Epinions lays off 24 employees
Epinions, an advertising-supported online forum for product reviews by consumers, laid off 24 of its 88 workers, or 27 percent. The across-the-board cuts come just weeks after the start-up completed a redesign and weeks before it will announce new financing that executives insist will sustain it to profitability.

Dot.com job cuts hit record level
In January, dot.com companies set a new layoff record, announcing 12,828 job cuts, a 23% hike over December's record total of 10,459, according to Chicago-based outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc.

Disney to Abandon Portal Site

Amazon Announces Job Cuts WOW!

Excites chief says party's over as company shifts focus
George Bell, chief executive, said it was now highly unlikely that the online media market would ever bounce back to the values that it enjoyed in the late 90s. "There's a very clear message here that the party's over," he said.

Lucy.com Closes
Lucy.com, a women's sportswear company often cited as a savvy niche retailer, will close its Web store and catalog business as of February 9, 2001. The Portland, Ore.-based company will continue to run its brick-and-mortar store, called "lucy@crunch" in New York City, which opened in December 2000 inside a Crunch Gym.

Stepstone axes 40 UK staff
Anglo-Norwegian recruitment heavyweight Stepstone today announced it was laying off 40 staff from its UK offices.

GiftCertificates.com Lays Off 100
GiftCertificates.com CEO Michael Ahern confirmed the 20 percent staff cut in an interview with atNewYork this morning, saying "appropriate changes" had to be made to minimize operating losses.

Net2000 Cuts 10 Percent of Workforce
Broadband telecommunications firm Net2000 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTKK) is reducing its workforce by 10 percent, and will take a first-quarter charge to lower its costs and save cash.

VerticalNet To Cut 150 Workers
The 150 workers represent about 8.3 percent of its regular full-time workforce, and will include employees from some of the 22 acquisitions made by the company over the past two years.

Vignette to cut work force on lowered outlook
Vignette, which employs roughly 2,300 workers, plans to lay off approximately 345 employees, according to a company representative.

Yazam Closes Europe, Reportedly Considers Liquidation
The implosion of Israeli incubator Yazam continues, with the company reportedly this week shutting down its European operations.

GovWorks files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
E-government services portal GovWorks Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, calling itself a victim of the "growth-at-any-cost craze" that has killed off a slew of Internet companies.

iAnalyst No More
BUH-BYE: Unable to secure a second round of venture capital
funding, iAnalyst has shut down its Web site.

Nortel realigns with 4,000 layoffs
The Brampton, Ontario-based company said the layoffs this week -- 700 in Ottawa and 200 in Toronto -- were mainly in research and development and were part of "normal re-skilling," or letting go of some workers and hiring others with different skill sets.

Audiohighway.com skids off superhighway
The Cupertino, Calif.-based provider of online music and content said it has been unable to attract sufficient financing to maintain operations, attributing its failure to a downturn in the market valuation of Internet companies

LookSmart cuts staff, warns of quarterly loss
LookSmart cut 31 percent of its staff, laying off 172 employees. It lowered expected fourth-quarter revenue to between $30 million and $31 million, down from prior estimates of between $33 million and $36 million.

Residential: Layoffs at Rentals.com
Julie Anderson, executive vice-president of marketing, said the job cuts were aimed at helping to drive the company to profitability by the end of 2001. [tk: really, wow - what a surprise]

Darwin Networks files Chapter 11 bankruptcy
.... Last year Darwin said it grew from 175 to 600 employees. No one could be reached at any of the telephone numbers listed for Darwin in Louisville

Three dot-com firms announce layoffs
Layoffs and facilities closures are continuing among dot-com companies intent on demonstrating their ability to attain profitability. In the latest batch of dot-com casualties, Kozmo.com, MVP.com and Advertising.com have all announced cutbacks.

Send.com shuts up shop
Premium gift site Send.com joined the growing legions of shuttered dot-coms Tuesday, announcing it would cease operations effective immediately.

Cambridge Technology layoffs add up to 10 in Mass
Cambridge Technology Partners Inc. said it will lay off 280 people, or 7 percent of its work force, and warned of a revenue shortfall because of slowing demand for its Web consulting services.

AllAdvantage.com lays off staff
Revolution UK - Californian-based AllAdvantage.com is axing staff across Europe, including London, as it overhauls its business.

Global: EToys cuts 700 jobs
Besides announcing 700 job cuts, eToys will close warehouse operations in California and North Carolina in the next month, reports the Financial Times

MVP.com Lays Off More Employees
Online sports retailer MVP.com has laid off 36 more employees, leaving it with 43 employees at its Chicago headquarters or a quarter of its original staff.

New York Times Cuts Online Staff
The New York Times is laying off 69 employees in its Internet division, which has suffered from an erosion in dot-com advertising revenue.

Ameritrade Cuts 350 Jobs
Ameritrade Holding Corp. Monday let 230 full-time and 120 part-time employees go due to a decrease in market volume in the past few months.

Ameritrade Cuts 350 Jobs
Ameritrade Holding Corp. Monday let 230 full-time and 120 part-time employees go due to a decrease in market volume in the past few months.

MarchFirst wields layoff ax again
Struggling Internet consulting company MarchFirst has started yet another round of layoffs.

FoodUSA.com Fails To Find Buyers
FoodUSA.com, the online exchange handling trades of meat and poultry, has shut down. (1/5/2001)

Having missed its growth projections the exchange could not find a buyer and has ceased operations. It follows the demise the day before of online restaurant reservation system Foodline.com, as the dotcom shakeout continues to claim its victims.