Word: bidness
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Wetherell's Internet world view is getting its fiercest test in a takeover tussle with Barry Diller--a real-economy mogul if ever there was one--who has made a bid for Lycos, the Internet portal that Wetherell financed and of which he owns 18.5%. While Diller and Wetherell agree that the partnering of Lycos' new-media assets and Diller's traditional media hodgepodge of USA Networks, Home Shopping Network and other film- and television-production interests makes strategic sense, they disagree sharply on the value Diller ascribes to Lycos...
...America Online and Microsoft have entered the fray over the Colorado-based MediaOne cable service. A bid in March for MediaOne by another another cable system called Comcast seemed like run-of-the-mill consolidation in the cable business. But last week AT&T came in with a much bigger offer, turning MediaOne into a reminder of telecom's future. Interest from Microsoft and AOL only extends these emerging battle lines even deeper into cyberspace...
...give me your MTV-logoed North Face parka, and I'll cough up a nickel for your disadvantaged friend." No deal. The line again shuffles forward. We bid Judd Hirsch adieu and greet the cast next door...
...however, learn that if I want my name to fit in the upper right hand corner of a piece of notebook paper, I should start in the middle of the page, not four-fifths over to the right, where everyone else does. Fifth grade: In an unsuccessful bid for school president, I realize that "Vote for Ganeshananthan" isn't exactly, well, pithy. And absolutely nothing rhymes with it. It also makes posters and stickers expensive. I lose. I also begin to realize that when I leave phone messages with people who don't know me, I get the comment...
...Crimson will receive an automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA tournament. Harvard will learn its fate next Wednesday when pairings are announced, and the team said it is looking forward to the challenge of a regional tournament...