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"Once a firm gets to that point, the chances of raising more cash are close to zero," Forrester analyst James Crawford told the E-Commerce Times. "It requires a white knight or some other cash source to sustain the company at that point." Not all delisting notices prove fatal,...

But Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman told the E-Commerce Times that AOL "is not going to take that big of a hit overall because we've known this was coming" for about six weeks ...

But Andrew Bartels, a Giga Information Group analyst, told the E-Commerce Times that the industry does not have a genetic defect that makes it more prone to fraud. "It is not fair to single out tech or telecom," he said. However, Bertels noted, the industry is "awash in condi...

Giera told the E-Commerce Times that she believes Sun is struggling with business issues, including its previous strategy of releasing hardware at deeply discounted prices. As that hardware ages and enters the used market, Giera expects the result will be depressed prices on current hardware...

Two years ago, e-commerce was still in its growth spurt. It would go to sleep at night and wake up half again as big. And last year, e-commerce was supposed to be tested for real. No more growth hormones, just old-fashioned business practices. ...

IBM is among 300 or so companies that had complied as of late Tuesday, and the company seems confident that its financials will pass muster. "We already have in place policies and practices to ensure the integrity of our financials," company spokesperson Carol Makovich told the E-Commerce Times...

"The best move at the present time is for the government to stick with the status quo, as radical as that may sound to some who follow the industry," Yankee Group program manager Paul Ritter told the E-Commerce Times ...

Most of us hit our heads against a wall and learn, quickly, that it hurts. Some people never learn, but those people just might be the ones to take the Internet to the next level. ...

Forrester analyst Carl Howe told the E-Commerce Times that introducing the Linux server is a "fairly natural" move for Sun. He noted that the company has sold x86 boxes in the past, and that Linux is akin to Sun's other product lines In addition, Howe said, Sun was faced with ...

GartnerG2 research director David Schehr told the E-Commerce Times that although the teen market will probably never pay massive dividends, it still makes sense as a marketing target. "There's probably more long-term benefit than immediate payoff at the cash register, either ...

"They are certainly thinking about it," Rob Lancaster, an analyst at the Yankee Group, told the E-Commerce Times That AOL would select Netscape is not surprising. After all, the online service provider owns Netscape, has recently opened its online chat operations to Apple, and...

"Most of the dot-com shakeout has occurred already, Nielsen//NetRatings analyst Dawn Brozek told the E-Commerce Times. "But some small players are still going under." Conversely, Gartner analyst Geri Spieler said the e-tail model will likely continue to evolve too much to decl...

"We didn't expect to see a big impact on Amazon's bottom line from the start, and that seems to be the case in the numbers," Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times. "There are benefits for both sides, but it's not a huge moneymaker." ...

"A lot of sectors have been completely changed from what people thought they were going to look like," Giga Information Group analyst Andrew Bartels told the E-Commerce Times. "Instead of going away, the companies reinvented themselves. It's a healthy process." The results so ...

Forrester analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times that the promotions might also be an attempt to solidify customer and merchant bases in the face of increasing competition. Last spring saw the full-scale launch of Cendant's Trip.com. Cendant, which operates hotel ...

"Unfortunately, these announcements are no longer a surprise," Rod Woodward, telecommunications services analyst at Frost & Sullivan, told the E-Commerce Times. "And, once again, it appears to be a blatant attempt to artificially pump their earnings." ...

"Microsoft and Apple both offer effective password wallets as part of their operating system architecture," Gartner research director Ray Wagner told the E-Commerce Times. "They seem to be working very well." But carrying those passwords to other PCs and devices remains a big ...

Yankee Group analyst Michael Goodman pointed out to the E-Commerce Times that the company did report alleged problems with its accounting to the SEC, most likely in an effort to "head things off." News of the investigations came on the heels of AOL's improved financial picture...

Salomon Smith Barney analyst Lanny Baker told the E-Commerce Times that TMP is also dealing with the massive expansion it underwent at the beginning of the slowdown, when it went on a spending spree that culminated with its unsuccessful attempt to buy HotJobs, which was later acquired by Yahoo...

"Great people with good ideas are still attracting attention," John Balen, a general partner with Canaan Venture Partners in Menlo Park, California, told the E-Commerce Times. However, he added, "it's back to basics." Numerous VCs are nursing wounds sustained when companies c...