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In an effort to help elect Republican candidates to office this fall, U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is set to propose an extension on the current e-commerce tax moratorium until 2006.

Just days after the landmark antitrust ruling was handed down against Microsoft Corp., the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have issued joint guidelines for companies that seek to collaborate with competitors on the Internet.

Magic Software Enterprises is one of an increasing number of high-tech firms that are moving a portion of their business and product lines to the Linux open-source platform. The company is a board member of Linux International, which is a non-profit organization founded with a mission to advance int...

Contrary to the current buzz surrounding high-profile online business-to-business (B2B) alliances, some industry observers say the future for e-commerce is in business-to-consumer deals, with an emphasis on such major purchases as real estate.

Professional services giant PricewaterhouseCoopers is teaming with Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) to jointly develop, sell, and support analytic solutions for the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce market. As part of the deal, PricewaterhouseCoopers will receive a $30 million (US$) equity stake in In...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, long considered the embodiment of old world values and traditions, has embraced the Digital Revolution by turning a small dot-com investment into a sizable windfall.

While GartnerGroup predicts that business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce will reach a staggering $7.29 trillion (US$) by 2004, the real sweet spot for most successful B2B players is not likely to be the Web portal arena.

A new report from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter declares that with the B2B infrastructure up and running, technology can now be viewed as a way of doing business, rather than a cost.

E-commerce companies that are looking to go public can still raise money in current market conditions, although recent events suggest that these firms may not be able to get the sky-high prices for their shares seen just a couple of months ago.

Asian companies are fueling an economy driven by e-commerce with U.S. dollars, according to a new report, "U.S. Investment in Asian Real Estate 2000," by Ernst & Young.

Just when it appeared that several years of negotiations between the U.S. Commerce Department and the European Union would lead to a new international privacy pact, a coalition of U.S. businesses is voicing strong opposition to its ratification.

The Internet tax din grew even louder this week as members of the U.S. House of Representatives weighed in along predictable partisan lines.

Continuing the government crackdown on cyberscam artists and drug traffickers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Wednesday that it has reached settlements with three Internet companies that were falsely advertising cures for everything from AIDS to cancer.

In an effort to make e-commerce more personal, a growing number of Internet businesses are targeting such specific population segments as minorities, children and women. In fact, two full-service financial sites targeting female Internet users debuted last week, claiming to provide financial service...

As the world knows by now, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a ruling on Monday finding software giant Microsoft guilty of violating antitrust laws. Contrary to the viewpoints of some industry observers, including the one expressed in Monday's E-Commerce Times, the Microsoft decision is in no way...