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Email Alert Internet Daily for Friday, November 23, 2001 by Frank Barnako CBS MarketWatch.com Amazon.com back to normal Amazon.com said its customers have ordered almost 9 million items in the past two weeks, "sending a clear message: it's back to shopping as usual this holiday season." Items related to Harry Potter account for 20% of the top sellers, and sales of DVD players are 75% ahead of last year. ----------------------------------------------------------------- AOL France sees flat-rate approval Internet users in France may not have to count the minutes and the francs much longer. The chief of AOL France, a unit of AOL Time Warner's America Online, was reported Friday to be expecting the country's regulators to allow Internet service providers to offer flat-rate pricing. Currently, Web users pay by the minute. "I think it will be a battle won," AOL France's Stephane Treppoz said, according to Dow Jones. But he does not expect much of an impact in the marketplace. Troppez, speaking at a broadband industry meeting in Montpelier, France, said, "Users don't feel they need to move to broadband, they're satisfied with low band." He did point out however that when flat-rate pricing was offered in the U.K. a year ago, average daily online use jumped from 20 minutes to an hour. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lycos workers ordered home for Christmas The almost 800 U.S.-based employees of Terra Lycos are required to take five days off between Dec. 24 and Dec. 31, either as vacation or unpaid leave. The move is aimed at cutting costs, according to a report from Dow Jones in Madrid, Spain. A company spokesman said only key personnel will stay on the job. ----------------------------------------------------------------- You've got pink slips Eastman Kodak's PhotoNet, which provided services to AOL Time Warner's America Online, is being shut down. About 135 employees in Israel and the U.S. are being laid off by the shutdown of the PictureVision unit, according to Israel's Business Arena publication. There was no indication AOL's "You've Got Pictures" service would be affected by the move. Kodak said it would consider transferring key employees in its Israel office to its New York headquarters. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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