are better prepared before going public.
Perspective, Oct. 30
Need Just a
Tad Less Angst?
The Nasdaq-100
tracking stock, known as the Qs, may be just the ticket for queasy investors. You get only the Nasdaq blue chips and less volatility. Here's our primer. Street Wise, Oct. 26
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