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The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced voluntary guidelines for advertisers using larger banner ads, pop-ups, and other forms of rich media advertising Monday ...

Internet service provider (ISP) NetZero (Nasdaq: NZRO) announced late Wednesday it is pruning its staff by 26 percent and cutting back on its free Internet service in order to decrease costs and improve financial results ...

DaimlerChrysler (NYSE: DCX) and Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) announced Tuesday that they have formed a new Web-based company to track vehicle shipments from assembly plants to dealers ...

Online auction leader eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) said it filed a trademark infringement suit against upstart rival BidBay.com on Monday ...

Internet portal Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) announced Monday that it will soon launch a new co-branded version of its person-to-person (P2P) payment system, Yahoo! PayDirect, that will be powered by London-based banking giant HSBC Holdings (NYSE: HBC) ...

According to a study released Wednesday by Andersen Consulting and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), many chief financial officers (CFOs) believe their companies lack the necessary structure and culture to account for e-commerce effectively ...

Streaming media company RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) announced late Thursday that it is laying off approximately 15 percent of its workforce, or 140 employees ...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HWP) currently offers its products and services -- including printers, computers, handheld devices, servers, software, electronic payment solutions, and consulting services -- to customers in more than 120 countries ...

Internet travel site Orbitz took aim at one of its suppliers Tuesday, accusing Vanguard Airlines of being unresponsive and of colluding with other parties to protect the interests of Sabre (NYSE: TSG), a part-owner of Orbitz rival Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY) ...

China plans to tax sales over the Internet rather than give a tax advantage to e-commerce businesses, according to statements made Sunday by the country's top taxman. ...

Music-swapping site Napster named Konrad Hilbers, an executive with Bertelsmann AG, its new chief executive officer Tuesday and said that his first task will be to oversee Napster's transformation into a fee-based service ...

AuctionWatch.com, a software provider that helps small businesses and individuals manage their online auctions, announced a new suite of products Monday designed to help larger retailers and manufacturers dispose of excess inventory at eBay and other online auction sites. ...

Despite the dominance of major players in the e-tail world, small, narrowly focused shopping sites still have a place in cyberspace, according to analysts ...

The European Commission (EC) said Thursday that the refusal of German publishers to sell books to certain Internet booksellers amounts to "illegal collusion." ...

Portals are increasingly leading their massive audiences to the e-commerce watering hole, according to June ratings just released by Nielsen//NetRatings ...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) launched an "e-Documents" store Thursday, offering consumers access to downloadable research reports, journal articles and magazine archives ...

With brick-and-click retail becoming the dominant trend, Internet marketers cannot dismiss teenagers as a target audience when creating a Web presence even though most teens do their purchasing offline, according to a report released Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Monday that it has filed charges against an unlicensed Fort Collins, Colorado chiropractor who allegedly raised over US$300,000 by fraudulently selling stock in his company over the Internet. ...

Defunct online grocer Webvan (Nasdaq: WBVN) and three of its affiliates -- Webvan Operations, Webvan Bay Area, and HomeGrocer.com -- formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday ...

Giving a boost to business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce Down Under, the Australian government announced Tuesday it would be handing out US$6.64 million in funding for B2B projects over the next five years ...