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Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Tuesday it has signed a marketing pact with online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN), a deal that replaces a longstanding agreement between Yahoo! and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Tuesday it has signed a marketing pact with online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN), a deal that replaces a longstanding agreement between Yahoo! and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Problems facing e-commerce seem to turn up as often as eggs on Easter Sunday.

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) said Tuesday it has signed a marketing pact with online bookseller Barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN), a deal that replaces a longstanding agreement between Yahoo! and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

A free Internet. It has taken the United States over 200 years and counting to interpret the rights of its citizens, but we're supposed to accept the Web's one inalienable principle at face value. Anyone who betrays it should be condemned for committing technological treason. But my guess is that fr...

Apple Computer Inc. has inked a licensing agreement with e-tail giant Amazon.com that will allow the computer company to use Amazon's patented 1-Click technology, as well as the "1-Click" trademark.

High-speed Internet access, long promised but slow to deliver, will accelerate across the U.S. in the near future, according to a new report by Internet analyst company eMarketer.

The proposed $143 billion (US$) merger of Time Warner, Inc. (NYSE: TW) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) is in jeopardy of being vetoed by the European Commission unless the two companies make significant concessions, the commission said Monday.

Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG) announced Monday that it has invested in Digimarc (Nasdaq: DMRC), a digital watermark developer, in a bid to meet the growing demand for the emerging technology.

General Motors (NYSE: GM) announced Monday that it is launching a pilot program designed to streamline the sale of vehicles over the Internet.

Holiday e-commerce this year is expected to rise just 66 percent over 1999, or barely half the growth rate of the year before, according to a report released Monday by Jupiter Communications (Nasdaq: JPTR).

According to Dale Carnegie, the best way to make friends is to call people by their names. The personal touch has always been a big hit in business, as well. It's why many customers remain loyal to their "friendly" store, even when the prices are a little higher than the one down the street, where t...

Last year's holiday season exposed some troubling weaknesses in e-commerce fulfillment infrastructure. Frustrated consumers levied blame on overwhelmed e-tailers who found much criticism in their outside vendors and distributors, as well as overworked carriers.

E-tailers are scrambling to add customer-oriented features to their sites before the 2000 holiday season rolls around, according to a survey just released by Internet research firm IDC.

The majority of online ticket sales will be generated from independent travel agencies and not from sites directly connected with the major airlines, according to a study released Monday by International Data Corp. (IDC).