Yahoo, the Internet portal, joined the index in late 1999 -- within a month of its record high.
Chief, Arbiter, Elites, Johnson, Keyes, and U.N.S.C. troops follow Truth through the portal, joined by 343 Guilty Spark, who aids the Chief as he has no function to fulfill after the destruction of his ringworld.
NTL, for instance, said it would provide Internet access through a portal called ntlworld to join an array of existing Web access routes ranging from AOL to Freeserve.
This week, Mr. Price will start RexOffice, an Internet portal that joins two other EdificeRex businesses, both of which cater to residential buildings in Manhattan.
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The sizzling growth of GeoCities and its community peers has been the primary reason portals are joining the community race.
Descend the creaking wooden staircase opposite the cathedral's portal and join the crowd of locals enjoying an after-work drink at The Great Escape (5), at rue Madeleine 18 (0041 21 312 3194; the-great.ch), whose terrace overlooks Place de la Riponne.
And portal sites join with companies that provide bill payment or group buying technologies to give users more reasons to stay -- "stickiness," in industry terms.
On the American side, the invitation is more perfunctory, the golden door says, "If you are waiting for your Portal appointment, join us across the street at The Atticus Bookstore and Cafe".
The new funding is led by Kees Koolen, former CEO of online hotel reservation agency Booking.com and also (since 2012) an advisor to Uber on scaling globally; with Fritz Demopoulos, founder and former CEO of Chinese-language travel info portal Qunar.com, also joining in.
