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Report: Executives Give the Web a ‘Thumbs Down’

Although their companies continue to spend money on many different aspects of e-business, corporate managers see less promise in the Internet than they did a year ago, according to a report released Wednesday by the Yankee Group ...

Expedia Expands Into France

Online travel company Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) said Monday it is making its services available to French travelersthrough a joint venture with French national railroad company SNCF ...

Stamps.com Cuts More Jobs, Names New CEO

Online postage company Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) said Friday that it cut about 25 percent of its workforce as part of a plan to reduce costs and turn a profit, and that chief financial officer Ken McBride will take over the chief executive post ...

E*Trade To Buy Market Maker, Restructure

Internet brokerage E*Trade (NYSE: ET) said late Wednesday that it plans to buy market maker Dempsey & Company for US$173.5 million in cash and stock, and that it will consolidate its existing operations in order to diversify its revenue sources and cut costs ...

Report: Banks, Mortgage Firms Fail Online Privacy Test

Most financial-service Web sites fail to give users appropriate options for protecting the use of their personal financial information, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). ...

AOL and H&R Block Join Forces

AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) and taxpreparer H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) said Tuesday that they have signed a multi-year, cross-promotional alliance ...

AOL and H&R Block Join Forces

AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) and taxpreparer H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) said Tuesday that they have signed a multi-year, cross-promotional alliance ...

AOL and H&R Block Join Forces

AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) and taxpreparer H&R Block (NYSE: HRB) said Tuesday that they have signed a multi-year, cross-promotional alliance ...

EA.com Hopes South Korea Brings the Ultima in E-Commerce

A fertile market and a fertile territory for e-commerce -- online games and South Korea -- met up Monday when EA.com, the online gaming division of entertainment software maker Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS), announced plans to launch a localized version of its popular Ultima Online role-playing game in the Far Eastern country ...

1-800-Flowers.com Does Arrangement in Black for Q2

Flower seller 1-800-Flowers.com (Nasdaq: FLWS) achieved a profit in its fiscal fourth quarter, as strong Mother's Day sales fueled a 33 percent rise in online revenue, the company said Thursday ...

MP3.com Touts Subscription Music, Sans Pop-Up Ads

Online music provider MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) said Wednesday it has removed pop-up window advertising and other ads from its music subscription service for which users pay monthly or annual fees ...

U.S. Wants Details on HotJobs-Monster.com Merger

HotJobs (Nasdaq: HOTJ) and Monster.com parent TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW) said that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked them for more information about merger plans for the online recruiting companies ...

Report: Nearly 60 Percent of U.S. Homes Are Online

The number of Americans with access to the Internet has grown 16 percent over the past year, with 58 percent of U.S. households now online, audience measurement firm Nielsen//NetRatings said Monday ...

Fresh Cash, Cuts Bring Salon Back from Brink

Online content company Salon Media Group (Nasdaq: SALN) got a much-needed boost after the close of trading Thursday, in the formof a US$2.5 million cash infusion from a group led by the investment firm WRHambrecht & Co. and its chairman, Bill Hambrecht ...

Report: More Big Companies Buying Online Ads

Of the Fortune 100 companies, 81 are now advertising online, up from 67 that did so a year ago, according to a report released Thursday by Jupiter Media Metrix ...

I-Marketing Interview: Siemens

Earnest Thompson, director of corporate marketing and brand communicationsfor Siemens in the United States, recently spoke with the E-Commerce Times about the company's Internet advertising campaigns. ...

Monster.com Powers Parent Past Q2 Estimates

Job search Web site Monster.com helped parent company TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW) beat analyst estimates in the secondquarter, as a weak economy resulted in more job changes, TMP Worldwide said Tuesday ...

eBay Buys Foreclosure Auctioneer HomesDirect

Ebay on Tuesday said it had acquired HomesDirect, an online auctioneer of foreclosed properties ...

Report: Dot-Com Fallout To Crimp E-Commerce in Short Term

Internet trend-watcher Jupiter Media Metrix on Monday lowered its short-term outlook for the e-commerce sector, saying such factors as lack of capital and weak consumer spending are continuing to hurt the industry ...

E-Biz Takes Heat for Cooking Up ‘Pro Forma’ Results

The growing use of "pro forma" financial results -- that is, when companies report income or loss figures excluding a host of supposedly "one-time" charges -- is drawing attention from critics who say companies may be publishing pro forma earnings to make quarterly earnings reports look better than they actually are ...

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