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You may never have heard of one Jim Geringer, but as governor of the great state of Wyoming, he is making some serious noise about taxing Internet purchases ...

The good news for Priceline (Nasdaq: PCLN) is that it found the Holy Grail of dot-coms in the most recent quarter. It posted an operating profit. But Priceline hasn't reached e-commerce Nirvana just yet. ...

"If you don't add value (to either the user or the supplier) you are toast," Forrester analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times. "All three are successful and legitimate. It's really a case for the consumer of what they prefer." At first glance, the differences betwe...

BidBay attorney Barry Sabahat told the E-Commerce Times that although the motion to dismiss "is not likely to dispose of the case entirely," he believes that BidBay's chances of succeeding with its argument that the case was filed in the wrong court are "great." Said Sabahat:...

Bear Stearns analyst Jeff Fieler told the E-Commerce Times that reverse stock splits often hold Nasdaq regulators at bay, but are not saviors in and of themselves. The additional financing, however, bodes well for Tickets.com's long-term prognosis, accordingto Fieler "By itsel...

Several months ago, industry observers were writing the epitaph for name-your-own-price e-tailer Priceline.com ...

"We have a $10 trillion economy," Kanabar told the E-Commerce Times. "The tax cut is a drop in the bucket." According to Peter Navarro, associate professor of business and government at the University of California-Irvine, "the problem now is that people are uncertain about wh...

Earnest Thompson, director of corporate marketing and brand communicationsfor Siemens in the United States, recently spoke with the E-Commerce Times about the company's Internet advertising campaigns. Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), Europe's largest electronics and electrical engineer...

Perhaps the most ironic development in the ongoing struggle of music file-sharing service Napster is that the site spawned an entire industry of digital music ...

"The inability by marketers to evaluate online advertisingeffectively has lead to the current hiccup in spending," Marissa Gluck,a senior analyst with Jupiter, told E-Commerce Times Gluck, who presented her findings at Jupiter's online ad summit in NewYork, said that leaner ad...

Peapod spokeswoman Paula Wheeler told the E-Commerce Times that while the two companies only overlapped in a few areas, Peapod has seen a 30 percent increase in demand since HomeRuns closed The home-delivery service will be run through Peapod's affiliation with Giant Food, a c...

"Clearly, there are a lot of B2B e-commerce business models that never materialized, with the exception of DoveBid," Yankee Group vice president of strategy and technology Harry Tse told the E-Commerce Times. "With the industry experience of DoveBid, they are definitely capable of absorbing this acquisition and expanding the business."

"I think we will see more of that kind of marriage of content and commerce," Christopher Kelley, an analyst with Forrester Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "With financial belts being tightened, people look for more creative ways to figure out how to become profitable." ...

Forrester Research senior analyst Henry Harteveldt told the E-Commerce Times that this innovation in customer service typifies a trend in the online travel industry, in which e-tailers are offering customers more ways to access reservation information "It is really important f...

Around this time last summer, my mother made her Christmas shopping list. It's a tradition for her to start early. The general idea is to avoid the crowds, traffic and general madness of seasonal shopping ...

E-commerce is suffering from a severe case of nearsightedness ...

"This is a good time to start looking at [e-commerce stocks] again," U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray stock analyst Safa Rashtchy told the E-Commerce Times. "We are seeing some upward trends now. According to Rashtchy, a major downtrend is not as likely anymore. "It's a little earl...

However, Judiciary Committee spokesperson Jeff Lungren told the E-Commerce Times there is more work to be done when the bill moves to the full Judiciary Committee inSeptember, before going to the full House "I expect a much more spirited debate in September," Lungren said....

However, one problem, Stanford University assistant professor of accounting Karen Nelson told the E-Commerce Times, is that there is no single definition of pro forma as it applies to earnings reports. Thus, questions have arisen about the accuracy and consistency of companies' pro forma calculations, which can vary from company to company -- and sometimes from quarter to quarter within the same company...

From coast to coast, burned tech investors are being soothed. Like aloe on a sunburn, the notion that it wasn't their fault is just the balm they'vebeen searching for since their nest eggs went splat ...