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Industry: Internet
Tracked Companies: 1,226
Tracked People: 6,569
Total Revenue: 95.60B
Total Profit: 10.71B
Total Employees: 257,194
This industry is one of the broadest, with companies as diverse as the uses people have found for the internet. The internet giants include familiar names like Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo! and Juniper Networks.

While Amazon is basically a large retail operation, the lack of a 'brick and mortar' store results in less overhead and thus higher profit margins than traditional retailers. Therefore, Amazon tracks with both retail stocks and the more volatile technology industry, as its 'store' is online.
This industry is one of the broadest, with companies as diverse as the uses people have found for the internet. The internet giants include familiar names like Google, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo! and Juniper Networks.

While Amazon is basically a large retail operation, the lack of a 'brick and mortar' store results in less overhead and thus higher profit margins than traditional retailers. Therefore, Amazon tracks with both retail stocks and the more volatile technology industry, as its 'store' is online. eBay provides both an online marketplace for buyers and sellers to meet, and also the platform for the resulting monetary transfer through its PayPal subsidiary. This 'marketplace' is all virtual, with low overhead and high margins.

But the internet isn't just retail. Google is not only the Web's dominant search engine but also its most effective advertising machine, selling ads around their doorway to finding information. Yahoo! competes against Google in search and owns various other online properties, but gains nearly ninety percent of their revenues from advertising. Juniper, meanwhile, sells the equipment that carries the internet's electronic data.

Most internet stocks trade on the tech-laden Nasdaq Exchange, and therefore trade along the more volatile indexes, like the Nasdaq 100.
Internet companies tend to have higher profit margins and, since the internet is piped directly into people's homes, these stocks are a bit less economically sensitive. However, they are not counter-cyclical in the true sense of that term. In slow economic times consumers are less likely to cancel their internet access as it has become viewed as a necessity, but internet users have come to expect content for free. Therefore, converting that audience to purchases or desired actions is not always simple.

