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The parent company of online job search giant Monster.com said that its third-quarter profits rose 20 percent over a year before, due largely to Monster's continued growth and profitability. Monster itself had third quarter revenues of US$174 million, a 38 percent increase over the same period a ...

Despite concerns from federal officials that taxes will stifle growth of the Internet economy, industry and government observers told the E-Commerce Times that an end to a moratorium on certain Internet taxes will not mean the extinction of e-commerce. Gartner Dataquest principal analyst Ron Cowl...

Spurred by the spate of recent anthrax scares, U.S. consumers are increasingly turning to electronic billing and payment channels to allay mail safety concerns, with roughly 32 million Americans expected to view credit card and other statements online by the end of 2001, according to new data rel...

Credit card advertising has nearly doubled its presence on the Web this year, research firm Jupiter Media Metrix said Monday. "It's understandable that the significant growth of online advertising for credit services coincides with a softening economy and the approach of the holiday shopping seas...

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com reported third-quarter results Thursday that came in just above expectations, which had been lowered to reflect a falloff in travel after the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Priceline said income before payroll taxes, amortization of c...

Many companies are beginning to throw in the towel when it comes to getting adolescents to make a purchase online. However, it might be too soon for e-tailers to surrender to the teen e-commerce problem. What follows is an exploration of the attempts companies can make to cap the generation gap a...

Homestore.com, the dominant Web real estate player, on Thursday reported a third-quarter financial loss double the estimates of analysts, due largely to a plunge in advertising revenue. Homestore stock fell 54.3 percent Friday to $2.28 per share in the wake of the news, which also included a dour...

Internet job losses climbed more than 60 percent in October to 4,840 cuts after five straight months of decline, according to a report released Wednesday by Challenger, Gray and Christmas (CGC). "The impact of September 11 has rippled through the dot-com sector, as it has in almost all industries...

Discount online travel company Hotwire said Wednesday that sales and daily transactions have returned to the levels seen before the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States. Almost 1 million new users have registered with the year-old site since September 11th, "demonstrating the com...

It's one of the oldest forms of communication, but word-of-mouth remains a potent marketing force in the digital age. E-commerce experts say that pass-it-along marketing -- also known as viral marketing -- is a highly effective way to create online buzz for new products and services. Analysts tol...

Consumers who shop on the Net prefer e-tailers that make buying online convenient over those that offer low prices, according to a survey released Wednesday by Internet research firm Gartner (NYSE: IT). The survey, conducted by Gartner's G2 division, found that 81 percent of online shoppers said th...

Online shoppers will spend approximately US$11.9 billion dollars during 2001 holiday season on Web retail and travel -- an 11 percent increase over last year's $10.8 billion dollars, according to a report released by Internet measurement and analysis firm Jupiter Media Metrix. Although growth thi...

Want to write a plan for an e-business that will impress post-shakeout investors? Start with a business that makes money, experts say, and then explore how the Web can help your business succeed. "Treat your e-business like any business startup," Al Napier, a professor of e-business and entrepre...