BOTTOM OF THE HARBOUR
Bully for InvestorWeb ONLINE chat site InvestorWeb has put its foot in it -- again.After collating the Appendix 4C statements and quarterly statements of cash flow from a range of companies, it sent a table of 31 companies it described as being on the critical list to media outlets across the country.The companies on the list would, according to InvestorWeb, run out of cash in three months if they continued to spend at their existing rate or failed to raise more capital.Problem...
The Times of India:
Love at first 'site'
'MAN dating on an internet chat site discovers his date of one year is actually a man posing as a woman!' Bet you have heard horror stories of internet dating like this one before. And now imagine meeting such a 'woman' or 'man' on an internet matrimonial site, and getting all ready to even marry... err... him, her, whatever. It was in 1997 that the first matrimonial site hit the Indian market. Thereafter...
South China Morning Post:
Another lawsuit hits IceRed as Singaporean seeks authors' details
Internet chat site IceRed.com has been hit with another lawsuit demanding it release personal information to identify the authors of allegedly libellous statements.Max Loh Khum Whai, of Singapore, made the application in a High Court writ filed yesterday. He is seeking the identity of the "first sender" and "second sender" of messages posted on December 30, on the grounds that a libel claim is likely. He is seeking an order against IceRed.com...
Welcome to the big pond // The lure of Los Angeles is enticing for Chicago theater's biggest fish, but the move can leave them floundering
Recently on an Internet chat site, Mandy, an aspiring actress who had graduated from a Chicago acting school, asked for advice on where to begin her career -- Los Angeles or New York. She was set on the traditional centers of the entertainment industry, but the responses were a varied lot; many suggested she might want to stay right where she was. In Chicago, she could take advantage of an array of theater opportunities, build her resume and get Equity status, maybe even obtain a SAG card....
MILITIAS SEE FEDERAL MENACE IN Y2K
POTENTIAL FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT REACTIONS HAS FBI ON ALERT
The message on the Internet chat site for a new Connecticut-based militia group sounds ominous: ``There will be many `lunatics' acting out on Jan. 1, 2000,'' it warns. ``I do recommend arming yourself against any of the radicals that may come out of the woodwork.'' The group, calling itself the Connecticut 51st Militia, is one of scores of militia groups across the country anxious about the approaching end of the millennium. And...