The internet does save consumers money via both cheaper products at Amazon and eBay and not having to travel to a store, thus cushioning the downside for better-run companies. In good economic times, high profit margins and low overhead create solid earnings and can create strong upside moves. However, carving out a niche online is not easy due to barriers to entry are low and fierce competition.
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03/20/10 - Search for anything you want in the Google engine. - read more at CNET - Download.com (New Windows)
tags: Google 
1268602 1 hour:
YouTube creators cashed in big on sale to Google: documents
This picture taken on January 2010 in Paris shows the internet homepage of the YouTube website. - read more at Topix
tags: Google  YouTube 
1268593 1 hour:
Alexandria selected the Capital of Arab Tourism for the year ...
Egypt: Egyptian Tourism Minister, Zoheir Garranah, and Major General Adel Labib, the Governor of Alexandria, declared the initiation of the ceremonial festivals of selecting Alexandria as the Capital of Arab Tourism for the year 2010 during the press conference that was held on March 17th in Alexandria. ... - read more at AME Info
tags: AMEInfo.com 
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Renewable energy plant installed in Egypt
Egypt: Engineering group Siemens has announced the installation of a 250-megawatt renewable energy plant in Egypt's Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea coast, Reuters has reported, citing Egypt's state news agency. The report did not mention further details concerning the project. Egypt has wind farms at Zafarana ... - read more at AME Info
tags: AMEInfo.com 
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Damac Properties Egypt awards contract to JET, Egyptian Eng. ...
Egypt: Luxury lifestyle developers Damac Properties today announced that the contractor JET, Egyptian Eng. and Trade Company have been awarded the construction contract for the attached villas located in Hyde Park, New Cairo. [AMEInfo.com] - read more at AME Info
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1268590 1 hour:
SICO concludes Annual General Meeting
Bahrain: Securities and Investment Company (SICO), the Bahrain-based regionally-focused investment bank, held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM), on Thursday March 18th, 2010 at the Golden Tulip Hotel with a 67.79% quorum. [AMEInfo.com] - read more at AME Info
tags: AMEInfo.com 
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YouTube a Pirate Site According to Google Execs
A bunch of internal communications and emails were just unsealed relating to Google's (GOOG)GOOG) purchase of YouTube. Emails showed that some Google execs referred to YouTube as a 'pirate site'. This whole unveiling came about from Viacom's (VIA) (VIA-B) $1 billion lawsuit relating to the uploading of copyrighted ... - read more at Benzinga
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Bahrain to host 2010 water and power exhibition
Bahrain: The Gulf Water and Power Forum, taking place at the Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, is just one month away. Held under the patronage of the Kingdom of Bahrain Electricity and Water Authority, GWPF arrives at a critical time of investment in the GCC region. [AMEInfo.com] - read more at AME Info
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1268560 2 hours:
Bahrain Ministry of Industry and Commerce commits for ISO 9001:2008 ...
Bahrain: Contract signing ceremony was held in Ministry of Industry and Commerce in Bahrain on March 18, 2010 in which H. E. Minister of Industry and Commerce, Dr. Hassan Fakhro and Director of Infovision Consultants W. L. L., Mr. Mobin Sheikh, signed agreement. [AMEInfo.com] - read more at AME Info
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Business briefs
GM battles auto dealer legislation; Businesses may lose government guarantee; Boeing ups production on 2 wide-body planes; Ex-Visteon workers fight for retiree health benefits; The Henry Ford gets $1M for electrical upgrades; Decision on executive pay will be revealed next week; Small businesses cry ... - read more at Detroit News (Business)
