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Last month, business-to-business online marketplace BizBuyer.com announced a $1 million (US$) seed round of financing from investors including eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman. Today, the buyer-drive marketplace -- founded in September of 1998 and based in Santa, Monica, California -- was greatly...

They've just begun their work in Williamsburg, Virginia this week -- and surely the 19-member Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is aware of the stakes as they set to lay out a legislative proposal on Internet taxation.

With U.S. soccer star Mia Hamm on stage hosting the Women's World Cup, New York Yankees shortstop/heart-throb Derek Jeter batting 70 points above his major league average and Andre Agassi rising from the tennis cellar to win the French Open, the sporting goods company that outfits all of these marqu...

On the eve of a much-anticipated meeting of federal and state government and private sector representatives to discuss the future of Internet taxation, a widely respected consulting firm said the Internet presents no major threat to sales tax revenues.

On the eve of a much-anticipated meeting of federal and state government and private sector representatives to discuss the future of Internet taxation, a widely respected consulting firm said the Internet presents no major threat to sales tax revenues.

In a direct blow to Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) auction strategy, leading portal site Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) unveiled a new program today that is designed to help sellers with large inventories of items manage their auctions more efficiently.

When the latest virus-like worm slithered its way online recently, e-commerce sites such as Beyond.com didn't mistake it for Dennis Rodman. They did, however, see opportunity written all over it.

Through a series of alliances announced Monday, Phoenix Technologies Ltd. hopes to take the first click away from surfing, and shopping, the Web.

As part of a new partnership, a new health section scheduled to launch next month on theglobe.com will feature content from drkoop.com, the Internet health network led by former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop.

While online advertising continues its phenomenal growth, the top 50 Web publishers will reap the overwhelming majority of ad dollars, accounting for 95 percent of revenues for ad-supported sites in the U.S. this year, says a new report.

E-commerce could be turned on its head when broadband Internet connections become common place and consumers are hooked to the Internet all day long.

A recent report issued by Rockbridge Associates, Inc. -- intended to measure consumer acceptance and confidence in various technologies -- has revealed a reluctance among many consumers to embrace e-commerce, based partially on concerns over security issues.

Desks, file cabinets and books that have been gathering dust in Baltimore City Government warehouses for years are now seeing the light of day -- or at least the light of the Internet -- through an alliance with Classified Auctions.com.

Last week, just seven months after AOL bought his company, it was announced that Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen will step down from his post as America Online's chief technology officer.

Starbucks' e-commerce plans have been the source of much speculation ever since news of the company's possible e-commerce and portal plans began to circulate last month. Things became a little more clear on Thursday, when the specialty coffee retailer announced a strategic alliance with Oxygen Media...