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The Worldwide E-Commerce Fraud Prevention Network, whose members include Amazon.com, American Express, Buy.com and Expedia.com, announced the launch Monday of MerchantFraudSquad.com,a new site dedicated to combating online fraud ...

While individual e-tailers have come under fire from some quarters for underwhelming holiday sales, many online shopping malls and portals doubled their growth rates over the same period, according to the Yankee Group ...

Boosted by strong customer service reviews, QVC.com rose to the top of Forrester Research's General Merchandise PowerRankings, beating both Amazon.com and BestBuy.com ...

eBaywent to bed on December 31st flush with holiday success, and woke up to a New Year full of snags. ...

There is an interesting paradox developing in the online bookstore industry. Fourth quarter revenues (including holiday sales) are up, and books continue to be the top-selling product category on the Net, but virtually across the board, book e-tailers are falling short of analyst earnings estimates. ...

In December, the job placement firm of Challenger, Gray and Christmas released a report saying that Internet job losses had increased for seven straight months, and that more than 40,000 dot-com jobs had disappeared in a 12-month period ...

MVP.com announced Monday that it has laid off 36 more employees as part of a restructuring plan the online sports e-tailer began in December, when it laid off 79 people ...

More than 90 percent of online shoppers were satisfied with their holiday shopping experiences and more than two-thirds plan to buy online again soon, according to a report released Monday by the NPD Group. ...

Boosted by gains in big cap tech stocks like Cisco, Intel and Microsoft, the Nasdaq composite stock index barely ended its seven-session losing streak Thursday, finishing up 7.34 points in the fifth largest volume trading day in its history. ...

With the nomination Wednesday of Don Evans as U.S. Secretary of Commerce by President-elect George W. Bush, many e-commerce analysts are wondering how the potential new Cabinet member will affect the New Economy. ...

Many brick-and-click Web merchants are following a basic recipe for success this holiday season, according to a new report from the Yankee Group ...

Many e-tailers will not have the capabilities to meet growing customerservice demands this holiday season, according to a report issued by Jupiter Research and the NPD Group ...

Auction sites are dominating the 2000 online holiday shopping season, according toa report issued by Media Metrix. ...

National Security Council top cyber-official Richard Clarke said Friday that the next president of the United States has to make Internet security a top priority if the country is to avoid potentially catastrophic events. ...

Women have made a higher percentage of online purchases than men for two quarters running,according to a survey released Thursday by Greenfield Online. ...

Tower Records and MP3.com announced a deal Wednesday that will provide customers with immediate online streaming access to music they purchase from TowerRecords.com, and eventually Tower Records brick-and-mortar retail stores. ...

In sharp contrast to the consumer resistance that online car dealers are experiencing in the U.S., General Motors (GM) said Tuesday it hassold over 8,000 Chevrolet Celta cars in Brazil via the Web since mid-September ...

To prevent the potential loss of over 5.2 million customers duringthe holiday season, Kmart-backed discount e-tailer BlueLight.com said Monday it is buying select assets from its defunct free Internet access provider, Spinway.com ...

The U.S. Justice Department has reportedly launched an antitrust investigation into the business practices of five e-commerce firms, including electronic bond trading firms BondBook LLC, BondDesk and Market Axess, and foreign exchange firms FXall and Atriax ...

A report released Thursday by the European Union shows that Internet penetration has increased 55 percent in Europe over a six-month period ...