Start-up to take sting out of customs

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Two Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have established MyCustoms, a company whose service will make it easier to buy products from around the world by automating customs procedures and computing costs for online retailers. MyCustoms' service will link with merchants' Web sites and calculate duties, tariffs, taxes and acclerate the required paperwork. MyCustoms faces stiff competition from companies providing similar services, such as From2.com, Express Action and NextLink.

Wired Telecommunications Carriers, Specialized Telecom Services, MyCustoms

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Excite dispute leaves 850,000 without a Net

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AT and T technicians acted recently to restore high-speed Internet access to 850,000 customers cut off when negotiations with troubled service provider Excite At Home broke down.

On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Internet services, T, At Home Corp., ATHM, AT and T Corp.

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