Sales Tax Would Hurt E-Commerce
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Sales Tax Would Hurt E-Commerce

27y Michael Pastore

Sales Tax Would Hurt E-Commerce

Applying a sales tax to purchases made over the Internet would reduce the number of online buyers by 25 percent, and cut online spending by at least 3...

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Third of UK Children Use Internet
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Third of UK Children Use Internet

27y Michael Pastore

Third of UK Children Use Internet

A study done by the NOP Research Group has found that one in three children in the UK ages 6-16 have used the Internet. NOP says that means almost 2.4...

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Developers Favor Open Source
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Developers Favor Open Source

27y Michael Pastore

Developers Favor Open Source

More than half of the Windows software developers asked in a recent survey are in favor of open-source code software, according to Evans Marketing. Re...

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Internet Helps Form Brand Opinions
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Internet Helps Form Brand Opinions

27y Michael Pastore

Internet Helps Form Brand Opinions

More than a third (36 percent) of Internet users say that their opinions of one or more product brands has changed as a result of using the Internet, ...

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US Internet Users Connecting Longer
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US Internet Users Connecting Longer

27y Michael Pastore

US Internet Users Connecting Longer

A 35 percent jump in the number in the number of PCs in the US connected to the Internet means 53 percent of the nation's PCs are now hooked up to the...

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Few Purchase Supplies via Net
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Few Purchase Supplies via Net

27y Michael Pastore

Few Purchase Supplies via Net

Half of the businesses that do not purchase supplies online cannot do it because they lack access to the Internet, a recent survey found. Read More...

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E-Commerce Seen as Important to Majority of Businesses Down Under
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E-Commerce Seen as Important to Majority of Businesses Down Under

27y Michael Pastore

E-Commerce Seen as Important to Majority of Busine...

E-commerce is rated as an important business strategy by 76 percent of Australian and New Zealand businesses, but 25 percent of them say it is importa...

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Portals Dominant Source of News
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Portals Dominant Source of News

27y Michael Pastore

Portals Dominant Source of News

Almost half of online users now access news via search engines or directory Web sites, and 40 percent get their news from online services, according t...

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Women Joining E-Commerce Craze
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Women Joining E-Commerce Craze

27y Michael Pastore

Women Joining E-Commerce Craze

Forget about that old theory that said women use the Internet primarily for community, a new survey done by Bruskin/Goldring Research for Clinique sho...

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Third of Net Users Will Start with AOL
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Third of Net Users Will Start with AOL

27y Michael Pastore

Third of Net Users Will Start with AOL

New data released by Cyber Dialogue show that Netscape and America Online users are two very different breeds, which presents a challenge to AOL now t...

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More Voters Get Election News from Net
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More Voters Get Election News from Net

27y Michael Pastore

More Voters Get Election News from Net

Television and newspapers are still the most popular sources of election information for US voters, but the Internet is making strides toward catching...

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Online Retail Revenue Up 300 Percent
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Online Retail Revenue Up 300 Percent

27y Michael Pastore

Online Retail Revenue Up 300 Percent

In the past year, retail, entertainment, and other Web sites catering to consumers (half of all online business sites) have been the fastest-growing c...

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Top 10 Web Properties of November '98
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Top 10 Web Properties of November '98

27y Michael Pastore

Top 10 Web Properties of November '98

Here are the Top 10 Web properties for the month of November 1998 ranked by unique audience according to Net Ratings Inc. A property is defined as a c...

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Most US Schools Online by 2000
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Most US Schools Online by 2000

27y Michael Pastore

Most US Schools Online by 2000

The percentage of US public schools with Internet access increased from 35 percent in the fall of 1994 to 78 percent in the fall of 1997, according to...

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Rise in Health Ads Predicted
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Rise in Health Ads Predicted

27y Michael Pastore

Rise in Health Ads Predicted

Health and medical advertising online will grow to more than $265 million by 2002, according to a report by Jupiter Communications. Health and medical...

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Thirty Percent of Internet Users Will Shop Online for Holidays
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Thirty Percent of Internet Users Will Shop Online for Holidays

27y Michael Pastore

Thirty Percent of Internet Users Will Shop Online ...

The 13th annual Mood Survey: Retail Holiday Outlook conducted by Deloitte & Touche and the National Retail Federation included a section about online ...

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Internet Becoming Necessity to Users
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Internet Becoming Necessity to Users

27y Michael Pastore

Internet Becoming Necessity to Users

Nearly half of Internet users say the medium is just about becoming a necessity, and almost three-quarters use it to make better buying decisions, acc...

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Online Directories Not Paying Off
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Online Directories Not Paying Off

27y Michael Pastore

Online Directories Not Paying Off

A report by Forrester Research examining online directories concludes that advertisers are not getting a return on investment for their listings. Forr...

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Internet Users Welcome Government Intervention to Ensure Security
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Internet Users Welcome Government Intervention to Ensure Security

27y Michael Pastore

Internet Users Welcome Government Intervention to ...

The majority of Internet users would welcome government intervention in promoting information security, and in fact, would even inconvenience themselv...

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Computer Hardware, Software Purchases Still Growing
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Computer Hardware, Software Purchases Still Growing

27y Michael Pastore

Computer Hardware, Software Purchases Still Growin...

Computer hardware and software continue to be among the most popular items purchased via the Internet, according to the latest research. A report from...

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Online Buyers to Double by End of 1999
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Online Buyers to Double by End of 1999

27y Michael Pastore

Online Buyers to Double by End of 1999

Approximately one-third of all Internet users have made a purchase on the Internet in the past year, according to eMarketer's eCommerce study. The stu...

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Japanese Online Ad Revenue Rising
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Japanese Online Ad Revenue Rising

27y Michael Pastore

Japanese Online Ad Revenue Rising

Internet advertising in Japan is expected to generate $74.8 million by then end of 1998, according to Dentsu Inc. This represents a 50 percent increas...

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French E-Commerce Worth $50 Million
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French E-Commerce Worth $50 Million

27y Michael Pastore

French E-Commerce Worth $50 Million

E-commerce in France is expected to generate revenue in excess of $50 million in 1998, according to research by the Benchmark Group. Read More...

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Florida Fastest Growing State Online
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Florida Fastest Growing State Online

27y Michael Pastore

Florida Fastest Growing State Online

Of the top 12 states in the US -- based on the number of Internet users in each state -- Florida was the fastest growing in 1997, according to a natio...

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Rural Poor Among Least Connected
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Rural Poor Among Least Connected

27y Michael Pastore

Rural Poor Among Least Connected

According to 1997 data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the following are profiles of groups that are among the "l...

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South Africans Rule African Web
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South Africans Rule African Web

27y Michael Pastore

South Africans Rule African Web

Media Africa reported in November of 1998 that there are 1.04 million Internet users in South Africa. The number of dial-up users in South Africa had ...

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Quarter Million Online in Singapore
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Quarter Million Online in Singapore

27y Michael Pastore

Quarter Million Online in Singapore

Cybergeography reports there are currently 250,000 people online in Singapore. That number is expected grow to 1.5 million by the year 2001. Read More...

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