Business

Face it: In the Internet age, privacy is a thing of the past. But people can take a number of steps to control how their personal information is used online. For concerned consumers, the first stop on any Web site should be the section about privacy. "The key is to be aware of ambiguous language,...

In its latest challenge to the dominance of online banks and financial institutions, MSN said it will offer a free year of online bill payment service to anyone who uses its finance site to file a tax return. But analysts said that consumers seem most open to turning over their bill-paying duties...

Buy.com has expanded its global shipping services, introducing a feature that lets shoppers view total shipping costs in their local currency. In addition, international customers now will see the total price of their items at the point of purchase, rather than remaining in the dark about customs...

When it comes to recruiting top talent, Internet companies face a much different picture than they once did. "Tech workers aren't rushing to work at dot-coms in the way that they were two to three years ago," Alan Hoffman, a technology jobs expert at Monster.com, told the E-Commerce Times. And in...

Albertsons.com, the online arm of grocery giant Albertson's, has announced it will expand its Web-based grocery shopping service into the San Francisco area. The addition of 180 ZIP codes in five Bay Area counties will give Albertsons.com the largest geographic reach of any online grocery provide...

With travel sector heavyweights Expedia and Travelocity already busy with takeover deals, speculation has turned to whether Priceline could be next. The company has seen its stock price rebound after a steep drop following September 11th, but it is still trading well below most of its competition...

DVD rental site Netflix.com has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to raise up to US$115 million in an initial public offering, making it the second dot-com to hop on the IPO bandwagon this week. But Morningstar.com IPO analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce...

Just over a year ago, B2B e-commerce was all the rage. As it turned out, moving the buyer-supplier relationship onto the Web was not as easy as it initially seemed. But just because B2B fell short of the hype does not mean it is dead. "It seems like it failed now, but a lot of innovation is happe...

E-tailer Amazon.com said its free shipping offer is showing "pleasant" results and is helping to boost average order size, though the company likely will report higher shipping costs in coming quarters as a result of the deal. "I've generally been pretty impressed over the years with Amazon's abi...