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Battered Dot-Coms Come Back to Life


New York, Feb 15, 2001 (123Jump via COMTEX) -- Continuing their rebound of
yesterday afternoon, Net stocks rode higher Thursday morning. The Amex Internet
Index jumped 9.60, or 3.6%, to 276.47, while the Merrill Lynch Internet HOLDRs
Trust (HHH), a narrower basket of dot-com heavyweights, added 1.00, or 2.1%, to
last trade at 48.15.

Among the early winners were Internet services stocks: BroadVision (BVSN),
InfoSpace (INSP), E.piphany (EPNY), and Akamai Technologies (AKAM), all posted
roughly 10% gains.

The business-to-business (B2B) space was also hot; the Merrill Lynch B2B
Internet HOLDRs Trust (BHH), a basket of dot-coms with B2B activities, climbed
68 cents, or 5%, to 14.17.

Not participating in this morning`s advance were shares of leading online
retailer Amazon.com (AMZN), off 31 cents, or 2%, to 14.13, after Prudential
Securities downgraded the stock to a "sell" rating from "hold," with a $9 price
target, citing "anemic" sales growth.

Weighing in on cyber security provider and domain name registrar VeriSign (VRSN)
was Lehman Brothers, as its analyst started coverage with a "buy" recommendation
and a price target of $70. Shares of VeriSign gained 3.44, or over 5%, to last
trade at 66.06.

In the online brokerage space, E*TRADE Group (ET) began its first day of trading
on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) this morning, after trading on the Nasdaq
since it went public in 1996. During that time, the e-broker evolved into a more
diversified financial services firm, including E*TRADE Bank, the company`s
successful online banking unit.

On the Big Board, shares of E*TRADE were last indicated at 13.04, up 35 cents,
or 3%, from yesterday.

On the earnings front, WebEx Communications (WEBX) climbed 1.25, or 10%, to
13.44, after the real-time Web communications infrastructure provider reported a
fourth-quarter loss of $12.8 million or 39 cents per share after yesterday`s
market close - 6 cents ahead of analysts` consensus estimates. Revenue for the
quarter jumped 50% sequentially and 879% from a year ago to $11.2 million.

Scheduled to report quarterly results after today`s closing bell is struggling
e-commerce firm Priceline.com (PCLN), sliding 3 cents to 2.53 this morning.
Predicted by analysts to post a loss of 7 cents per share, investors are also
looking for an update on its plans for the future.



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