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While the U.S. Congress debates proposed Internet privacy laws, a tech industry group announced Wednesday that it has issued a set of self-regulatory guidelines in a bid to ward off federal intervention. Although the Personalization Consortium said the standards provide a set of "best practices...

PurchasePro, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPRO) rose US$1.73 to $29.19 early Wednesday after the company announced an expanded alliance with AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) that includes a print and television advertising campaign. PurchasePro, which makes business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce software, said it will ...

Despite a fourth-quarter 2000 loss that came in just ahead of Wall Street expectations, Amazon.com announced Tuesday that it is laying off 1,300 workers -- 15 percent of its total staff -- and closing a distribution center in McDonough, Georgia and a customer service center in Seattle, Washington. ...

News that Amazon.com is slashing 1,300 jobs continued to rattle the e-commerce world Wednesday, as analysts said reduced sales forecasts from the bellwether company are a signal that the era of spectacular growth may have ended for the e-tail sector. "They're on track to becoming an efficient ...

While other dot-com businesses falter and stall one by one, Web sites in the e-travel sector keep on flying. There are a number of reasons for the online travel triumph, but mostly it has to do with the fact that booking travel reservations was computerized long before being computerized was ...

Despite the deaths of dozens of dot-coms and the stock market plunge that left many e-tailers gasping for air, U.S. consumers continue to shop online because they like the convenience and control it offers, according to a report issued Monday by Forrester Research. "Rumors surrounding the demis...

Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW) was at US$21.16 early Tuesday, down 50 cents, after the computer maker said chairman Ted Waitt will return to managing operations at the company he founded 15 years ago, taking over as its chief executive officer and instituting a new management team. Waitt replaces J...

eGain Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: EGAN) was trading at US$5.81 early Tuesday, up 91 cents, after reporting strong results for the second quarter ended December 31st and moving up its target for profitability. "From almost every perspective, we are executing ahead of plan," said chairman and chief...

Even the backing of most valuable players Michael Jordan, John Elway and Wayne Gretzky could not help sports e-tailer MVP.com in the rough and tumble world of e-commerce. Online media company Sportsline.com announced Monday that it had purchased the domain names, trademarks and certain other asset...

Questions about the health of e-commerce led to a slowdown in venture investments during the fourth quarter of 2000, but venture capitalists still set a new funding record in 2000, according to a report released Monday by the National Venture Capital Association and Venture Economics. In its l...

Three financial giants announced Monday that they have partnered to create DealerTrack, a Web-based system for car dealers to use when processing consumer auto loans. The founding companies, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., AmeriCredit Corp, and Wells Fargo & Company, hope the new company wil...

Although large companies boosted their online advertising by 18 percent during the fourth quarter of 2000, a higher percentage of Net ads came from small and mid-sized companies -- particularly in the dot-com industry -- according to data released Monday by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrix firm. ...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) was down $1.81 at $36.56 in early trading Monday following reports that the company is seeing a weaker quarter than previously thought. Chief executive officer John Chambers told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that business in Janu...

How can dot-coms continue to lure the nation's top senior executives without the continued promises of millions in stock option payoffs? And even more importantly, how can they keep the executives they already have? The answer may surprise you. "You would assume that because so many dot-coms are lo...

I've heard it from all sides. E-tail customers have told me it's no hardship -- indeed, no big deal -- when their favorite site goes down. I've heard it from the businesses themselves, but imagine the real-world equivalent. You show up at a store and it's dark, the doors locked. No explanation, ju...