Nest egg
The online banking arm of Prudential, Egg, which launched in October 1998, increased its funds under management by more than five times last year. Yesterday it reported funds of £7.6bn on its books against £1.3bn in 1998. It now has more than 800,000 customers.

The Pru also announced job cuts of up to 1,500 in its insurance sales teams.

New home
The worldwide web address sky.com has been bought by BSkyB from Sky Computers of Massachusetts for an undisclosed sum. The existing web addresses will default to the new location.

Hard copy
Online travel company ebookers.com plans Britain's biggest outdoor advertising campaign with 3,200 posters and is planning similar campaigns in Germany, France and Scandinavia.