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"During the bull market, there were always some people saying there's going to be a huge drop in tech, but most people brushed them off," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. ...

So it turns out that amid all the teeth-gnashing about the future of e-commerce, business-to-business (B2B) online sales were cooking right along. ...

My first story about Orbitz, the multi-airline mega-site that promised to revolutionize the way Internet users make travel reservations, appeared almost two years ago -- before the site even had a name. T2 (aka Travelocity Terminator) was the working title ...

No matter what industry you're involved in, here's something you don't want to hear: well-respected analysts saying that your industry will survive long-term, but that you won't be around to enjoy it ...

eBay spokesperson Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times that the Web auction house assisted the investigation by providing federal authorities with access to eBay tools that can help pursue individuals who perpetrate auction fraud "Anytime we see a series of listings that ...

An Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) spokesperson told the E-Commerce Times on Friday that the e-tail giant has not been notified of a reported U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation questioning stock sales made by Amazon chairman and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos...

"Trying to diversify away from advertising is the right thing for Yahoo! to be doing," Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times recently. "But they're moving into new territory, where they may have less expertise, so there are plenty of execution risks." ...

"Wherever possible, Idealab! Silicon Valley's 33 employees will be given theopportunity to transition their employment to one of the operatingcompanies," company spokesperson Teresa Bridwell told the E-Commerce Times. However, those employees are not being given pink slips as yet.

Lately, it seems like Internet companies are tripping over each other in a rush to do good deeds. ...

Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times that Amazon is wise to "keep its options open" by not commenting on the deal. "A cash infusion, combined with the credibility of Wal-Mart, would have done a lot to get Amazon through the liquidity crisis that man...

Maybe there's truth to the published rumors that Amazon andWal-Mart are engaged in some type of partnership talks, but there is no comment coming from the Great Northwest about it. ...

"PayPal has become huge," Morningstar.com analyst David Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. "It looks like they are in pretty good shape." A big reason for PayPal's success is that its service "makes it easier for people to accept credit cards," according to Kathman.

Maybe there are people out there aching to check their retirement accounts while sitting in freeway traffic. Multitasking is a must, especially in decidedly less exuberant times, so maybe in-car Internet will catch on ...

"eBay's much bigger customer base is a built-in advantage for an auction site -- all the buyers go there because that's where the sellers are, and all the sellers go there because that's where the buyers are," Kathman told the E-Commerce Times. Kathman added that eBay also ha...

"Mostly they're doing it out of sheer terror, and terror's a greatmotivator," IDC analyst Jonathan Gaw told the E-Commerce Times Examples of dot-coms reinventing themselves abound....

When questioned about the report Monday, Amazon spokesperson Bill Curry told the E-Commerce Times, "We never respond to rumor or speculation about what we may or may not be doing in the future." Tom Williams, Wal-Mart spokesperson, told the E-Commerce Times, "We have a policy ...

Morningstar.com analyst George Nichols told the E-Commerce Times that "several of the stocks I cover, which have been hit hardest by the tech meltdown, have adopted poison pills to ward off any potential takeovers." Nichols added, however, that he thinks takeover concerns are...

eBay spokesperson Kevin Pursglove told the E-Commerce Times that as part of the settlement, Bidder's Edge has agreed to immediately refrain from using its software to crawl listings from eBay's database. In addition, Pursglove said that Bidder's Edge will pay eBay an undisclosed amount...

When Internet incubator CMGI ended 2000 with the report of a US$636.6 million third-quarter loss, heads were spinning throughout the e-business industry ...

John A. Challenger, chief executive officer of the job placement firm, told the E-Commerce Times that no matter "what euphemisms were used to describe the departures," he believes that "almost all" of the dot-com executives who left their posts were forced out because their boards thought it was time for a change in management.