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FTC Backs Away from Net Privacy Regulation

Despite the vociferous demands of consumer advocates for new laws to protect the privacy of online shoppers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce (DOC) have endorsed an industry self-regulation plan developed by the Network Advertising Initiative ...

Net Gambling Ban Stalls in U.S. House

The burgeoning online gambling industry won a political victory Monday when a bill to ban online casinos failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives. A similar bill has already been passed in the Senate ...

eBay Backs Away from Live Auctions

Online auction giant eBay, Inc. is reportedly scaling back its live auction business and will instead concentrate on Web auctions of the high price art and antiques that were central to that operation ...

Yahoo! Beats Expectations, Stock Soars

Santa Clara, California-based Yahoo! Inc. announced strong second-quarter earnings and better than expected revenue growth Tuesday, sending its stock soaring and calming investor fears ...

eBay Wins Round in Bidder’s Edge Dispute

A U.S. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday against Bidder's Edge, barring the auction portal from searching the eBay site for auction information ...

Beleaguered DoubleClick Appoints Privacy Board

In an attempt to rebuild its tarnished image, DoubleClick, Inc. appointed an independent panel Wednesday that will be responsible for reviewing the controversial Internet advertising company's new products and services for potential privacy violations ...

Improve Internet Security or Face the Music

At a news conference Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that it is mounting a worldwide hunt for those responsible for a wave of cyber-attacks against major Web sites ...

Amazon: Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Reports earlier this week that online powerhouse Amazon.com is being sued by individual consumers as well as being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy issues are the culmination of suspicions that have been coming to a boil since late last year ...

UPS Forms New E-Commerce Subsidiary

United Parcel Service, Inc. announced today that it has formed a subsidiary that will perform back-end fulfillment functions for e-commerce companies and also help companies develop their supply chain management operations ...

U.S. Justice Department Launches eBay Anti-Competition Probe

The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly investigating online auctioneer eBay, Inc. to determine whether its efforts to block price comparison search software from probing its Web site are anti-competitive ...

Amazon To Receive $187.5M From Promotional Partners

Giant e-tailer Amazon.com announced deals today and on Friday that are expected to bring in $187.5 million from equity partners that will promote their products to Amazon's 16 million online shoppers ...

AOL Time Warner Changes Industry Overnight

Yesterday, when we first heard the announcement about the pending merger between America Online and Time Warner, it was a stunner ...

Ford and GM Unveil E-Commerce Alliances

No. 1 Internet service provider America Online and U.S. automaker General Motors have announced a joint venture that will help consumers shop and service their new cars via the Internet ...

AT&T To Share High-Speed Cable Lines

AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access ...

AT&T To Share High-Speed Cable Lines

AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access ...

AOL Strikes $81M Gaming Alliance With Electronic Arts

America Online and interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts announced a five-year strategic alliance today to create and deliver online games and interactive entertainment content for all AOL properties ...

Excite@Home Adds Blue Mountain To Its Arsenal

Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) announced today that it has agreed to purchase online greeting card company Blue Mountain Arts Publishing for approximately $780 million (US$) in cash and stock, with the possibility of a bonus stock issue that would push the deal above $1 billion ...

Stamps.com To Acquire iShip.com For $300M

Internet postage provider Stamps.com announced today that it has acquired privately-held iShip.com for stock worth $300 million (US$) ...

1-800-Flowers.com Delivered To Snap.com

1-800-Flowers.com announced today that it has signed a multi-year deal with Internet portal Snap.com to become the anchor tenant in Snap.com's Flower Shop ...

AOL Gets ‘Flowers’ Until 2003

America Online (NYSE: AOL) and online florist 1-800-Flowers.com (Nasdaq: FLWS) announced today that they have extended and expanded their partnership until 2003 ...

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