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YouTube flips switch on new sales channel

AP — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:29:54 +0000

Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the $1.76 billion that Google Inc. paid for the site two years...

Financial Web sites get busy amid turmoil

AP — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:50:34 +0000

A volatile week on Wall Street drew heavy traffic to financial Web sites, as investors hastened to check their portfolios or move money around in what was dubbed the worst financial meltdown since the Great...

Auctions for Ohio Superman birthplace top goal

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:16:17 +0000

Online auctions benefiting Superman’s birthplace have been more powerful than a locomotive.

EU justice chief welcomes Google privacy move

AP — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:56:56 +0000

The EU’s top justice official on Thursday welcomed a recent move by Google Inc. to cut the time it keeps users’ search details.

Indaba reveals how they allow people to create music together across barriers!

Pooja — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:24:48 +0000

Indabamusic.com is the next big thing that is really coming to the fore. It is a very professional place for all contributors to music production, from producers to engineers to vocalists and musicians. They break down the barriers of location and...

Google promises EU better privacy rules

AP — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:54:14 +0000

Google Inc. has told European Union data privacy regulators it will cut the amount of time it keeps users’ data.

Cities target travel sites for unpaid hotel taxes

AP — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:42:22 +0000

Online travel companies are facing a flurry of lawsuits from upset city officials who say they were bilked out of tens of millions of dollars in hotel and occupancy...

eBay launches ethical online marketplace

Kenneth — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:49:45 +0000

Online giant eBay announced Wednesday it was launching an ethically sourced marketplace selling

Microsoft to buy Web-comparison shopping sites

AP — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:03:28 +0000

Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash.

Reborn retail site fires salvo in shipping war

AP — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:05:13 +0000

With gas prices high and consumers stretching shopping dollars, competition is heating up online for deals _ and a discount retail site hopes to fan the flames by shipping orders for...