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As part of an effort to turn around its losses, CompUSA launched a re-designed e-commerce Web site earlier this week.

Last week, the United States announced that it was confident that the World Trade Organization would extend a temporary ban on e-commerce tariffs.

According to a new study by Jupiter Communications, Inc., neither U.S. nor European e-tailers have moved aggressively to establish consumer relationships in the continent's most sophisticated Web markets.

In a move seen by some analysts as an effort to trump chief rival Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch, AOL announced yesterday that it is expanding its Digital City guides from 60 to more than 200 cities by early next year.

You've probably read by now that Priceline.com filed suit against software giant Microsoft Corp. late last week.

OpenGrid, Inc., a developer of instant messaging for wireless devices, announced today that it has received more than $8 million (US$) in backing from Motorola and Starfish Software CEO Philippe Kahn.

This week, when E*Trade Group, Inc. reported a $27 million loss (US$) in its fiscal fourth quarter, both the press and company officials spun this negative development into positive news.

When 30 year-old Hani Hajje founded Torrance, California-based Power Solutions, Inc. in 1995, the Internet was still perceived to be a risky, unknown business quantity.

According to a study by Northeast Consulting Resources, Inc., e-commerce will be substantially hindered by the fact that the Internet remains slow and will probably get slower over the next few years.

Earlier this week, an interactive TV service began offering its UK customers e-commerce services ranging from shopping to banking via their TVs.

Priceline.com, the name-your-price seller of airline tickets and other products, has added mortgage and new car buying services to its Web site.

In a deal that industry observers see as part of an all-out effort by America Online to rapidly grow a struggling subsidiary's subscriber base, CompuServe will now be teamed up with AAA to deliver co-branded Internet service to AAA's 38 million U.S. members.

Earlier this week, when Microsoft Corp. announced that it will employ Ask Jeeves to answer customer questions on a wide range of its applications, the Emeryville, California-based search engine's stock soared.

IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner warned an international audience at a meeting of the United Nations-sponsored Telecom '99 that "any customer, or nation, that gets trapped by a closed architecture runs the very real risk of being left behind."

Since the advent of online trading and e-commerce, message boards and chat rooms have become havens for those who want to take shots at or float rumors about different companies and their top management.

1-800-Flowers.com announced today that it has signed a multi-year deal with Internet portal Snap.com to become the anchor tenant in Snap.com's Flower Shop.

Internet guru Bill Gross, whose e-commerce successes include eToys, Inc. and GoTo.com, has launched iExchange.com, a site where individuals can sell their stock tips to the public.

Web message boards and online news accounts have been filled with possible deals for and by the Redwood City, California-based company, which has 500,000 subscribers throughout the United States and Canada.

According to a "Breadbox" study by Odyssey, L.P., 85 percent of consumers who have already engaged in e-commerce are "very satisfied" with their online shopping experiences.

Earlier this week, it was reported that eBay, Inc. and AuctionWatch.com failed to resolve a conflict that may now have to be settled by a judge.