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Nasdaq To Say Bye-Bye to Buy.com

Beleaguered electronics e-tailer Buy.com (Nasdaq: BUYX) suffered another jolt of bad news Thursday when it was informed by the Nasdaq stock exchange that the company's shares will be delisted. ...

The X10 Question: Traffic Without Dollars?

Since starting a massive pop-up and pop-under advertising campaign early this year that brings Web traffic to its site automatically, e-tailer X10.com has gone from a relatively unknown seller of home networking and security devices to a leader in the quest for Internet clicks. ...

Good News: More E-tail Complaints

The e-commerce world got some good news in recent days when the Better Business Bureau (BBB) reported that it received nearly 4,000 complaints about e-tail sites last year, more than double the number from 1999. ...

Amazon Expands Japanese Presence

Seven months after launching a Japanese-language book-selling site, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) said Wednesday the site is adding music, video and DVD product lines, with more offerings to come before the end of the year. ...

New Web ‘Patrol’ Looks To Lasso Wayward Shoppers

Hoping to prevent customers from straying, and perhaps laying the groundwork for an e-tailer browser war, Half.com launched a price-comparison shopping feature Tuesday that alerts shoppers who click into a competitor's inventory that the item they're looking for is available back at Half.com. ...

Irrational Exuberance, Priceline Style

News item: One of the richest people in Hong Kong plunks down a few million dollars to buy a bigger slice of potential turnaround story Priceline (Nasdaq: PCLN). Cause for optimism? You bet. ...

What Are Failed Dot-Coms Worth Now?

The fact that eToys was failing might have been the worst-kept secret in business history. The e-tailer put up more than one smoke signal indicating that it needed cash or a buyer really soon. Nevertheless, eToys was unable to find a buyer or savior willing to pay a price that would satisfy eToys shareholders ...

eBay Storefronts Arrive

Auction leader eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) launched its much-anticipated storefronts project, known as eBay Stores, on Monday. ...

Amazon Outsources Electronics Sales

Further paring its focus to its strong suits of marketing and customer service, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has outsourced part of its electronics fulfillment to Overstock.com. ...

Chrysler Taps IBM for E-Commerce Upgrade

The Chrysler Group said Thursday that it has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) to oversee an upgrade of its Web properties, with an eye toward improving its e-commerce initiatives. ...

Russell 3000 to Drop Webvan, Buy.com

Several publicly traded dot-coms, including Buy.com (Nasdaq: BUYX) and Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN), will lose spots on the Russell 3000 stock index later this week, diminishing their profile among key investors and possibly hampering their ability to raise additional capital. ...

Web Dominance: A Matter of Choice?

There are two ways to read the news that just four Web properties -- Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), America Online (NYSE: AOL), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Napster -- account for half of all the surfing time in the U.S. ...

School’s Not Out Yet for E-Commerce

Given Stanford University's proximity to the epicenter of the digital economy, Silicon Valley, it is no surprise that the school would be among the first universities to embrace e-commerce business education. ...

Nevada Lawmakers Approve Online Gambling

State lawmakers in Nevada approved a bill Monday that could make the Silver State the first in the U.S. to legalize Internet gambling. ...

Report: Four Web Sites Control Half of Surfing Time

Offering further evidence that media companies and online portals will control the bulk of e-commerce traffic, four Web properties -- America Online (NYSE: AOL), Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Napster -- now account for more than half of all the time spent online by U.S. surfers, Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) said Monday.

Amazon Privacy Decisions: Is There a Watchdog in the House?

In addressing the issue of Internet privacy and the handling of data collected in e-commerce transactions, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seems to be employing that old adage: No harm, no foul. ...

E-Books Gain Prestige via National Book Awards

In a boost to the fledgling electronic books industry, the National Book Foundation said Friday it would consider e-books for its prestigious National Book Awards this year for the first time. ...

Orbitz – The Online Bogeyman

The launch of Orbitz is drawing near. And the travel industry, both offline and on the Web, would have us believe that the approaching footsteps it hears are those of a monster, a Godzilla coming to stomp Tokyo into submission. ...

Yahoo! Says Auction Fees Paying Dividends

Web portal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Thursday that its decision to charge listing fees for auctions on its site has resulted in a higher percentage of auction items being sold and a higher sales price for each item. ...

Monster.com Feasts on Another Job Site

Job search Web site Monster.com said Wednesday that it is buying competitor FlipDog.com for an undisclosed sum. ...

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