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: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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But regardless of the ultimate resiliency of those businesses, the dot-com wave led to a proliferation of technology tools across nearly all sectors.
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John Kell, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The sterling issue includes an ultra-rare 100-year note — the first sale with such an extreme maturity by a technology firm since the dot-com era, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Eleven dot-com companies bought ads.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
In a recent note, Deutsche Bank has started drawing comparisons to the dot-com bubble of 2000, and says the recent sell-off in AI and software-exposed stocks is showing no signs of easing.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
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John Kell, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
The sterling issue includes an ultra-rare 100-year note — the first sale with such an extreme maturity by a technology firm since the dot-com era, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Eleven dot-com companies bought ads.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
In a recent note, Deutsche Bank has started drawing comparisons to the dot-com bubble of 2000, and says the recent sell-off in AI and software-exposed stocks is showing no signs of easing.
—Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 Feb. 2026
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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