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Healthcare giants Johnson & Johnson, GE Medical Systems, Baxter International, Inc., Abbott Laboratories and Medtronic, Inc. have further fueled the current business-to-business (B2B) feeding frenzy by announcing plans to create a privately held exchange to streamline purchasing for healthcare providers "Every healthcare system around the world is ...
Confirming what has already been reported by company auditors, failing online grocer Peapod, Inc. has acknowledged in its annual report that "limited capital resources" make its viability as an independent concern "uncertain." Peapod "probably runs out in a week or two," said Barry Stouffer, who follows the company for J.C. Bradford & Co. The compa...
The state of New Jersey has filed suit against eight online pharmacies located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Miami and Miami Beach, Florida; Seattle, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona and San Antonio, Texas, accusing them of selling such prescription medicines as Viagra, Propecia, and Xenical without a license New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act requires pha...
If the wave of legal activity and negative publicity that has swamped online advertising agency DoubleClick is any indication, then attempts to self-regulate the Internet have been an abysmal failure In fact, a new report from Forrester Research suggests that government regulation of e-commerce privacy issues are now a foregone conclusion.
A recent survey by the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) shows that almost 40 percent of computer users aged 45 and older lack the confidence to shop for goods and services online A lack of Internet skills among many Americans born between 1945 and 1964 -- a key demographic known as the "Baby Boom Generation" -- is apparently the prima...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched investigations into the consumer information practices of Internet powerhouses Yahoo! and Amazon.com In its annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Yahoo! revealed that the FTC has asked the company for information to see if it is in compliance with federal con...
Responding to a firestorm of criticism, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner Q. Todd Dickinson told reporters this week that enough questions have been raised about the office's procedures to spur the agency to overhaul its review process for awarding e-commerce patents The move toward change comes on the heels of charges that the patent o...
Responding to a firestorm of criticism, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Commissioner Q. Todd Dickinson told reporters this week that enough questions have been raised about the office's procedures to spur the agency to overhaul its review process for awarding e-commerce patents The move toward change comes on the heels of charges that the patent o...
This week's announcements that e-tailers Gloss.com and Beautyscene.com are up for sale are a strong indication that online beauty products firms will be among the early victims of the projected e-commerce shakeout "With the plethora of beauty sites out there, it has all come down to which few are going to survive," said Lisa Allen, an analyst with ...
Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL), the number one direct seller of computers in the United States, has announced that its Dell Ventures unit will broaden its scope of operations to include equity investments and incubation services for new e-commerce companies Thomas J. Meredith, the company's chief financial officer for the past seven years, has ...
In a case that could have widespread implications for the future of Internet competition, a federal judge has ruled that online companies can legally provide links to rival Web sites At issue was whether startup Tickets.com, Inc. had a legal right to link its site to pages deeply embedded within the site of its chief competitor, Ticketmaster.com. T...
After a pessimistic auditor's report sparked a wave of negative publicity and a broad stock sell-off, Internet music retailer CDNow (Nasdaq: CDNW) said today that it will implement a new operating plan to "significantly reduce" its cash burn rate The beleaguered company, whose troubles began after a planned merger with Columbia House went by the bo...
7-Eleven, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVEV) is using a new $540 million (US$) capital injection from IYG Holding Co. to roll out kiosks in its U.S. stores that will eventually enable those outlets to act as distributors for online merchants 7-Eleven, which is owned and operated by 7-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd., announced a deal with NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) to start plac...
Mail and messaging company Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) ended months of speculation about its online postage plans today by announcing that it has received approval from the U.S. Postal Service to debut its ClickStamp feature The Stamford, Connecticut-based company said the service will be the first in a series of Internet postage products to be introd...
Earlier this week, Microsoft stirred up the online video and audio marketplace mix by introducing its Windows Media Player 7 software The preview version of the software titan's free player, which will be released later this year, provides software for downloading digital content from Web sites as well as capabilities for creating playlists.
Interactive entertainment heavyweights Sega America, Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS) and Nintendo of America have filed a joint lawsuit against Yahoo! in San Francisco federal court, alleging that illegal and counterfeit games are being auctioned on the site The suit charges Yahoo! with copyright and trademark infringement, offering illegal devices f...
In an effort to streamline the Internet shopping experience for its customers, online drugstore PlanetRx.com (Nasdaq: PLRX) has unveiled a bar code scanner that will allow consumers to select and order items simply and efficiently The South San Francisco-based company said shoppers will be able to scan bar codes of products they have in their medic...
The honeymoon may be over for business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce, as a source close to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has publicly called for active enforcement of antitrust laws as they apply to the sector While speaking to the First Annual Big Bang conference this week, Bert Foer, former assistant director of the FTC's Bureau of Compe...
Online auction powerhouse eBay has confirmed that it is cooperating with Los Angeles police and postal authorities to investigate claims that some 150 consumers were defrauded by a single eBay member After the complaints were received, eBay suspended the privileges of the alleged offender, a highly unusual move on the part of the San Jose-based auc...
The derailed settlement talks between the U.S. Justice Department and software giant Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) may be back on track today, as reports indicate that the mediator in the case has asked the judge to delay issuing his opinion in hopes of a breakthrough The possibility of a settlement seemed all but dead as Microsoft's stock price fell ov...
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