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Investor AM: B2B, boom to bust?
Toss "B2B" into the old buzzword bin. Internet incubator Safeguard Scientifics (sfe), which helped create the business-to-business e-commerce stock craze, is taking its cash and going elsewhere.
Toss "B2B" into the old buzzword bin. Internet incubator Safeguard Scientifics (sfe), which helped create the business-to-business e-commerce stock craze, is taking its cash and going elsewhere.
While Safeguard bailed out of B2B with IPO strong profits, some of you are left holding after-market gems like eMerge Interactive (Nasdaq: EMRG), an online cattle auctioneer and a Safeguard investment. If Safeguard starts a trend, B2B could mean boom to bust. Full story. -- Larry Dignan, ZDNet Inter@ctive Investor