• Apple claims US government sides with monopoly in e-book case

  By John Ribeiro | 24 May, 2012 05:35

  The U.S. government has sided with monopoly rather than competition in bringing a case of e-book price-fixing against Apple, the company said in a filing on Tuesday before a federal court.

• Facebook buys mobile e-commerce app Karma

  By Cameron Scott | 19 May, 2012 09:43

  The mobile gift-giving app Karma has announced it has been acquired by Facebook. The announcement came shortly after the markets closed on Facebook's first day as a publicly traded company.

• Final count down to Facebook's IPO begins

  By Sharon Gaudin | 18 May, 2012 23:43

  After all the buildup, Facebook's long-anticipated initial public offering is finally here.

• If Facebook's IPO goes south, social, tech markets could take a hit

  By Sharon Gaudin | 18 May, 2012 04:38

  With Facebook's initial public offering creating such a frenzy of interest, there's an important question to be considered: What happens if tomorrow or next week or five months from now, this investment goes south?

• Facebook raises stock offering, shoots for $18.5B with IPO

  By Sharon Gaudin | 17 May, 2012 00:06

  Facebook's initial public offering may be getting even bigger.

• Coupons 2.0: Social Buying Sites That Add Up to Savings

  By Kristin Burnham | 16 February, 2010 05:17

  A website makes you a deal: Pay $25, and they'll give you $50 worth of food at your favorite local restaurant. Sign me up, right? But wait, there's a catch: You need to convince as many of your friends as possible (and your friends' friends) to agree to this deal, because unless 100 people are interested, it's a no-go. Oh, and you have 24 hours to make this happen.

• Target dumps Amazon.com, reboots on e-commerce

  By Thomas Wailgum | 11 August, 2009 04:24

  Amazon.com has been down this road before: Like one-time Amazon e-commerce "partners" Toys R Us and Borders before them, Target executives announced last week that the world's second-largest retailer plans to say adios to Amazon.com and "build and manage its own platform for Target.com," with an expected launch date before the 2011 holiday season.

• E-commerce Fraud: The Latest Criminal Schemes

  By Joan Goodchild | 17 July, 2009 00:28

  E-commerce fraud costs retailers approximately $4 billion each year, according to the most recent results of an annual survey conducted by Cybersource, a provider of electronic payment and risk management services. Sebbe Jones, manager of fraud and disputes at 2Checkout, is in the business of keeping e-commerce fraud at bay.

• Online fraud hurting e-commerce adoption: Australian Retailers Association

  By Tim Lohman | 09 July, 2009 09:02

  Merchants, not consumers, banks or credit-card providers, are the hardest hit by online fraud.

• AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate

  By CIO Staff | 03 July, 2009 08:25

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate.

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