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EBay To Let Half.com Stand Alone – Sort Of

Auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) on Tuesday said it will begin integrating its Half.com fixed-price site with its main operations in coming weeks, but will not push forward right away with plans to entirely eliminate the Half.com brand. ...

Yahoo’s HotJobs Purchase a Done Deal

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announced it has acquired more than 98 percent of all outstanding shares of HotJobs (Nasdaq: HOTJ) stock and will move quickly to fold the job board into its network of sites ...

Legal Darts Won’t Pop PayPal’s IPO Balloon

Uh-oh. That likely was the reaction of just about everyone paying attention -- and plenty of people are -- when word came that PayPal's initial public offering would not take place on Thursday after all. ...

BN.com Shakes Up Exec Ranks Amid Market Share Scare

BarnesandNoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) continued to shake up its management ranks Thursday, naming a new chief financial officer just days after it installed a permanent CEO. ...

Will PayPal’s IPO Thrive in a Harsh Market?

Poor PayPal. Unlike scores of Internet companies before it, the online payment company is about to go public in a realistic market environment. ...

Report: Passwords Not Good Enough for E-Shoppers

The vast majority of consumers who shop on the Web want online companies to do more to verify identities on the Internet, even if it means more work for shoppers, according to a report from Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). ...

More Layoffs, Lawsuits Knock on Homestore’s Door

Shares of Homestore.com (Nasdaq: HOMS) hit a 52-week low Tuesday after the online real estate firm, already buffeted by an ongoing review of its accounting practices, said it will lay off 300 more workers and will spin off some assets. ...

Will E-Commerce Wilt Under the Accounting Spotlight?

Who knows, politically speaking, where the Enron mess will lead? But one thing seems certain: The way companies keep their books will get a very careful look ...

E-Commerce Goes Global for Growth

Whether they ply e-commerce in the travel, e-tail or auction sectors, most of the firms reporting strong 2001 earnings had one thing in common: gains in overseas sales that likely can sustain growth well into the future. ...

Speculation Rife Over Amazon’s Cash Position

Amid new questions about the e-tail giant's cash position, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) CFO Warren Jenson told analysts and investors that sales will continue to grow while expenses will not, indicating that the company expects strong cash flow in the coming quarters. ...

Priceline Squeezes Past Street Amid Air Travel Slump

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) on Monday reported a net third-quarter loss of US$1.3 million after one-time charges were taken into account, although the loss narrowed significantly from that incurred in the same quarter last year. The result squeezed past analysts' estimates ...

Online Porn Profits Still Lurk in Shadows

Sex sells. Online or off, that hasn't changed. But is adult content still the biggest moneymaker on the Web? ...

Is E-Consolidation Flirting with the Danger Zone?

No one expected all of the thousands of dot-coms that sprang up, seemingly out of nowhere, to survive. No one even expected the majority of them to survive. ...

Report: Dot-Com Job Cuts Hit 19-Month Low

The number of dot-com job losses fell sharply in January, marking the third straight month of decline, according to a report released Wednesday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. ...

Can Priceline Make It a Triple Play?

Once upon a time, there were three e-commerce leaders, each with its own unique take on the e-tail business model. ...

AOL Posts $1.8B Net Loss as Revenue Climbs

Internet and media giant AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) reported a net loss of US$1.8 billion for the fourth quarter, in line with analyst expectations. Nearly all of the loss was due to investment losses and merger costs. Overall, AOL's earnings increased 14 percent, from $2.4 billion to $2.8 billion, despite the ad slump. ...

Report: E-Commerce Outpaces Offline Retail in 2001

E-commerce grew by 12 percent in 2001 despite a sluggish U.S. economy and a dismal performance by offline retail, according to a new report from Forrester Research. ...

Drugstore Records Strong Q4 on Path to Pure-Play Profit

Riding the coattails of key partner Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), pure-play e-tailer Drugstore.com (Nasdaq: DSCM) said it saw record sales in the fourth quarter and remains on track to become profitable sometime next year. ...

Whooping It Up in Seattle

Who knows what time Jeff Bezos had to get out of bed Tuesday for the 5:30 a.m. conference call with analysts? Who knows how many cups of coffee it took to jump-start his day? ...

Earnings Prove Online Car Sales Turning Corner

Online car sales site Autobytel (Nasdaq: ABTL) said Thursday that it turned its first operating profit in the fourth quarter. The company expressed optimism that it could remain profitable during the year ahead. ...

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