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In the world of e-commerce and the ongoing battle between online ticket sellers, Ticketmaster upped the ante this week with launch of my.ticketmaster.com. The new service features a personalized desktop event ticker, plus virtual reality seating charts that let visitors see where they can sit at the next show or sporting event These new features ar...

The highly anticipated deal between portal power Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and leading streaming media aggregator Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) was made official Thursday, when Yahoo! agreed to buy Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion (US$). The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, is the second biggest Internet deal ever, behind only America Online's purchase of Netscape...

E-commerce sites were well represented among this year's Super Bowl advertisers, each investing an average $1.6 million (US$) for 30 seconds of commercial airtime. Yahoo!, Buy.com, HotJobs.com, the Monster Board, and even Victoria's Secret.com ran Web-oriented ads during the game, while E*Trade opted for a pre-game blitz with six individual spots T...

A recent survey of CEOs from around the world indicates that revenues from e-commerce are still just getting started. While 75% of the CEOs said that 5% or less of their revenue is currently derived from e-commerce, the majority expect e-business revenue to double over then next five years Approximately 40% of the CEOs anticipate that more than 10%...

The highly anticipated deal between portal power Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and leading streaming media aggregator Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) was made official Thursday, when Yahoo! agreed to buy Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion (US$). The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this year, is the second biggest Internet deal ever, behind only America Online's purchase of Netscape...

Keeping in step with other advertisers who launched high-profile campaigns on Super Bowl Sunday, IBM chose today, the day after, to unveil its newest e-business campaign. IBM reports that the new advertising is part of a $75 million (US$) campaign spotlighting the "e-business people" of IBM Global Services The new ads feature select IBM employees w...

Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) made its second announcement this week regarding strategic plans to focus on e-commerce, presumably hoping to regain marketshare that has been going quickly and directly to Dell Computers Today's news announced formation of the Compaq.com Business Division that will be responsible for selling Compaq products ...

First they offered "name your price" airline tickets. Then hotel rooms. Now, home mortgages. This week, Priceline.com is back in the news, offering home buyers a chance to log-on and save money, by naming their own interest rate and mortgage terms....

America Online (NYSE: AOL) continues to wow shareholders and analysts with record quarterly results and yet another stock split, announced late Wednesday. Net income, total revenues and membership were all on the upswing, setting new records also for advertising and e-commerce growth Net income for the second quarter, which ended December 31, total...

eMarketer, the authority on business online, and the E-Commerce Times, an online publication offering breaking news and analysis, jointly announced a news syndication and advertising alliance that brings together the highest quality business information resources for the Internet industry The newly formed alliance will leverage the valuable core co...

Web auction site eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) reported impressive 1998 year-end and fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, along with plans for an upcoming 3-for-1 stock split. In fact, the company's release was filled with good news for investors Revenues are up. Net income is up (though the gross profit margin decreased slightly). And, perhaps most impor...

CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) made two announcements today, including 1998 year-end results, and release of enhanced payment software for Microsoft Site Server -- the second bit of news coming, perhaps, to soften the impact of a $31 million loss (US$) Despite the loss, chairman and CEO Bill Melton reports that, "CyberCash is well positioned to rid...

WorldGate Communications Inc. has developed a new technology called Channel HyperLinkingSM that enables TV viewers to connect from a television program or commercial directly to the corresponding website. Over the past year, the company has been signing up TV stations to carry hyperlinked content; and on Friday, WorldGate announced a partnership with the QVC Shopping Channel that could introduce a new trend of impluse buying to the world of e-commerce...

Small businesses and entrepreneurs selling online may find welcome relief from their shipping woes when iShip.com goes live next month. At least, that's what the young company's founders are hoping for, as they launch a Web-based shipping service designed specifically for e-commerce The new service, which will be available in late February, is targ...

In conjunction with the RSA Data Security conference this week in San Jose, California, Baltimore made a number of announcements regarding its new e-commerce security technology, new customers and partnerships. Though you probably never heard of the company before, it looks like Baltimore will be a rising star among e-commerce technology developers, based on this week's news of alliances with Intel, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG...

On Tuesday, Internet retailer and auctioneer Onsale, Inc. announced a major shift in its e-commerce strategy. In addition to selling excess computers and accessories through its popular auction site, the company will now also sell new PC equipment virtually at cost, meaning at a margin just $5 to $10 (US$) above the wholesale price that the company paid to its own suppliers...

Were holiday online shoppers satisfied with their e-commerce experience or not? The answer is different, depending on whom you ask Yesterday, we reported survey findings from a Jupiter / NFO Interactive study that said only 74% of holiday online shoppers were satisified. Then, we see results from a Visa U.S.A. survey, also done in conjunction with ...

In a new report, Internet research firm Jupiter Communications indicates that online shoppers were less satisfied with their shopping experience during the holidays than they were six months ago. The Report also found that 44% of US online households shopped online during the November/December holiday season, spending about $3.14 billion (US$) For ...

The E-Commerce Times today announced that it has expanded its news headline syndication deal with iSyndicate, to include full-text news story distribution in addition to headline syndication Under this agreement, the E-Commerce Times will provide full-text story content for placement on corporate Web sites through the iSyndicate network of affiliat...

Fujitsu Software's i-Flow division and DMR Consulting Group are offering a free U.S. seminar series for companies entering the e-commerce market. The series is designed to help large and mid-size companies integrate e-commerce into their existing business, in an effective and profitable way The seminar series, called "E-Commerce: Getting it Right T...