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The U.S government and Microsoft are reportedly close to a settlement that, contrary to conventional wisdom, would leave the giant corporation intact ...

Former General Motors executive Roy Roberts has announced the formation of M-Xchange.com, a business-to-business (B2B) trade exchange that will encourage minority-owned businesses to take a more active role in electronic commerce ...

In a deal that could ultimately accelerate delivery times across the e-commerce landscape, Amazon.com announced Monday that it has invested $60 million (US$) in one-hour delivery service Kozmo.com ...

The drive for a compromise on Internet taxation disintegrated late Monday night when members of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) failed to reach the two-thirds majority vote required for a formal recommendation to the U.S. Congress ...

The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) begins its fourth and final session in Dallas, Texas today, with no sign of an agreement on how, or whether, to tax e-commerce ...

The Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) has joined the business-to-business (B2B) scramble by announcing plans to create an online marketplace for its members. GMA members generate U.S. sales of $460 billion (US$) per year and employ 2.5 million people in 50 states ...

Online consumers' privacy and protection are coming under close scrutiny in Washington, D.C. this week, as a number of government officials have apparently come to believe that the industry may never be able to regulate itself ...

Data protection negotiations between the U.S. and the European Union took a promising turn Tuesday when EU negotiator John Mogg announced that he will recommend the approval of a "safe harbor" agreement by EU institutions and member states ...

IBM announced Monday that it has signed agreements to further its wireless e-commerce strategies with seven leading wireless and Internet companies in the U.S. and Europe ...

Microsoft Corp. and Andersen Consulting announced an estimated $1 billion (US$) joint venture today to provide midsize to large-scale customers with e-commerce applications built on the Microsoft enterprise platform and Windows 2000 operating system ...

Instead of moving closer to a consensus on the issue of Internet taxation, the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) appears to be approaching deadlock as individual U.S. states discuss taking the matter into their own hands ...

Newly-released research from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) reveals that a strikingly high online purchase failure rate and fear of online fraud are preventing a sizable number of online shoppers from returning to the Web ...

Wall Street was set abuzz Wednesday morning by rumors of a possible settlement of the ongoing Microsoft antitrust trial ...

Only months after forging a shaky entrance into online banking with its WingspanBank.com, Bank One Corp. has announced a new initiative to deliver money to users via secure e-mail ...

General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which is already established as a major online player, has launched an electronic commerce division to tap into the burgeoning business-to-business (B2B) market. GE Information Services has been considered a major competitor for IBM in the area of trading systems between companies that order, ship and track supplies and products...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has intensified government scrutiny of online consumer privacy by announcing that it will survey U.S. commercial Web sites about how personal consumer data is collected and used ...

Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) and Spanish ISP Terra Networks announced a $2.4 billion (US$) merger today that will create a global Internet banking group with Irish Internet-only bank First-e ...

Online travel agency and Microsoft spin-off Expedia.com reported Wednesday that it will record $4 to $6 million (US$) in third quarter losses to cover fraudulent credit card purchases made on its Web site ...

Having generated one quarter of its January passenger revenues from online sales, Southwest Airlines projected Monday that its 2000 e-commerce revenues will top $1 billion (US$) ...

Venerable American retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co. announced Monday that it will join with $50 billion (US$) French retailer Carrefour and software giant Oracle Corp. to form a global business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for the retail industry ...