People hoping to make a quick profit from free shares in internet community websiteThemutual.netfound that by the end of yesterday's first dealings it would actually cost them money to sell their stock.
Speculation that the European commission will block the £80bn mega-merger between MCI Worldcom and Sprint reached fever pitch yesterday ahead of a meeting of competition law experts in Brussels today, which is expected to reject the deal.
Deutsche Telekom and its majority-owned subsidiary, T-Online, yesterday proved that silence can be golden when their refusal to deny rumours that the latter is preparing a £6.5bn bid for Freeserve prompted a 24% surge in the internet service provider's share price.