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Adding to the recent wave of profitable earnings reports, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced Thursday that net income for its first quarter 2001 was US$21.1 million, or 8 cents per diluted share. The earnings beat analyst predictions. ...

Just as one six-figure online auction scam on eBay was finding closure, eBay has begun investigating another, according to published reports Wednesday. ...

Published reports stating that Homestore.com (Nasdaq: HOMS) had breached a seven-day old contract with Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) are "absolutely incorrect," a spokesperson for the bank told the E-Commerce Times on Tuesday, an assertion that contradicted comments she allegedly made to the press earlier in the day ...

Online retailer Buy.com (Nasdaq: BUYX) announced Thursday that two members of its board of directors, both representing the venture capital arm of Tokyo-based Softbank, are leaving the struggling e-tailer ...

An elaborate Internet scam involving fake banking documents worth approximatelyUS$3.9 billion has been shut down by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London-based ICC Commercial Crime Services announced Wednesday ...

The day after Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced it would see a narrower-than-expected lossfor the first quarter, shares of the e-tail giant continued their dramatic ascentin early morning trading Tuesday, rising more than $2.00, or 19 percent, toas high as $13.50 a share. But will such renewed optimism hold, or is thesudden turnaround a false boom? ...

MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) woke up to quite a shock Monday morning when the company was informed by a U.S. District Court that a US$300,000 copyright infringement award in favor of Tee Vee Toons (TVT) Records on Friday might actually be almost $3 million ...

Microsoft announced a new alliance with Partner America on Friday designed to help small businesses venture into the world of e-commerce. ...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans told Latin American trade ministers Wednesday that e-commerce initiatives must play an integral part in thecreation of any Western Hemisphere free trade agreements ...

Using an e-business patent has become the weapon of choice for Internetgiants in recent months, with a series of patent cases between powerhousesdetermining who can -- and who cannot -- use key Internet shoppingtechnologies ...

Are there ways for dot-coms to trim the fat without resorting to layoffs? According to a study released Wednesday by Gartner, the answer is a resounding yes ...

Although the number of electronic income tax returns filed through the first week of March in the U.S. rose 36 percent compared to last year, many more consumers are spurning online tax filing methods because they do not provide enough security, ease and versatility ...

Despite the general reluctance of Canadians toshop online, there are new signs of e-commerce growth in Canada ...

When the Andersen professional services firm recently surveyed e-commerce customers, nearly half said that e-tailers who also sell from a physical location provide better customer service. More than three-quarters of respondents said they have had both online and offline contact with e-tailers ...

A pressing question for e-tailers this year is whether consumer apprehension about the overall economy is going to cause a drop in online spending. ...

Internet shopping network Bigsmart.com has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that its e-commerce marketplace operates as an illegal pyramid scheme. The settlement calls for the company to pay US$5 million in consumer redress ...

Not a day goes by without yet another report of massive high-tech layoffs and lowered financial expectations -- not to mention the economic slowdown, stock prices in steep decline and the ongoing series of dot-com closures. ...

Pure plays that have already achieved significant scale, and niche players that have already built loyal customer bases, are likely to achieve success in the next stage of e-commerce evolution, according to a report released Mondayby The Boston ConsultingGroup ...

For a while Friday, you didn't have to go all the way to the South Pacific to find a piece of debris from the fallen space station Mir. In fact, you didn't even have to leave the heartland of the United States. ...

In another blow for the viability of high-ticket item online auctions, the hyped live bidding of an exclusive set of Marilyn Monroe nudephotographs on eBay ended without a sale Thursday evening ...