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Jack Welch has plenty of reasons to be confident. After all, he built General Electric into one of the world's largest companies, turning an appliance-maker into a defense giant and broadcasting powerhouse in the process. And the soon-to-retire Welch has written an impressive swan song for himself: ...

Internet loyalty program marketer MyPoints.com (Nasdaq: MYPT) announced a third-quarter loss Thursday and said Steve Markowitz will step down as chairman and chief executive officer at the end of the year.

NextCard, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXCD) rose 3 5/8 to 11 3/4 Thursday after the company, which issues consumer credit over the Internet, said it expects to grow at 75 percent per year over the next three years.

GoTo.com (Nasdaq: GOTO) was up 1 29/32 at 18 1/32 early Friday after the company announced an alliance with Terra Lycos (Nasdaq: TRLY).

Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTPA) plunged 2 1/4 to 9 3/16 Thursday after reporting fourth-quarter results that fell short of expectations. Analysts at several brokerage firms reportedly downgraded the stock.

BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq: BVSN) rose 1 5/8 to 33 early Thursday after the company announced an e-business alliance with Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC).

LookSmart (Nasdaq: LOOK) was up 17/32 at 8 15/16 early Thursday after the online directory and advertising company reported a smaller-than-expected loss for the third quarter, driven by a 151 percent rise in revenue from a year earlier to $33.4 million.

Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) was hovering around 3 17/32 early Thursday despite reporting a narrower-than-expected loss for the third quarter. The company said it expects to see a charge for recently announced cost cuts in the fourth quarter.

Traditional retailers Wal-Mart Corp. (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT), which have beefed up their Web sites ahead of the holiday shopping season, are still not likely to pose a "significant threat" to pure-play e-tailers this year, according to a report issued Thursday by Goldman Sachs analyst Ant...

Ninety-one percent of those who made an online purchase in the past year plan to conduct e-commerce transactions this holiday season, according to a survey released Wednesday by Deloitte & Touche and the National Retail Federation (NRF).

European companies are not aggressively capitalizing on the potential of electronic marketplaces for fear that they might face legal problems, according to a new study from Forrester Research.

There's something slightly disappointing about Shawn Fanning's decision to go legit with Napster, but it's not exactly the same as David making nice with Goliath or Luke Skywalker going over to the Dark Side.

A new privacy program, announced Wednesday by independent privacy watchdog TRUSTe, will make it easier for U.S. e-commerce companies to comply with European Union privacy laws.

Listen.com said Wednesday it will buy the assets of bankrupt Scour, Inc., further accelerating the warming of relations between the major record labels and the file-sharing community.

VerticalNet, Inc. (Nasdaq: VERT) rose 1 7/64 to 29 Wednesday after the company said Sumitomo Corp. agreed to purchase $30 million of its common stock.