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While a report released Monday by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) predicts that revenue from business-to-business (B2B) e-marketplaces will approach $9 billion (US$) in 2005, the research firm suggests that the greatest benefits of B2B exchanges lie in increased productivity, not in the revenues they generate ...

Internet superstore Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and Fox Television are partnering to create a two-hour television special, "The Ultimate Auction," for broadcast in December. The auction will be managed by Amazon's live auction site LiveBid ...

The days of American consumers avoiding sales tax by making their purchases online are numbered, if testimony given before a hearing of the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP) on Thursday is any indication ...

Internet real estate company Homestore.com announced Friday that it will acquire Cendant Corporation's Internet real estate portal Move.com in an all-stock deal valued at $761 million (US$) ...

A report released Wednesday by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) shows that 58.4 percent of online purchasers believe that online prices are as high as those offline. That percentage jumps to 75.4 percent among online users who do not shop on the Web ...

Although Canadians are using the Web in ever-increasing numbers, they are among the world's most cautious when it comes to actually purchasing goods and services online, according to a study released Tuesday by American Express (NYSE: AXP) ...

In an effort to promote public trust in Internet transactions, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and BBBOnLine unveiled the BBB Code of Online Business Practices on Tuesday ...

An ambitious plan to knock down e-commerce trade barriers and to create a set of international rules that ensure fair competition in the rapidly evolving e-commerce sector was unveiled Monday by U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky ...

A study released Monday by BizRate.com shows that the average online shopper abandoned two or three Web shopping carts over the last 90 days, each representing lost sales of $175 (US$) ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has warned airlines that they must tell customers seeking the lowest fare that the best deals may only be available via the carrier's Web site ...

According to a survey released Friday by market research firm InsightExpress, online pharmacies are a "prescription for failure." ...

Amid growing concerns that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is ill-equipped to keep up with the demands of the New Economy, Internet start-up BountyQuest is offering cash rewards to individuals who can prove or disprove a company's claim to a patent ...

A pair of bills introduced this week in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives would make it easier for state and federal officials to crack down on illegal sales of pharmaceuticals over the Internet ...

According to a report released Wednesday by research and consulting firm Ovum, the alternative online payment market will reach $126 billion (US$) by 2005 ...

A study released Wednesday by Active Research revealed that the majority of Americans would spend less online if their e-purchases were taxed ...

Officials in Chicago, Illinois have filed a lawsuit to shut down Voteauction.com, a site that lets citizens auction their votes in the upcoming U.S. presidential election to the highest bidder ...

E-tailers stand to lose up to $14.7 billion (US$) in sales this holiday season unless improvements are made in the overall online shopping experience, according to a new report by consulting firm Creative Good ...

Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation (B&W), the third largest cigarette manufacturer in the U.S., said Monday that it has filed suit in a Manhattan federal court to overturn a New York state law banning the sale of cigarettes on the Internet ...

Giving the green light for Nevada residents to bet on football games and horse races using the Internet, the Nevada Gaming Board has set the stage for the first online betting sites to operate legally in the United States ...

Although well-intentioned, the U.S. government's Internet initiatives are competing unfairly with the private e-commerce sector, according to a report released Thursday by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) ...