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News Summary: Businesses dominate suffix bids

By The Associated Press
Published June 13, 2012 10:18pm ET
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News Summary: Businesses dominate suffix bids
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, President and Chief Executive Rod Beckstrom speaks on expanding the number of domain name suffixes during a press conference, London, Wednesday June 13, 2012. Proposals for Internet addresses ending in ".pizza," ''.space" and ".auto" are among the nearly 2,000 submitted as part of the largest expansion in the online address system. Apple Inc., Sony Corp. and American Express Co. are among companies seeking names with their brands. The expansion will allow suffixes that represent hobbies, ethnic groups, corporate brand names and more. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers announced the proposals for Internet suffixes — the ".com" part of an Internet address — in London on Wednesday. Among the 1,930 proposals for 1,409 different suffixes, the bulk came from North America and Europe. (Tim Hales/AP Photos) | Tim Hales

THE EXPANSION: The organization in charge of Internet addresses announced nearly 2,000 proposals for new Internet suffixes — the “.com” part in a domain name.

SOME TRENDS: Big brands are behind hundreds of proposals, including scores for generic terms such as “cruise,” ”.kids” and “.tires.”

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