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Although sites that offer Internet services like free e-mailare growing fast, search engines, portals and online communities account for the bulk of allonline traffic in the United States, according to a report released Monday by Nielsen//NetRatings ...

7-Eleven (NYSE: SE) said Thursday itwill install Internet-enabled financial service kiosks in 36 stores in FortMyers and Naples, Florida, as part of an expanded test of financial servicesthat may eventually include online shopping ...

Orbitz, the online travel company launched by a group of airlines earlier this week, said late Wednesday it plans to double its customer-service staff over the next three weeks, to more than 200, in order to deal with a "deluge" of business ...

Shareholders of office supplies retailer Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) will get extra time to evaluate the company's plan to buy back the shares of its online unit, Staples.com, thanks to a court decision handed down Tuesday ...

Hotels and other businesses in the hospitality industry can make better use of the Internet to market and manage their businesses, according to a report released Monday by professional services firm Andersen ...

Web portal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announced Monday it will now offer product ratings and buying guides from Consumer Reports on its shopping site, a move that Yahoo! said will attract more traffic to itsexisting merchants and provide revenue from pay-per-view content sales ...

Online travel company Travelocity (Nasdaq: TVLY) on Friday announced an advertising campaign touting the company as "more than just an online travel site." ...

UK brick-and-click retailer Tesco this week launched an online service that will allow blind people to shop over the Internet without using special equipment ...

Fast-food giant McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is expanding its use of an electronic system that lets customers pay for their orders using a cash-free keytag system originally developed for Mobil gas stations, a company spokesperson said Monday ...

Internet auctioneer QXL Ricardo (Nasdaq: QXLC) reported a smaller loss for its fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31st and announced a newpartnership with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) on Friday ...

Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) plans to reduce its stake in name-your-own-pricee-tailer Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN), although aPriceline spokesman said the planned sale of shares is not significant anddoes not change the business relationship between the two companies ...

The booming market for outsourced Internet security services could provide a home for venture capital money previously directed to dot-coms, according to a reportannounced Tuesday by the Yankee Group ...

Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) advanced 37 U.S. cents to $10.08 in morning trading Tuesday, following news of deals with Global Crossing (NYSE: GX) and China Unicom (NYSE: CHU) ...

AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) picked up 17 U.S. cents to $51.77 in morning trading Tuesday, following news of a deal toprovide America Online services over Sony PlayStation 2 entertainmentconsoles ...

Motient (Nasdaq: MTNT) gained 38 U.S. cents to $1.80 in morning trading Tuesday, following news that it plans to buy Internet consulting and services company Rare Medium (Nasdaq: RRRR) ...

Information technology consulting firm Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) fell US$1.70to $35.90 in morning trading Tuesday, after reporting quarterly results thatwere in line with previously lowered estimates ...

WebMethods (Nasdaq: WEBM) reversedan early gain Monday, trading down 64 U.S. cents at $22.16 at midmorning as news ofa contract from paper giant International Paper (NYSE: IP) and a buy ratingfrom CIBC World Markets failed to sustain the advance ...

Handheld computer makers Palm (Nasdaq:PALM) and Handspring (Nasdaq: HAND) fell in morning trading Monday following reports that Lehman Brothers slashed itsprice targets for the stocks ...

TMP Worldwide (Nasdaq: TMPW) slipped 44 U.S. cents to$47.01 Monday morning despite an analyst upgrade and a company statementtouting the success of the company's flagship Web site, Monster.com ...

FreeMarkets (Nasdaq: FMKT) pickedup 22 U.S. cents to $11.36 in morning trading Monday following news thatdrugmaker Schering-Plough (NYSE: SGP) has signed on to continue using the company's online marketplace to buy and sell goods and services ...