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Report: Amazon, eBay Not the Biggest Threat

Though they attract a large percentage of the online buying audience, e-tail giants like Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) do not necessarily compete directly against other e-tailers, according to a new report from Nielsen//NetRatings ...

Is Dell the Next Microsoft?

In a business traditionally built on partnerships and cooperation, Dell Computer (Nasdaq: DELL) seems bent on making more enemies than friends of late ...

Online Brokerages To Cut Jobs, Raise Fees

Discount brokerage Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH) has announced it will lay off 1,800 more workers, and pure-play competitor Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) plans to alter its pricing structure, as online brokerages scramble to deal with a substantial slowdown in business. ...

Buy.com Spinoff Nets Fandango as First Client

Six months after Buy.com took a page from Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) by forming an e-commerce outsourcing division, the company has landed its first customer, online movie ticketing site Fandango. ...

Adult Content Company Bids on Napster Assets

A publicly traded company that specializes in adult-content Web sites said it has bid to buy most of the assets of long-silent and bankrupt music-swapping site Napster. ...

E-BUSINESS SPECIAL REPORT

‘Dot-Com’ Redeems Its Good Name

In a last-ditch effort at an image makeover last year, urban delivery service Kozmo.com changed its name to plain old Kozmo. The move did not work -- within a few months, Kozmo was no more -- but it highlighted the prevailing mood of that time. Even true dot-coms were distancing themselves from the Internet label. ...

E-BUSINESS SPECIAL REPORT

Can Google Do Big Business?

It is widely known that Google has become a dominant player in the search engine space. Founded in September 1998, the company is at least three years younger than most of its competitors but already has surpassed its rivals in terms of popularity. ...

Report: Online B2B Surge May Herald Overall Recovery

Use of the Internet to conduct business-to-business (B2B) transactions grew substantially in the second quarter, possibly signaling the early stages of economic recovery, according to a report from Forrester Research and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). ...

OPINION

E-Commerce Comings and Goings

For a while, dot-com death watches were all the rage. Then even those got a bit stale. After all, how many times can you whistle with astonishment at how much venture capital a company burned through in a short time? ...

Amazon Sues Expedia over Partnership Breach

Amazon.com has sued partner Expedia, claiming the travel site has not lived up to its end of a deal struck almost exactly a year ago between the two online companies. ...

E-BUSINESS SPECIAL REPORT

The Best of E-Commerce

E-commerce players often seem to be playing a game of follow the leader, especially when it comes to site design and operations. And while Amazon.com and eBay have enough imitators to keep them flattered indefinitely, other outstanding e-commerce sites also have their share of admirers. These sites score high marks for a variety of reasons and have helped set the standard for e-commerce of the future.

Amazon Adds Office Depot to Partner Roster

Pushing into yet another product category, Amazon.com has signed a multiyear partnership with office supply giant Office Depot. ...

OPINION

Proceed with Caution on Bertelsmann Buyout

At long last, everybody's favorite German media conglomerate, Bertelsmann, has swallowed hard and admitted that it bit off a lot more than it could chew on the Internet ...

EBay Says Land Sales Strong

EBay Real Estate said its "land marketplace" has met with strong demand, with 15,000 parcels of property sold since the offering debuted last year. According to eBay, a parcel of land is sold through its site every 45 minutes. ...

OPINION

A Friendly Reminder To Share and Share Alike

Every code-hogging, patent suit-filing corporation that thinks it has cornered the world on smarts got a reminder this week that it's not always smart to not share your toys ...

Report: Few Advertisers Use Pop-Ups

Though they seem to be everywhere on the Internet, pop-up advertisements are used by less than 10 percent of all companies that advertise online, according to a report from Nielsen//NetRatings ...

Microsoft To Phase Out Passport Payment Service

In an effort to boost user adoption of its portable e-wallet system, called "MSN Wallet," Microsoft has announced that it will phase out its Passport Express Purchase system over the next several months. ...

Reports: E-Commerce Set for Strong 2002 Holidays

Two new reports have predicted several more years of sustained growth for e-commerce, as well as a strong 2002 holiday season, as online shoppers search for bargains in a languishing economy. ...

Free Internet: Get What You Pay For?

If it is true that you get what you pay for, is free Internet access really worth nothing? ...

OPINION

Pierre, Pez Dispensers and Public Relations

It's one of those stories that everyone loves to tell. EBay, as the legend goes, became a billion-dollar global powerhouse after starting off as a place where Pierre Omidyar's wife could sell and buy Pez dispensers ...

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