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As the expiration date for a rival takeover bid from PC Connection (Nasdaq: PCCC) approaches, Fry's Electronics is back in the running to acquire struggling e-tailer Outpost.com (Nasdaq: COOL), Fry's disclosed Wednesday. ...

Traffic to Internet-only banks is decreasing, while multichannel financial institutions have watched their online activity double over the past year, according to a report released Wednesday by Jupiter Media Metrix (Nasdaq: JMXI). ...

An online transaction seems simple enough. You send your credit card information: they send you stuff ...

The controversial buyback of the Staples.com e-commerce unit by parent company Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) cleared its final hurdle Monday, when shareholders gave the deal their blessing. ...

A one-day airfare sale helped increase sales more than 70 percent at Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY), the travel site said Monday. ...

The bad news for more than 40,000 dot-com workers came when their employers told them they were no longer needed. ...

Buy.com said Thursday that its credit card processor has reversed an earlier decision to terminate the company's contract, after the e-tailer's founder agreed to provide Buy.com with an additional cash infusion. ...

Well, Napster seemed like a good idea at the time. And shortly after Bertelsmann announced it was forming a strategic alliance with Napster (*correction), it seemed like a great idea. ...

For the second time this month, Travelocity.com (Nasdaq: TVLY), Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) launched a one-day online airfare sale Thursday, a move likely to trigger another short-term Internet price battle. ...

A U.S. federal judge abruptly dismissed a lawsuit against brokerage Morgan Stanley and its famed Internet analyst Mary Meeker on Tuesday, effectively neutralizing similar claims by shareholders of eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL). ...

Kill your darlings. The eminent southern writer William Faulkner had that advice for writers. Wiping out your favorite turn of phrase, he believed,was a guaranteed recipe for stronger prose ...

Following in the footsteps of other brick-and-click retailers, Kmart (NYSE: KM) said Tuesday that it will outsource operation of its BlueLight.com e-commerce site. ...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) said Monday it has reached a deal with electronics retailer Circuit City (NYSE: CC) that will give customers the option of picking up purchases in about 600 stores nationwide rather than paying shipping fees. ...

No one is quite certain when it will happen. Estimates range from the fourth quarter of this year to early or mid-2002. But it is virtually certain that eventually, the economic tide will begin to rise again ...

Calling Perry Mason. Wire Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan ...

Royal Ahold (NYSE: AHO) said Friday it has settled a lawsuit with shareholders of Peapod (Nasdaq: PPOD), clearingthe way for a planned buyout of the online grocer. ...

With the equivalent of 112 million wire-access lines in place, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has a lot of marketing to do ...

Internet retailer Buy.com (OTC: BUYX) said Tuesday it has cut 50 workers -- approximately 40 percent of its total workforce -- as it reported sharply lower sales figures for the second quarter of 2001. ...

There is a fine line between optimism and blind faith. I know. I am a Boston Red Sox fan and even though the First World War was still raging when they last won the World Series, I believe every spring that this year will be the year. ...

Internet powerhouse eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and media giant AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL) struck an expanded marketing agreement that more closely links two ofthe most powerful brands on the Web, and stretches into television and print media. ...