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Charities fear that housing slump will hurt donations

...inflation-adjusted level of private donations fell in 2001-02 -- amid the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and Internet stock bubble bust. Unfortunately, when giving falls, it's most often when demands on charitable groups are rising...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/11/25/bus_153964.shtml
Business
Stock market expert predicts growth

...took heat from investors after proclaiming that Internet stocks were overvalued - just before the bear market began...was fueled by speculation in technology stocks and Internet stocks. Technology stocks were sent to unheard of levels...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/05/12/bus_81107.shtml
Business
A fresh look at funds as large-cap growth crouches for comeback

...as PetSmart Inc. and Home Depot Inc., which is one of the fund's top holdings. He's also finding value in Internet stocks like Yahoo Inc. and Expedia Inc. Although some of these names didn't do the portfolio any favors last year, Milano...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2006/02/20/fin_58164.shtml
Finance
Google to end IPO registration Thursday

...from imposing rivals such as Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. To make matters worse, investors have been dumping Internet stocks in recent months. The Dow Jones Internet Index has declined by 20 percent since Google filed its IPO plans in late...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/08/11/fin_424950.shtml
Finance
Investors worry whether bond funds are running out of steam

...similar to that of the late 1990s bubble in tech and Internet stocks. But Micah Green, president of the Bond Market Association...I think of the Internet bubble, particularly the Internet stocks I had ... when the bubble burst, I had nothing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/08/04/fin_383058.shtml
Finance
Fed finds economy activity still lackluster

...corporate accounting scandals. These events further jolted stock market investors still reeling from the bursting of the Internet stock market bubble in early 2000. The economy began to recover last year but in the last three months the recovery stalled...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/04/24/bus_370590.shtml
Business
Clients sue stockbroker over losses

...almost immediately the Lotts began receiving statements showing their money dropping fast. "Putting a retiree in five Internet stocks violates every rule you can think of for brokers," said Robert Hagler, an Augusta lawyer representing the couple...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/02/19/met_376153.shtml
Metro
Orders to U.S. factories plunge in September

...big 52 percent decline in demand for communications equipment, a sector that has suffered from the collapse of the Internet stock market bubble. Orders for non-defense capital goods dropped by 12.6 percent, a bad sign for hopes that this...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/10/26/bus_360617.shtml
Business
Foundations see portfolios shrink

...and various pro-life apostolates and things like that." In Silicon Valley, hundreds of millions of dollars in Internet stock poured into foundations during the Internet boom. Officials at several foundations there acknowledged contributions...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/10/08/bus_324827.shtml
Business
Of mutual interest

...noticed, it's usually time for investors to get out, not in, he said. "Eighteen or 20 months ago, tech and Internet stocks were zooming to the moon and everybody wanted a piece of the action. A lot of investors got severely burned putting...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/07/22/bus_320009.shtml
Business