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Die führende B2B-Community VerticalNet (VERT) erhält eine Finanzspritze von Microsoft (MSFT) in Höhe von 100 Mio. Dollar.

Gleichzeitig schließen beide Gesellschaften eine Allianz im Bereich Business-to-Business und E-Commerce Services, welche zunächst auf drei Jahre begrenzt sein soll. Microsoft wird zudem auf den Seiten von VerticalNet Werbung betreiben und entsprechende E-Commerce Services an dritte Unternehmen vermarkten.

[kevvin]

Damit wäre ja wohl Baron`s Aussage "VerNet Pleite im Mai" endgültig ad absurdum geführt!

[marterpfahl]

Tja, schön und gut, aber dem Kurs hat es an der Nasdaq nichts genutzt. Vielleicht ist jka die Zeit der B2B-Unternehmen dich schon abgelaufen ?

[DasWiesel]

Company Press Release
SOURCE: eSpeed, Inc.

eSpeed, Inc. Ranked Among Top Online Revenue Producers By M.I.T., Ernst & Young and Interactive Week
- eSpeed Outdistances Other B2B Plays, Including VerticalNet,

FreeMarkets and Chemdex/Ventro -
NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- eSpeed, Inc. (Nasdaq: ESPD - news) today announced it was ranked in the top third of online revenue producers in an independent study conducted by the Center for e-Business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Ernst & Young and Interactive Week magazine. eSpeed, a leading interactive electronic marketplace engine for B2B e-commerce, was ranked 132 out of 2,500 in the ``Interactive Week Internet 500`` study of companies which generated online revenue in 1999, outdistancing industry competitors like VerticalNet, FreeMarkets and Chemdex/Ventro.

eSpeed Chairman and CEO Howard W. Lutnick said, ``This is a great acknowledgement of eSpeed`s success, particularly to be recognized so quickly as a leader in the Internet economy. eSpeed can apply its technological capability and its proven market expertise across any B2B marketplace. Whether it`s industrial commodities, electricity, telephone minutes or virtually any vertical, eSpeed can create the marketplace.``

eSpeed facilitates the creation of fast, efficient, cost-effective marketplaces in B2B vertical market segments. The GartnerGroup has forecast B2B e-commerce transactions reaching $7.29 trillion by 2004.

Interactive Week`s ``Internet 500`` are selected from over 2,500 online businesses. MIT and Ernst & Young together compile statistics on those companies and determine the 500 with the highest revenues drawn specifically from online initiatives.

Recently, Financial Services Analyst Justin Hughes and Senior Financial Services Analyst Jordan Hymowitz of full-service investment bank Robertson Stephens initiated coverage of eSpeed, stating, ``The eSpeed marketplace is already huge, transacting over $150 billion daily and over $45 trillion annually of financial products, more than four times the equity dollar volume transacted on the NYSE. We know of no other B2B exchange that comes close to eSpeed`s size, global reach or 24-hour accessibility.``

The eSpeed trading platform and global real-time private network enable customers to transact trades with a 300-millisecond response time, worldwide. Customers can also access eSpeed seamlessly via the Internet.

About eSpeed, Inc.

eSpeed, Inc. operates multiple buyer/multiple seller real-time B2B electronic marketplaces. eSpeed`s suite of marketplace tools provides an end-to-end solution -- transaction processing, network distribution, risk management, back-end processing and billing -- for the trading of products via the Internet or over eSpeed`s global private network. eSpeed currently provides the marketplace infrastructure for many fixed income financial markets, transacting over $150 billion of financial instruments daily. eSpeed is headquartered in New York. Additional information on eSpeed is available via the Internet at http://www.espeed.com.

Statements contained in this Press Release which are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors, which include, but are not limited to: the limited operating history of eSpeed, Inc., its expected incurrence of future losses and negative cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future, its ability to enter into marketing and strategic alliances, to effectively manage its growth, to expand the use of its electronic systems, and to induce customers to use its marketplaces and services and other factors that are discussed in eSpeed`s Annual Report on form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission

SOURCE: eSpeed, Inc.



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