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Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) fell to US$29.26 early Monday, down 89 cents, after the semiconductor company lowered its expectations for first-quarter results, saying a slumping economy "is continuing to constrain demand for technology products." Market conditions have not improved since the fou...

Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) was up US$2.63 at $43.63 in morning trading Monday, after the maker of the BlackBerry wireless e-mail communications device announced what it called its "first major European supply agreement." Research In Motion, based in Waterloo, Ontario, said it will supply UK...

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) was down US$1.13 at $28.81 in morning trading Monday, erasing an early gain after the chipmaker said it agreed to acquire VxTel, a privately held semiconductor company, for about $550 million in cash. Intel said the acquisition will provide it with voice-processing technology...

Despite the ongoing dot-com shakeout, Web merchants who follow a five-part plan to satisfy customers have a chance to succeed and reach profitability, according to a report released Monday by the Boston Consulting Group. The report, "Winning the Online Consumer 2.0: Converting Traffic into Prof...

Oasis, a consortium including IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, announced Thursday that it will start to integrate a competing e-commerce standard being developed by Microsoft. The consortium, which is working under the auspices of the United Nations to develop a standard for e-business...

On the business scorecard, it wasn't much of a victory for Barnesandnoble.com and it may only be a fleeting one at that. But in reality, the decision to lift the preliminary injunction against Barnesandnoble.com using Amazon's 1-Click technology is a victory for common sense. And if Barnesandno...

Internet auctioneer eBay will be looking for more than the usual exposure when it combines with its real world auction arm, Butterfields, to auction a series of five nude Marilyn Monroe photographs online in March. Gartner Group analyst Robert Labatt told the E-Commerce Times that the Monroe auc...

After a week of being dogged in the press over its declining number of auction listings, Yahoo! released numbers Thursday indicating that remaining users now have a better chance of selling their merchandise. Yahoo! Auctions senior producer Brian Fitzgerald told the E-Commerce Times that in the ...

Despite the shakeout that has led to the closure of Web sites selling furniture, garden supplies and pet food, there's another e-tail sector that is on fire: Web-based tobacco sales. The online merchants are apparently thriving, but the budding industry faces more than one legal hurdle. Not on...

If there is a single issue that threatens to stop e-commerce development in its tracks, it is the issue of which country has jurisdiction over disputes concerning cross-border electronic transactions. For example, consider an Internet user in Italy who has a complaint with the manner in which ...

In its fourth-quarter earnings report issued Thursday, Stamps.com said it is sticking to earlier projections that it will be operating in the black in the first quarter of 2002. "The initiatives we've put in place in the fourth quarter of 2000 and the first quarter of 2001 have put us in an even st...

VerticalNet (Nasdaq: VERT) fell to US$3, dropping 53 cents, in morning trading Friday, after the e-commerce company reported a wider loss for the fourth quarter ended December 31st and said it expects a loss for the current quarter as well. Credit Suisse First Boston reportedly downgraded Vertical...

Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) dropped to US$20.44 Friday morning, losing 38 cents, amid reports that management lowered its targets for sales and earnings in the current quarter. Sun officials reportedly told investors in a conference call after the close of trading Thursday that the company wil...

Computer e-tailer Outpost.com said Friday that its recent decision to start charging for shipping is already helping its bottom line. Outpost said that in the three weeks since it abandoned its free overnight shipping policy, it has seen an increase in the average order size. That, in turn, has ...

The United Kingdom and Canada digitally signed a pact Thursday promising to cooperate on developing e-commerce and e-government initiatives. As a symbol of their resolve the document was signed electronically in two countries. "It is through collaborative efforts such as this that we cultivate...