posted 08-02-2000 06:23 PM         

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In brief:

- A pricing glitch at Amazon.com's toy store over the weekend allowed customers to place dozens of orders for goods that were mistakenly deeply discounted. Many of the orders were cancelled after the glitch was discovered.

posted 07-31-2000 06:40 PM         

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Cnet provides a chilling account of Furniture.com's struggles: an etailing case study. (source: Cnet) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-201-2295320-0.html

In brief:
- Priceline.com today said it has joined with a subsidiary of Japanese Internet investor Softbank to offer its service in Japan. Priceline and Softbank E-Commerce will each invest in Priceline.com Japan, which is expected to bring Priceline's "name your own price" services to Japan starting with airline tickets and hotel reservations.

posted 07-26-2000 06:39 PM         

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Jim Seymour comes to the defense of Amazon.com, sort of. (source: TheStreet.com) http://www.thestreet.com/comment/techsavvy/1014500.html

Internet bellwether Amazon.com beat the Street by two cents after posting a $0.33 loss per share. (source: Cnet) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2352482.html

posted 07-25-2000 06:42 PM         

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Shares of Amazon.com fell Tuesday on news its president and operating chief, Joseph Galli, will join the executive ranks of business-to-business marketplace operator VerticalNet. (source: News.com) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2341587.html

Is profitability a possibility for Priceline? Yesterday's earnings report suggests it is close, but the stock dropped 20%. What's next? (source: Red Herring) http://redherring.com/investor/2000/0725/inv-priceline072500.html

Ebay reported quarterly profits of 4 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial predicted eBay would earn 3 cents per share. (source: Cnet) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2343288.html

posted 07-21-2000 06:09 PM         

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Can the Internet economy survive on a cookie-free diet? Critics are charging that Microsoft’s announcement this week that it will alter its popular Internet browser to warn consumers that a Web site is trying to read their “cookies” could have wreak havoc on the Internet advertising industry. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/435595.asp

In brief:
- The Federal Trade Commission said Friday it reached a settlement with defunct Web site Toysmart.com prohibiting the company from selling data it collected from consumers.

posted 07-17-2000 03:01 PM         

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Governments around the world are waking up to the fact that the internet and e-commerce need to be regulated. (source: Cnet) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2218621.html

Many internet stocks have fallen 60% or more from their highs. Are they now bargains, or will they fall all the way to zero? (source: eCompany) http://www.ecompany.com/articles/mag/1,1640,6856,00.html

posted 07-11-2000 10:38 AM         

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Internet investors have been worrying about the amount of cash in dot-com coffers, but Upside suggests sequential growth is another metric that merits investigation. (source: Upside) http://upside.com/texis/mvm/story?id=39636c710

Layoffs in the digital world fired up in May and June, and there may be more to come. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.com/2000/06/30/career/q_dotcomayoffs/

The polarizing Amazon.com debate is about more than the future of an internet bellwether, it is about the viability of e-commerce in general. (source: The Standard) http://thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,16555,00.html

The flood of dot-coms rushing into the public market has sharpened the SEC's focus on internet businesses and their accounting practices. (source: Business 2.0) http://www.business2.com/content/channels/ebusiness/2000/06/28/13593

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