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The U.S. government moved one step closer to a permanent ban on Internet access taxes and a five-year extension on the moratorium on multiple or discriminatory Internet taxes Thursday, when the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law passed the "Internet Tax Nondiscrimin...

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 th...

Computer reservations giant Sabre, parent of travel e-tailer Travelocity.com, said Thursday it would raise up to US$400 million worth of working capital, a possible sign the company is looking to fortify itself as the online travel war becomes more intense. Fort Worth, Texas-based Sabre said it ...

Cheap Tickets, which sells travel tickets through retail outlets, over the Internet and by phone, reported a profit Thursday for the tenth consecutive quarter, announcing diluted net income for the second quarter ended June 30th of 5 U.S. cents per share. However, the quarter did not provide a ...

As one of the largest global payment systems, Visa has looked to the Internet to boost its family of branded financial products, including credit cards, smart cards, stored value cards and check cards. In this interview, Gerry Sweeney, vice president of marketing services for Visa's e-commerce a...

From coast to coast, burned tech investors are being soothed. Like aloe on a sunburn, the notion that it wasn't their fault is just the balm they've been searching for since their nest eggs went splat. Finally, they can chat openly about their Internet stocks at cocktail parties without being emb...

If we chronicle the evolution of electronic commerce via the headlines, the conventional wisdom is that online privacy is Job One. If online privacy really is a top priority of legislators, company owners and watchdog organizations, that's a good thing. However, the more ink privacy consumes in l...

Cost reductions and lower marketing spending helped luxury goods e-tailer Ashford.com narrow its loss for the first quarter ended June 30th, the company said Thursday. Sales were below year-earlier levels, however, as a promotional campaign and an inventory reduction lowered revenue. Repeat custo...

The use of peer-to-peer networking among Internet users -- for example, on controversial music file-swapping site Napster -- is changing the way people exchange information, and companies ignore the trend at their peril, according to a report released Thursday by IDC. Among companies, "the knee-j...

Analysts agree that Internet and technology investment is a virtual desert these days. According to figures released by Venture Economics and the National Venture Capital Association, capital investments fell in the second quarter, cutting overall spending by 61 percent in the past year. The quest...

Internet service provider (ISP) NetZero announced late Wednesday it is pruning its staff by 26 percent and cutting back on its free Internet service in order to decrease costs and improve financial results. NetZero said it is reducing the number of free Internet hours that subscribers receive...

Although many financial services firms have revamped their marketing campaigns around "fear-inducing" messages, in an effort to attract and retain clients, a study released Wednesday by Forrester Research finds that these companies need to take a markedly different approach when dealing with affl...

Though some observers say that the Internet provides crucial value to life insurance consumers as a research and information tool, the Web might not be the best place to find good deals, according to findings released Tuesday by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA). "We thought that term lif...

Of everything e-commerce participants have learned so far, one rather retro lesson has taken on new meaning: There is no such thing as a free lunch. Or free anything else, for that matter. Although Internet users used to love and even expect free connections, shipping, e-mail, and other assorted ...

The latest quarterly report from Priceline.com shows that the company has successfully transformed itself from an overextended, money-losing dot-com into an online travel company poised for success, analysts said. Priceline shares soared in morning trading Wednesday, following news that the "nam...