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Broadbacn Internet service provider Excite@Home announced Monday that it has raised US$100 million through the sale of five-year convertible secured notes. Purchasers of the notes, which bear no interest, can convert them at any time into Excite@Home Series A common stock at $4.38, a 10 percent ...

In the latest turn of events concerning the regulation of Nazi and other hate-related memorabilia sales online, a U.S. District Court in California Thursday decided not to dismiss a lawsuit by Yahoo! aiming to declare a French court's ruling against the Internet portal unenforceable. "The court'...

As the massive lawsuits have raged against Napster, few have kept a close eye on the developments of Aimster, a virtual clone of Napster that is built on similar technology. Aimster has everything to lose or gain depending on the ultimate fate of its predecessor. So, with Napster approaching ag...

According to published reports, a federal court in New York ruled on Friday that a state law prohibiting mail-order, Internet and telephone sales of cigarettes is unconstitutional because it places an undue burden on interstate commerce. "While the statute is a reasonable, indeed commendable, s...

Further paring its focus to its strong suits of marketing and customer service, Amazon.com has outsourced part of its electronics fulfillment to Overstock.com. The agreement calls for Salt Lake City, Utah-based Overstock to fulfill orders for about 700 different items in Amazon's electronics cat...

Echoing the success U.S. online travel companies have enjoyed, data released Thursday by Jupiter MMXI said that European travel Web sites are also seeing a surging demand for their services. According to the research firm, the number of consumers visiting travel sites in Europe spiked by almost ...

7-Eleven said Thursday it will install Internet-enabled financial service kiosks in 36 stores in Fort Myers and Naples, Florida, as part of an expanded test of financial services that may eventually include online shopping. The convenience-store chain already has Web-ready machines in 58 of its T...

Can an e-tailer make a simple mistake without being punished? Are e-tailers human enough to err, and can customers be divine enough to forgive? Here's the scenario. A DVD player sells on a Web site for US$3.99. A day later, the e-tailer finds an operations glitch that dropped the decimal point i...

Thursday, the Washington State Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that had struck down the state's anti-spam law. The high court ruled that the only burden the law places on spammers is the requirement of truthfulness -- which in fact does not burden interstate commerce, b...

Automakers hoping to leverage the power of the Internet to generate new car sales need to concentrate less on online selling and more on building brand awareness, according to a report released Thursday by Jupiter Media Metrix. "Given that most consumers will ultimately purchase an automobile of...

In a world where Internet-only players are flying off the screen at an alarming pace, Amazon.com is likely to succeed where other pure-plays have failed, analysts from Jupiter Media Metrix told the E-Commerce Times. The e-tail giant itself said this week that it is on track to deliver pro forma ...

Orbitz, the online travel company launched by a group of airlines earlier this week, said late Wednesday it plans to double its customer-service staff over the next three weeks, to more than 200, in order to deal with a "deluge" of business. The Chicago-based company, controlled by five airline...

European e-commerce is being hampered by a combination of inflexible payment schemes, strict governmental mandates, and small-scale business models, according to a study released Wednesday by Forrester Research. "Cultural differences matter, but payment issues, regulations and domestic market siz...

The Chrysler Group said Thursday that it has selected IBM (NYSE: IBM) to oversee an upgrade of its Web properties, with an eye toward improving its e-commerce initiatives. Chrysler, an Auburn Hill, Michigan-based division of automaker giant DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX), said that IBM will work ...

A drop-off in first-quarter sales by e-commerce firms following the holiday season does not necessarily mean things are all bad for e-tailers, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) told the E-Commerce Times on Wednesday. In fact, e-commerce is showing several signs of increased vitality over last yea...