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Internet delivery service Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN)announced Tuesday that it is exiting the Dallas, Texas market in a bid to conservecapital and bring its other regional areas of operation to profitability ...

Online auction search site Bidder's Edge, which was barred last year by a court order from combing auctions that were listed on Internet heavyweight eBay, said that it will be shutting down its search service on February 21st ...

Amazon.com remained the top online retailerin January with roughly 2.3 million projected buyers -- more than threetimes that of nearest competitor Barnesandnoble.com -- according to a report releasedWednesday by market research firm PCData ...

After struggling to secure an infusion of capital, ailing online pharmacy PlanetRX.com announced Monday that ithad stopped accepting new prescriptions, effective immediately, and will discontinue the sale of health and beauty products from its Web site on March 12th. ...

Seeking to further extend its international reach, online auction giant eBay is in negotiations to acquire FrenchInternet auction firm the iBazar Group,according to reports published Monday ...

Although the Internet advertising industry has taken a hit in recent months, a reportreleased Thursday finds that online firms should not be so quick to scaleback their Web-based marketing efforts in a bid to trim operating budgets ...

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability ...

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability ...

While e-tail fulfillment problems have been a steady source ofdissatisfaction among online consumers, a report released Thursdayconcludes that they also often dampen efforts by Web merchants to achieve profitability ...

Fashionmall.com (Nasdaq: FASH) and direct marketing and advertising firm GenesisIntermedia.com (Nasdaq: GENI) announced Wednesday that they have ended merger talks after the e-tailer's board of directors rejected a previously proposed buyout bid from Genesis ...

Providian Financial Corp., one of thelargest bankcard issuers in the U.S., has taken an equity stake in Internetpayment services provider PayPal in abid to boost both firms' online and offline offerings, the companiesannounced Tuesday ...

In the coming years, chemical firms will shift their Internet strategies fromconducting online transactions to designing customized products -- with chemical buyers making use of online development portals -- according to a report released Monday by Forrester Research ...

Pet supplies e-tailer Petopia.com pulled the plug on its planned US$100million initial public offering Friday, saying in a filing with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it has sold almost all of itsassets and is no longer conducting business transactions ...

While the U.S. Congress debates proposed Internet privacy laws, a tech industry group announced Wednesday that it hasissued a set of self-regulatory guidelines in a bid to ward offfederal intervention ...

Although large companies boosted their online advertising by 18 percent during the fourth quarter of 2000, a higher percentage of Net ads came from small and mid-sized companies -- particularly in the dot-com industry -- according to data released Monday by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrix firm ...

Although the Internet advertising industry has fallen victim to thebelt-tightening measures of many dot-coms looking to trim their operatingbudgets in recent months, a report released Thursday finds thespending slump is only a "temporary pause" in the market's overall growth ...

The difficulty of harnessing the power of e-business is the second most widely held concern among chief executive officers worldwide -- with 38 percent citing it as the primary challenge facing their businesses in the next year -- according to a study released Wednesday by Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) and research firm The Conference Board.

In a bid to cool the energy meltdown that ignited rolling power blackouts in California, Governor Gray Davis announced Tuesday that the state is going to hold an Internet auction to secure long-term, low-cost electricity contracts ...

Despite grim marketpredictions about the Web advertising market, online ad impressions in Decemberclimbed 21 percent from November to reach a record high of over 65billion ads viewed, according to a study released Monday by AdRelevance, a Jupiter Media Metrixcompany ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Monday that it had closed its year-long probe into the data collection and handling practices of DoubleClick, concluding that the Internet advertising firm did not violate its own privacy policy or engage in deceptive trade practices ...