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Report: Shakeout ‘Irrelevant’ to E-Commerce Boom

The Nasdaq plunge and accompanying dot-com shakeout are "irrelevant" to the sustained growth of worldwide e-commerce, which shows no signs of slowing, according to a report released Tuesday by IDC. ...

Kozmo: A Tragic, Comic, Cautionary Tale

Timing is everything in life, so the people who made a movie about the man behind the rise of the one-time Internet phenomenon known as Kozmo.com have to be grinning right now. ...

eBay Expands Live Auctions Lineup

Auction leader eBay said Tuesday that it will offer more live auctions, which enable online users to submit bids on traditional auctions around the world. ...

Study: Economic Slowdown Aids Online Travel

A slowing U.S. economy is actually doing some good for online travel providers, which many consumers see as a source of bargains, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI) ...

U.S. Fines Web Sites $100,000 in Children’s Privacy Cases

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday that three Web sites have agreed to pay US$100,000 in fines to settle the first prosecutions under a year-old law designed to protect children's identities online. ...

Travelocity Profits Add to E-Travel Elation

Online travel site Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) reported its first-ever profitable quarter Wednesday, just days after competitor Expedia.com (Nasdaq: EXPE) said it has reached profits as well. ...

Travelocity Profits Add to E-Travel Elation

Online travel site Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) reported its first-ever profitable quarter Wednesday, just days after competitor Expedia.com (Nasdaq: EXPE) said it has reached profits as well. ...

Travelocity Profits Add to E-Travel Elation

Online travel site Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) reported its first-ever profitable quarter Wednesday, just days after competitor Expedia.com (Nasdaq: EXPE) said it has reached profits as well. ...

Who Will Survive the Digital Music Crush?

It's reminiscent of the earliest days of e-commerce. In the span of a few days, a slew of partnerships, marketing deals and new ventures are announced, all aimed at capturing a share of a new electronic market. Except this time it's the market for downloading digital music. ...

Stamps.com Looks to Defy Naysayers

Buoyed by a sharp rise in sales, Internet postage firm Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) said Tuesday it is evaluating a number of revenue-generating measures, including possibly raising its monthly minimum price of US$1.99 for its "simple plan" customers ...

Confusing Week on the E-Commerce Roller Coaster

These are rough days for the psyche of e-commerce. Just when a glimmer of sunlight appears, another dark cloud comes out of nowhere. ...

Yahoo! Taps WB’s Semel as CEO

Internet portal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Tuesday it has selected longtime Warner Brothers executive Terry Semel as its new chairman and chief executive officer. ...

Walking the Line Between E-Mail and Spam

When does e-mail become spam, the universally hated, unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail that clogs in-boxes and frustrate Web surfers? Is it as simple as getting permission? More importantly, do the rewards of e-mail marketing outweigh the potential risk of alienating existing customers? ...

Bezos to Shareholders: Better Days Ahead

Describing 2000 as a "brutal year," Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) chief executive officer Jeff Bezos told his company's shareholders that the long-range outlook for e-commerce remains rosy, with 15 percent of all retail sales eventually moving online ...

Internet Wine Sellers Still Woozy on Web Fumes

As we comb through the dot-com rubble, we come across a lot of failed e-commerce companies that had everything going for them but nevertheless missed the mark. They faced bad timing. Bad management. Bad luck. Some combination of the three. ...

Report: Kozmo’s Last Days a Scramble for Funding

The decision by urban-delivery pioneer Kozmo to abruptly shut down came after a frantic but failed attempt to find as little as US$3 million to sustain limited operations, according to a report published Friday. ...

Kozmo Calls It Quits

Online delivery service Kozmo abruptly announced that it is shutting down Wednesday after nearly three years in business, leaving 1,100 people out of work in nine U.S. cities. ...

Autobytel Buys Fading Autoweb

Autobytel (Nasdaq: ABTL) announced Wednesday that it would acquire its struggling competitor Autoweb.com (Nasdaq: AWEB) in a stock deal worth about US$15 million. The combined company will keep the Autobytel name ...

The Real Price of Sex.com

The news reports say that Sex, the domain name, is worth at leastUS$65 million. That's how much a federal judge awarded the rightful owner from the pockets of a cybersquatter who made an estimated $40 million inprofit over a five-year stretch ...

Are Tech Stock Analysts Too Powerful?

In the age of streaming stock quotes, after-hours trading and 24-hour financial news coverage, many Wall Street analysts have become stars. ...

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