The VB.com
Internet Hall of Fame

VB.com = Virtual Banks
 
     
1996
2000
2006
2009

There are only 676 Two Letter Domains !
some of them are among the World´s most valuable Real Estate
 
   
Internet
Hall of Shame
Two Letter Domains
for Sale
 
   
Companies that
missed their
Two Letter Domain
These 7 Banks and / Bank Related Companies own a "Two Letter" Domain
.... they are in the VB.com Internet Hall of Fame

- Some Companies like Hewlett Packard / HP.com, General Electric / GE.com, Texas instruments / TI.com or British Petroleum / BP.com
are real PIONNEERS understanding the Internet a Decade ahead of Time
- Other like Deutsche Bank / DB.com, H&M / HM.com or Calvin Klein / CK.com paid "peanuts" and bought the missed domains early enough
- Others like Liverpool Victoria / LV.com or LG Group LG.com paid a stronger Amount of Money and now they are in the List

In 2009 were added to the Internet Hall of Fame: AT&T Yellowpages YP.com, LG Group LG.com, Lufthansa LH.com and Japan Tobacco / JT.com
If you know about anybody missing please come to blog.vb.com
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gs.com reg 1991
ml.com reg 1990
ms.com reg 1993
7 Banks
DB.com = Deutsche Bank
GS.com = Goldman Sachs
ML.com = Merrill Lynch
MS.com = Morgan Stanley
 
Deutsche Bank
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
 
Bank
Financial Services
Finance & Insurance
Investment Services
 
80,500 people
32,500 people
60,000 people
48,000 people
 
16.8 billion $
53.57 billion $
62.6 billion $
62.2 billion $
 
from Frankfurt / Germany
from NY / USA
from NY / USA
from NY / USA
 
domain DB.com reg ??
lost and reg again 13 dec 1997
by ??
bought by Deutsche Bank
domain GS.com reg 5 april 1991
by Goldman Sachs
domain MS.com reg 16 mai 1990
by Merrill Lynch
domain MS.com reg 31 aug 1993
by Morgan Stanley
         
sc.com aquired 2008*[3]
td.com aquired 2000
wf.com aquired 2000
   
SC.com = Standard Chartered
TD.com = TD / Toronto Dominion
WF.com = Wells Fargo
   
Standard Chartered
TD Toronto Dominion
Wells Fargo
   
Banking
Bank
Bank
   
73,000 people
51,100 people
276,000 people
 
11 billion $
19.5 billion $
53.6 billion $
 
from London / UK
from Toronto / Canada
from San Francisco / USA
   
domain SC.com reg 15 sep 1998
by ??
bought by Standard Chartered
domain TD.com reg 15 april 1998
by ??
bought by Toronto Dominion
domain WF.com reg 19 feb 1993
by ??
bought by Wells Fargo
   
         
         
         
 
dj.com reg 1994
ey.com reg 1994
fp.com aquired 2003*[3]
ft.com reg 1994
7 Bank Related
Companies
DJ.com = Dow Jones
EJ.com = Ernst & Young
FP.com = Friends Provident
FT.com = FT / Financial Times
 
DowJones
Ernst & Young
Friends Provident
Financial Times
 
Financial News
Financial Advise
Insurance
Financial News
 
135,000 people
 
1.7 billion $
24.5 billion $
4.6 billion $
 
from NY / USA
from London / UK
from London / UK
from London / UK
 
domain DJ.com reg 10 aug 1994
by Dow Jones
domain EY.com reg 22 april 1994
by Ernst & Young
domain FP.com reg 21 feb 1994
by ??
bought by Friends Providente
domain FT.com reg 30 nov 1994
by Financial Times
         
vb.com aquired 2007
   
GE.com = GE / General Electric
LV.com = Liverpool Victoria / not Louis Vuitton
VB.com = VB.com List / Virtual banks
 
GE (General Electric)
LV= (Liverpool Victoria)
VB Virtual Banks
   
including GE Money
Financial Service
Bank Portal
   
327,000 people
1,750 people
   
172.7 billion $
   
from Fairfield / USA
from Bornemouth / UK
from Mettlach / Germany
   
domain GE.com reg 5 aug 1986
by General Electric
domain LV.com reg 26 april 1995
by Manifest
sued by Louis Vuitton
bought by Liverpool Victoria
domain VB.com reg ??
lost and reg again 13 may 1997
by ??
bought 2006 and bought again 2007
   

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