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INDEX: .DJNET - FridayMar 194:02 PM ET
115.36 -1.52  (-1.30%)
Vol: 0.00
High: 117.26
Low: 115.06
Mkt Cap: 0.00
52Wk High: 117.59
52Wk Low: 62.03
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Friday's Best Performers In Internet
Ticker Price Change Mkt Cap
8.56 +0.10 (+1.18%) $514.01M
* Excludes stocks with mkt cap < $500M.
Friday's Worst Performers In Internet
Ticker Price Change Mkt Cap
17.11 -0.73 (-4.09%) $939.30M
10.00 -0.31 (-3.01%) $835.29M
19.40 -0.36 (-1.82%) $2.40B
130.35 -2.41 (-1.82%) $57.95B
31.39 -0.55 (-1.72%) $5.40B
18.43 -0.30 (-1.60%) $640.41M
23.98 -0.38 (-1.56%) $1.08B
18.40 -0.26 (-1.39%) $1.30B
25.51 -0.33 (-1.28%) $2.72B
560.00 -6.40 (-1.13%) $136.57B
* Excludes stocks with mkt cap < $500M.
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Top 50 Public and Private Internet Industry Companies, by Revenue*
Company Ticker Price Change Mkt Cap Revenue Profit Employees
Amazon.com, Inc. AMZN 130.35 -2.41 (-1.82%) 57.95B 24.51B 902.00M 20,700
Google Inc. GOOG 560.00 -6.40 (-1.13%) 136.57B 23.65B 6.52B 20,222
eBay Inc. EBAY 27.19 -0.26 (-0.97%) 35.32B 8.73B 2.39B 16,200
Yahoo Inc. YHOO 16.44 -0.12 (-0.72%) 23.02B 6.46B 597.99M 13,600
AOL, Inc. AOL 25.51 -0.33 (-1.28%) 2.72B 4.17B 1.53B 14,000
CornerWorld Corporation CWRL 0.02 +0.00 (-0.00%) 1.91M 3.94B -2.56B 16
Yahoo! Japan Corporation -- -- --  -- 3.01B 759.70M 3,628
United Internet AG -- -- --  -- 2.10B -154.73M 4,565
Iliad S.A. -- -- --  -- 1.99B 127.71M 3,825
Unitymedia GmbH -- -- --  -- 1.56B 109.66M 1,602
SAVVIS, Inc. SVVS 17.11 -0.73 (-4.09%) 939.30M 874.41M -20.85M 2,228
Akamai Technologies, Inc. AKAM 31.39 -0.55 (-1.72%) 5.40B 859.77M 145.91M 1,500
Lastminute.com plc -- -- --  -- 839.00M 2,200
Merrill Corporation -- -- --  -- 796.42M -39.59M 5,600
eAccess Ltd. -- -- --  -- 686.99M -64.58M 588
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. RAX 19.40 -0.36 (-1.82%) 2.40B 628.99M 30.22M 2,611
PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES, INC. PGI 8.56 +0.10 (+1.18%) 514.01M 601.52M 13.61M 2,650
VRX Studios Inc. -- -- --  -- 500.00M
Shanda Games Limited -- -- --  -- 494.02M 138.61M 1,407
SOHU.com Inc. -- -- --  -- 429.05M 158.64M 3,197
VALUECLICK INC/CA VCLK 10.00 -0.31 (-3.01%) 835.29M 422.72M 68.62M 739
GMO Internet, Inc. -- -- --  -- 378.73M 21.46M
SINA CORP SINA -- --  -- 369.59M 80.64M 45
Razorfish Seattle -- -- --  -- 312.00M 2,200
Atlantic Broadband -- -- --  -- 297.87M 11.17M 722
Tiscali Italia S.r.l. -- -- --  -- 290.21M
iiNet Limited -- -- --  -- 267.25M 16.38M
Cybersource Corporation CYBS 18.40 -0.26 (-1.39%) 1.30B 265.14M 10.96M 614
QuinStreet, Inc. QNST -- --  -- 260.53M 17.27M 477
INTERNAP NETWORK SERVICES CORP INAP 5.73 -0.22 (-3.70%) 291.95M 256.26M -69.72M 430
Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC -- -- --  -- 255.81M -84.56M 627
J2 Global Communications JCOM 23.98 -0.38 (-1.56%) 1.08B 245.57M 66.83M 400
Ancestry.com Inc. ACOM 16.50 -0.03 (-0.18%) 700.64M 224.90M 21.30M 570
SWITCH & DATA FACILITIES COMPANY, INC. SDXC 18.43 -0.30 (-1.60%) 640.41M 205.44M 408.00K 330
Gourmet Navigator Inc. -- -- --  -- 203.47M 22.97M 1,141
Changyou.com limited CYOU 31.88 -0.31 (-0.96%) 3.27B 201.84M 107.99M 628
DUPONT FABROS TECHNOLOGY, INC. DFT 22.71 -0.01 (-0.04%) 963.38M 200.28M 58.45M 67
Daum Communications Corporation -- -- --  -- 174.34M 30.96M 618
PeoplePC, Inc. -- -- --  -- 173.98M 98
Dada S.p.A. -- -- --  -- 170.20M 8.40M 251
ClassMates Media Corporation -- -- --  -- 139.45M -1.93M 301
DEAG Deutsche Entertainment AG -- -- --  -- 139.43M -6.32M
TIER TECHNOLOGIES INC TIER 7.92 -0.06 (-0.75%) 143.76M 131.27M -7.13M 222
NAPSTER INC -- -- --  -- 125.52M -16.59M 133
WEBMEDIA BRANDS INC. WEBM 0.98 -0.08 (-7.55%) 36.18M 119.65M -65.95M 652
Hayneedle, Inc. -- -- --  -- 115.00M 369
Rambler Media Limited -- -- --  -- 110.03M 3.28M 660
Rightmove plc -- -- --  -- 105.87M 56.80M 360
Specific Media -- -- --  -- 100.00M 80
Ipreo LLC New York -- -- --  -- 100.00M 500
* This list includes public and private companies, as well as subsidiaries and divisions involved in the Internet industry, and is not limited to the displayed index.
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