Contents

• Introduction
• Commercialization of the Internet
• The IPO of Internet Companies

  •  The development of a Dotcom Company

  •  The increase of Venture Capitalists

  •  Investment Banks  

• The Stock Market Bubble

  • The Life Span of a Bubble

  • The Tulip Bubble

  • The Comestock Lode Silver Rush

  • Crash of the Stock Market

  • Explanation of the Bubble using P/E Ratios

• Lastminute.com

  • About LastMinute.com

  • The Business

  • The Website

  • Financial Highlights

  • Stock Performance

  • Reasons for the decline

  • Has the Bubble Burst for Lastminute.com?

• Freeserve.com  

  • History

  • Freeserve’s Products and Partnerships

  • The Web Page  

  •  Financial and Share Performance

  • Conclusion

• Yahoo.com

  • The Birth of Yahoo

  • Yahoo Website

  • Yahoo International

  •  Yahoo’s Success

  • Yahoo Performance on the NASDAQ

  • Recent Trends

  • Yahoo’s Future Plans

  • Yahoo Conclusion

• Cisco.com

  • Introduction

  • Cisco Website

  • Cisco Systems Financials  

  • Income statement

  • Balance Sheet  

  • Conclusion

• Amazon.com  

  • Introduction

  • Detailed Analysis  

  • Financial Highlights – Stock Watch  

  • Is Amazon.com a Bubble?  

  • Future Worries  

  • Conclusion  

• Conclusion