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Nine months after the launch of controversial, airline-backed travel site Orbitz, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking more information in an ongoing probe of the company's practices. ...

European e-commerce is poised to grow by nearly 50 percent this year but will still account for just 2 percent of all sales across the continent, according to a report from GartnerG2. ...

For the second time in three weeks, EBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) has moved to solidify its foothold in Asia, buying a stake in Chinese auction site EachNet for US$30 million. ...

Isn't it great to see a new round of online grocery battles breaking out? No one is more hopeful than I that the outcome will be different this time. But is that just wishful thinking? ...

Shares of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) took a hit after word spread on Wall Street that Toys "R" Us (NYSE: TOY) may be seeking to renegotiate its partnership with the e-tail giant. ...

To most online consumers, receiving unwanted e-mail marketing messages is just part of being online. Like offline junk mail, it is something people do not like but have learned to live with. ...

The dot-com graveyard had been prepped, the headstone carved and polished. The mourners were gathered, dressed in black and ready to toss worthless stock certificates onto the casket. ...

Following a trail blazed by a host of e-commerce companies, Travelocity (Nasdaq: TVLY) and Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) have announced separate plans to expand into the Asian market within the next few weeks. ...

PayPal has been hit with a class-action lawsuit by members who claim the online payment company froze their funds without their prior knowledge ...

It's been said before, but it's worth repeating: Timing is everything. So whenever Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) chief financial officer Warren Jenson decided to leave his post, determining when to announce it was a delicate matter indeed. ...

Saying that the number of members using its online bill payment service has doubled recently, MSN on Tuesday launched its latest challenge to the dominance of online banks and financial institutions ...

With travel sector heavyweights Expedia (Nasdaq: EXPE) and Travelocity (Nasdaq: TVLY) already busy with takeover deals, speculation has turned to whether Priceline (Nasdaq: PCLN) could be next. ...

DVD rental site Netflix.com is hoping a rejuvenated stock market can breathe life back into its long-shelved initial public offering. ...

By now, things should be clearer. The shakeout should have left e-commerce neater and more orderly. A variety of companies should occupy various sectors, each with its own distinct reason for being, its own niche, its own special appeal to consumers. ...

E-tailer Amazon.com's (Nasdaq: AMZN) free shipping offer is showing "pleasant" results and is helping to boost average order size, a company executive said Wednesday ...

If e-commerce were a mad dash to the finish line, pure-plays would have taken the gold medal, according to analysts. But it has turned into a marathon -- and as dot-com startups gasp for breath, traditional retailers, many of which stumbled out of the gate, are steadily passing pure-plays like the tortoise that whipped the hare. ...

Apparently hoping to ride the coattails of the first successful Internet IPO in well over a year, closeout e-tailer Overstock.com has filed for its own initial public offering. ...

It shouldn't surprise me anymore, but I'm still shocked whenever I run across an e-commerce naysayer. ...

Grocery chain Albertson's (NYSE: ABS) on Monday said it will offer its online shopping service in Portland, Oregon, setting up a head-to-head battle with fellow brick-and-mortar grocer Safeway (NYSE: SWY), which began service there in mid-January. ...

Dot-com job losses dipped below 1,000 in February, falling to their lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas (CGC) ...