Articles by L.J. Martinez

The Liberty Alliance Project, a high-profile organization working to develop open standards for authenticating e-commerce transactions and digital identities, announced that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) and MasterCard International have joined its ranks as founding members and will take positions on the management board. Other companies that have r...

Online auction giant EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced Monday that Brian Swette will step down as chief operating officer of the company, effective January 1st. Instead of naming a new COO, Swette's responsibilities in marketing, category management and business development will be divided among other top executives at the company, many of whom alread...

According to published reports, President George W. Bush on Wednesday signed into law a bill that renews the ban on key taxes related to the Internet and e-commerce The legislation extends for an additional two years a moratorium that prevents the state and local governments from imposing new taxes on Internet businesses....

Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) both reported that online sales over the Thanksgiving weekend showed a marked increase over last year. After much speculation over how the economy and the terrorist attacks might affect e-commerce, hopes were raised for a robust online holiday when Web shoppers started buying in volume from the d...

Online travel site Orbitz told the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Thursday that its business has introduced new competition in the online travel sector, contrary to arguments made by its travel industry rivals that it is likely to compete unfairly "Our launch has had a pro-competitive impact on the marketplace as other sites move to enhanc...

Credit card giants Visa, MasterCard and American Express (NYSE: AXP) said Tuesday that they have joined forces to form the Mobile Payment Forum. The forum will work on creating technical standards for mobile e-commerce to authenticate cardholder identities and provide a secure way for consumers to make purchases from their mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other devices.