<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by BearX220:
Financial services, especially stock and fund brokering.
Basically, the web blows up any business model in which "brokers" or "agents" or "middlemen" or "resellers" mark up goods or services, but add no value in the process. </font>
Yet the eBay phenomenon shows how the web can enhance the business of middle-men who *do* add value.