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Business-to-business (B2B) software maker Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARBA) reported surprisingly strong results for the quarter ended June 30th, fueled by a number of major agreements signed in recent months.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled its case against a group of online pharmacies charged with false advertising and operating an unauthorized credit card processing scheme.

On the same day that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced a new strategy within the so-called "Wintel" duopoly, the software giant sparked new concerns about its domination of world markets and also faced a direct challenge to its operating systems dominance in Japan.

A worldwide coalition of big-name retailers led by Target and Best Buy has tapped the alliance of IBM, i2 and Ariba to run the WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE), a business-to-business (B2B) Web site that is slated for launch later this year.

While still facing language and cultural challenges in the international e-commerce arena, Asian e-commerce is set to boom at home, and U.S. companies smelling opportunity are already diving into the region with big-dollar investments.

When one of the towering leviathans of high-tech civilization takes a false step, it is not always immediately clear whether the tremors in the earth are caused by the giant's stumble or by the stampede of all the little people fleeing for cover.

Online auction giant eBay, Inc. is reportedly scaling back its live auction business and will instead concentrate on Web auctions of the high price art and antiques that were central to that operation.

In Part I of this special report, the E-Commerce Times probed beyond the hype surrounding the alleged downfall of the dot-coms, to examine the big picture of the new U.S. e-conomy. Part II of this special report on the state of the e-commerce industry examines the burgeoning international market.

Santa Clara, California-based Yahoo! Inc. announced strong second-quarter earnings and better than expected revenue growth Tuesday, sending its stock soaring and calming investor fears.

According to a report released Tuesday by New York-based eMarketer, three of four Internet users will be shopping online by 2003, and 68 percent of all U.S. Web users will be online shoppers by the end of this year.

American seniors 55 and over have embraced the Internet and are shopping and surfing online in ever increasing numbers, according to a study released Tuesday by Internet research firm Greenfield Online.

A coalition of more than 70 recording artists have launched a national campaign to protect their exclusive rights to distribute and market copyrighted recordings on the Internet.

A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Web-based surveillance program, which the agency says is designed specifically to be used in criminal investigations, is drawing withering fire from critics who say it is compromising the privacy of law-abiding Internet users.

Angry musicians came face-to-face with Napster chief executive Hank Barry on Capitol Hill Tuesday, in an emotional hearing before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.

E-commerce consultants are loudly proclaiming the importance of customer service, while customers themselves are demonstrating -- via their wallets -- that they simply will not accept bad service. And yet, e-tailer reaction has been slow.