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While investor speculation and skyrocketing stock prices dominated during the first half of 2000, falling stock prices and nervous investors have long since become the order of the day, causing many firms to slash their workforce in an effort to steady their financial ships and improve investor ...

It's no secret that technology firms are supposed to benefit from the recent decision by the Nasdaq to let stocks trading below the magic US$1 level remain on the exchange. But will they? The Nasdaq's decision is probably well-intentioned. However, the exchange likely has its own interests in mi...

As wireless technology improves, consumers will use handheld devices to shop for a range of goods and services, and e-businesses can profit by providing user-friendly devices and targeted services that lend themselves to wireless shopping, according to a study released Tuesday by consulting firm ...

State revenue coffers stand to lose more than US$13 billion in uncollected sales taxes on online transactions in 2001, a number that will balloon to more than $45 billion in the next five years, according to a study released Tuesday. "When other factors causing sales tax revenue to shrink are ad...

While consumers tread lightly when it comes to conducting international e-commerce, businesses have begun to use the Web to erase borders and streamline their global operations. Smart companies are using the Internet to shorten the time it takes to get materials from suppliers, to communicate w...

Dot-com job cuts fell to 2,986 in September, the lowest level since July 2000 -- the month that marked the beginning of the dot-com job-cutting spree that has claimed more than 125,000 jobs in 15 months -- according to a report released Monday by executive placement firm Challenger, Gray & Ch...

Two years ago, I bought a new car using the Internet in lieu of dealing with a high pressure salesperson. Once I had firmly decided on a make and model, found a dealership that would work with me electronically and almost sealed the deal, all I had to do was show up at the dealership, sign my nam...

By and large, if you know what movie you want to see, you can buy tickets online easily. However, if you log on without having picked your flick, your online experience might end up being as enjoyable as "Problem Child 3." With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate t...

By and large, if you know what movie you want to see, you can buy tickets online easily. However, if you log on without having picked your flick, your online experience might end up being as enjoyable as "Problem Child 3." With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate t...

By and large, if you know what movie you want to see, you can buy tickets online easily. However, if you log on without having picked your flick, your online experience might end up being as enjoyable as "Problem Child 3." With that in mind, the E-Commerce Times took it upon itself to evaluate t...

eBay Stores arrived with trumpets blaring and a spin-the-wheel, win-a-prize promotion not only online, but in a bunch of malls across the country. In other words, eBay was very eager to make sure you knew the stores were here. So what's all the hullabaloo about? Not much, as it turns out. Storef...

As the stock price of Priceline.com slumped this week, a Hong Kong investment group that is the largest outside shareholder in the online travel site followed through on a promise to boost its ownership stake. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Cheung Kong (H...

At mid-year, in terms of dollars and number of deals made, venture capital funding for U.S. investments was less than half of what it was in 2000, according to VentureWire, which tracks private equity investment. Even so, the high-tech desert has more than one venture capital oasis. In this art...

I don't bank online. And until recently, I didn't know a lot of people who did. But lately, people who bank online are everywhere and they're not afraid to admit it. Not only that, they are, to a person, happy customers. When someone gives you, completely unsolicited, a glowing review of online ...

MusicNet, an online music service to be offered by America Online and RealNetworks with backing from four recording companies, said Thursday that its technology is ready for distribution by the two media partners. MusicNet said it is providing AOL and RealNetworks with "the entire technology and ...