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  • Portals Struggle to Convert Browsers to Shoppers
  • E-Commerce Doors Slamming On Portals
  • BEA Launches Online E-Commerce Developer Center
  • B-to-B Marketplaces Face Crowded Field
  • 'Sanford and Son' meet the Internet
  • Cablevision Sues Excite@Home
  • AOL Membership Tops 23 Million
  • Shareholders approve AOL-Time Warner
  • Adding Leverage to your Content with XMLExtreme
  • LookSmarts Looks Better
  • Consortium To Develop Auto Parts Destination
  • Online shopping numbers dip, report says

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Portals Struggle to Convert Browsers to Shoppers
 Phantom shoppers, who toss items into their virtual carts and then flee the site without the goods, cost e-tailers $6 billion to $9 billion in lost sales in 1999, according to industry analysts. With stakes so high, portals won't reveal exact strategies for converting shoppers into buyers, but there are hints and changes that will be tested and evaluated this summer.

E-Commerce Doors Slamming On Portals|
 Changing economics may be shifting power away from portals and to the companies that draw users to the sites.

BEA Launches Online E-Commerce Developer Center
 E-commerce transactions company BEA Systems Inc. launches a developer program.

B-to-B Marketplaces Face Crowded Field
 Lately, investors in B-to-B companies are feeling like homeowners watching their neighbors' house burn. They feel sorry for the neighbors. But most of all, they hope the fire doesn't spread to their own house.

'Sanford and Son' meet the Internet
 B-to-b iSalvage.com targets $10-billion-a-year recycled car parts industry.

Cablevision Sues Excite@Home
 Excite@Home, the Redwood City-based provider of online access via cable, is being sued by Cablevision Systems, New York City_s largest cable TV provider.

AOL Membership Tops 23 Million
 Expanded services drive surge

Shareholders approve AOL-Time Warner
 Investors like the marriage, but federal and international regulators are expected to take a harder look.

Adding Leverage to your Content with XMLExtreme
 Is XML going COUNTRY? Find out what one Issaquah-based internet software development company and the Dixie Chicks' Fly Tour have in common.

LookSmarts Looks Better
 LookSmart, the Palo Alto-based, Internet search service relaunched its home page with a plainer design, and removed several features like horoscopes it says have created the misleading impression that it was a Web site for consumers.

Consortium To Develop Auto Parts Destination
 Partners hope for largest car parts e-commerce site

Online shopping numbers dip, report says
 Amid tough times for many dot-coms, a new report suggests that online shopping habits are on the decline.

 

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