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Email Alert Internet Daily for Monday, November 19, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com AOL, Yahoo start charity Web site AOL Time Warner, Yahoo and Cisco Systems announced Monday a Web site they've launched to enable 850,000 charities to solicit donations, recruit volunteers and collect comments. The purpose of NetworkforGood.org is to help nonprofit organizations become more effective and efficient by integrating the Internet into their fundraising and related activities. "We will be able to make giving, volunteering and speaking out on issues as central a part of the Internet as shopping or getting e-mail," said Steve Case, AOL Time Warner's chairman. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Olympic-sized sports Web site General Electric's NBC, Microsoft's MSNBC.com and the MSN network launched Monday what they said will be the largest event Web site in sports history. The Olympics-oriented site is available at http://www.olympics.com/ and http://www.nbcolympics.com/. During the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the site will feature exclusive live results. Slide shows of events and athletes will be a focus of the site's coverage. It also includes a schedule of events and a ticket auction. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Investor site to charge for alerts BestCalls.com will begin charging subscription fees for its CallTracker service. "The revenues generated by CallTracker subscriptions will be re-invested into the business to expand our research, customer service and marketing efforts," said Mark Coker, BestCalls' founder. Email alerts for conference call schedules and access information will cost professional investors and business users $495 a year; individuals will be charged $49.95 a year. The service currently has 80,000 subscribers receiving its email alerts at no charge. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Overstock.com expects profitability Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne said Monday his company has been profitable this month and he expects more of the same for the future. "We expect to be unreasoningly profitable in December and thereafter," the CEO said. He expects the company's sales to total $100 million this year. Overstock.com has specialized in making bulk purchases of manufacturers' and retailers' surplus goods. Now, the company is moving into sales of new items. Byrne said the company will offer as many as 350 different titles, included on various best-seller lists and priced 10% below Amazon's price. Previously, Overstock.com partnered with Amazon.com to sell PCs. Byrne canceled the deal, complaining of poor results. ----------------------------------------------------------------- For late-breaking market news you can't afford to miss, go to http://CBS.MarketWatch.com/ ================================================================ LOGIN to access your account: https://investing.schwab.com/trading/start ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or modify your Email Alert customization options, log in using the link below or copy and paste it into your browser's address window: https://investing.schwab.com/trading/start?SANC=EAMyAlerts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Notice: All email sent to or from the Charles Schwab corporate email system may be retained, monitored and/or reviewed by Schwab personnel. (0801-11478) Copyright 2001 CBS MarketWatch. All rights reserved. Commercial use or redistribution in any form, printed or electronic, is prohibited. Distribution by Quris, Inc.
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