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Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL) was at US$26.75 early Friday, up 81 cents, following reports that the computer maker expects sales to meet its original forecasts. Dell chief executive officer Michael Dell reportedly predicted revenue for the year ending Friday will be $32 billion, the level the ...

Buy.com (Nasdaq: BUYX) was down 28 U.S. cents at 62 cents in early trading Friday, after the e-tailer reported a loss for the fourth quarter and announced what it called an "aggressive" cost-cutting plan. The company said it intends to focus on its domestic operations, adding that it recently s...

With pressure building from union organizers and with a potential public relations blunder at hand, Amazon.com told laid-off hourly employees Thursday that they would not have to pledge to keep quiet about the company in order to receive a better severance deal. Amazon spokeswoman Patty Smith tol...

Bertelsmann AG announced Wednesday that it is eliminating 55 jobs at subsidiary CDNow, in a move that will eliminate the entire advertising sales function at the online music site. Before being purchased by the German media giant, CDNow had turned to selling advertising space because it needed ...

National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) was down US$1.05 at $26.26 in morning trading Friday after the chipmaker said sales for the third quarter ending February 25th may end up below second-quarter levels. Reports said that National Semiconductor officials blamed slower sales of computers and wir...

Fired workers at Amazon.com are being urged by union activists to turn their backs on the Internet retailer's enhanced severance package. Many in the labor movement view the firings as opening the door to organizing thousands of dot-com workers around the U.S. "People who thought there was no...

In another move that could have a ripple effect on the online music business, German media giant Bertelsmann AG has named Joel Klein, the former U.S. Justice Department antitrust chief, to head its U.S. operations. Klein, who lead the government's antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., will be ...

In a bid to refocus on its core travel business, Priceline (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced Wednesday that it had enhanced its service to offer customers more convenient itineraries and shorter connection times between flights. The "name-your- price" e-tailer also said that it had hired travel expert Pa...

MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) was at US$5.44 early Thursday, up 47 cents, after the Internet music provider reported a smaller loss for the fourth quarter ended December 31st. MP3.com chief executive officer Michael Robertson said the company is poised for growth, adding that "as we move into 2001, we...

Sprint Corp. (NYSE: FON) fell to US$24.23, dropping 57 cents in early trading Thursday, while its Sprint PCS division rose 63 cents to $31.13, after the companies released fourth-quarter results. "It is clear that the telecommunications industry is undergoing a significant transformation," Sprint...

CarsDirect.com said Wednesday that it will buy Greenlight.com, an online car site backed by Amazon.com. The sale, which will reportedly result in about 75 jobs cuts before the merger is complete, is the latest sign of consolidation within the online auto sales sector, which has had trouble gaining ...

Thanks to William Shakespeare, we know what's in a name. But what's in a number? For e-commerce, plenty. There's expectation, and if the escalating prediction game doesn't stop soon, extreme disappointment. The bottom line is that there's nothing terribly exciting about the numbers anymore. They...

With the latest round of dot-com layoffs and the current assault on the viability of Net advertising, e-business is undergoing a genuine public relations nightmare. But is the recent bad rap justified? Or is e-commerce simply an easy target during uncertain economic times? Michele Pelino, direc...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Tuesday that the 2000 holiday shopping season "seems to have gone more smoothly for consumers" than it did in 1999. "Consumers reported fewer problems with online goods being delivered late than in the 1999 online shopping season," FTC Bureau of Co...

Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMAT) was down US$1.38 at $51.06 in morning trading Wednesday, after the company said its first-quarter results will suffer from a recent drop in demand for its products. Applied Materials, which makes equipment used for manufacturing semiconductors, said it is beg...