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Despite the vociferous demands of consumer advocates for new laws to protect the privacy of online shoppers, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Commerce (DOC) have endorsed an industry self-regulation plan developed by the Network Advertising Initiative ...

The burgeoning online gambling industry won a political victory Monday when a bill to ban online casinos failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives. A similar bill has already been passed in the Senate ...

Online auction giant eBay, Inc. is reportedly scaling back its live auction business and will instead concentrate on Web auctions of the high price art and antiques that were central to that operation ...

Santa Clara, California-based Yahoo! Inc. announced strong second-quarter earnings and better than expected revenue growth Tuesday, sending its stock soaring and calming investor fears ...

A U.S. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday against Bidder's Edge, barring the auction portal from searching the eBay site for auction information ...

In an attempt to rebuild its tarnished image, DoubleClick, Inc. appointed an independent panel Wednesday that will be responsible for reviewing the controversial Internet advertising company's new products and services for potential privacy violations ...

At a news conference Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that it is mounting a worldwide hunt for those responsible for a wave of cyber-attacks against major Web sites ...

Reports earlier this week that online powerhouse Amazon.com is being sued by individual consumers as well as being investigated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for privacy issues are the culmination of suspicions that have been coming to a boil since late last year ...

United Parcel Service, Inc. announced today that it has formed a subsidiary that will perform back-end fulfillment functions for e-commerce companies and also help companies develop their supply chain management operations ...

The U.S. Justice Department is reportedly investigating online auctioneer eBay, Inc. to determine whether its efforts to block price comparison search software from probing its Web site are anti-competitive ...

Giant e-tailer Amazon.com announced deals today and on Friday that are expected to bring in $187.5 million from equity partners that will promote their products to Amazon's 16 million online shoppers ...

Yesterday, when we first heard the announcement about the pending merger between America Online and Time Warner, it was a stunner ...

No. 1 Internet service provider America Online and U.S. automaker General Motors have announced a joint venture that will help consumers shop and service their new cars via the Internet ...

AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access ...

AT&T Corp. has reached an agreement that will eventually allow rival online services to use its cable lines to provide high-speed Internet access ...

America Online and interactive entertainment software company Electronic Arts announced a five-year strategic alliance today to create and deliver online games and interactive entertainment content for all AOL properties ...

Excite@Home (Nasdaq: ATHM) announced today that it has agreed to purchase online greeting card company Blue Mountain Arts Publishing for approximately $780 million (US$) in cash and stock, with the possibility of a bonus stock issue that would push the deal above $1 billion ...

Internet postage provider Stamps.com announced today that it has acquired privately-held iShip.com for stock worth $300 million (US$) ...

1-800-Flowers.com announced today that it has signed a multi-year deal with Internet portal Snap.com to become the anchor tenant in Snap.com's Flower Shop ...

America Online (NYSE: AOL) and online florist 1-800-Flowers.com (Nasdaq: FLWS) announced today that they have extended and expanded their partnership until 2003 ...