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  • WASHINGTON, April 25- The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to move forward with legislation that would allow states to force retailers to collect online sales taxes, though the measure lost supporters after opponents stepped up lobbying this week.

  • By Kim Dixon and Lisa Lambert. WASHINGTON, April 25- The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to move forward with legislation that would allow states to force retailers to collect online sales taxes, though the measure lost supporters after opponents stepped up lobbying this week.

  • *Amazon still in' investment mode' in China- CFO. SAN FRANCISCO, April 25- Amazon.com Inc's revenue growth slowed in the first quarter as the world's largest Internet retail struggled overseas, but margins jumped on lower shipping expenses and the expansion of more profitable new businesses.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 25- Amazon.com Inc reported solid first-quarter profits as the world's largest Internet retailer controlled shipping expenses and other costs, but international revenue growth slowed. Amazon, which has been on a spending spree in recent years, posted declines in net income and operating profit, year over year.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 25- Amazon.com Inc reported solid first-quarter profits as the world's largest Internet retailer controlled shipping expenses and other costs, but international revenue growth slowed. Amazon, which has been on a spending spree in recent years, posted declines in net income and operating profit, year over year.

  • Zalando has been extending its lead over British rival ASOS Plc as Europe's largest online fashion site, expanding from shoes to clothes and now selling over 1,000 brands. ASOS, which mostly targets young women, had sales of 538 million pounds in the year through August.

  • Germany's Zalando eyes profitability in core markets Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 4:00 PM ET

    Zalando has been extending its lead over British rival ASOS Plc as Europe's largest online fashion site, expanding from shoes to clothes and now selling over 1,000 brands. ASOS, which mostly targets young women, had sales of 538 million pounds in the year through August.

  • UPDATE 1-Internet sales tax bill advances in U.S. Senate Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 1:50 PM ET

    *Senate vote on passage could follow this week. *Amazon supports measure, eBay opposes it. Opponents include many online merchants, including eBay Inc and Overstock.com Inc..

  • ANALYSIS-Sleeping ad giant Amazon finally stirs Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 1:00 AM ET

    SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, April 24- Amazon.com Inc is known in the advertising industry as the "sleeping giant" because the world's largest Internet retailer harbors a trove of consumer-spending data that many marketers have called an unrealized opportunity.

  • WASHINGTON, April 22- A bill giving U.S. states the authority to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax for online purchases cleared a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday, paving the way for a final vote later in the week. Senators voted to end debate on the bipartisan bill, which is opposed by many online retailers.

  • eBay Starts Massive Push Against Sales Tax Sunday, 21 Apr 2013 | 10:17 AM ET

    EBay CEO John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace in an unprecedented effort to change looming sales tax legislation.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 21- EBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe began emailing millions of users of the company's online marketplace on Sunday in an unprecedented lobbying effort to change looming Federal sales tax legislation.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 19- Amazon.com Inc's experiment with original video production took a big step forward on Friday as the company posted 14 pilot TV shows on the Internet for free viewing. Amazon, the world's largest Internet retailer, has been filming pilots in recent months for comedy and kids TV shows such as Alpha House, Betas and Teeny Tiny Dogs.

  • Is Apple Following Microsoft's Path?  Wednesday, 17 Apr 2013 | 8:33 PM ET

    Charles Sizemore, Chief Investment Officer of Sizemore Capital Management, discusses the future for the tech giant .

  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 3- EBay Inc's payments business, PayPal, already lends money to online shoppers, but it is now starting to finance the merchants who sell on the company's online marketplaces. PayPal has already tested a financing program for eBay sellers in the UK and it plans similar tests in the United States this year, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.

  • *Amazon launched merchant lending business last year. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3- EBay Inc's payments business, PayPal, already lends money to online shoppers, but it is now starting to finance the merchants who sell on the company's online marketplaces.

  • Cyber Attacks: Maybe You're to Blame Saturday, 30 Mar 2013 | 4:56 PM ET

    Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show.

  • NEW YORK, March 28- Amazon.com Inc and other out-of-state online retailers must collect state tax on New York state customers, the state's highest court ruled on Thursday, a decision at odds with other courts that could set the stage for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • New York high court upholds state's 'Amazon tax' Thursday, 28 Mar 2013 | 2:27 PM ET

    March 28- Amazon and other out-of-state online retailers must collect state tax on New York State customers, the state's highest court ruled on Thursday, a decision at odds with other courts that could set the stage for a showdown in the U.S. Supreme Court.

  • SAN FRANCISCO, March 28- Google Inc launched a same-day delivery service in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday as the world's largest Internet search company works with retailers such as Target Corp to compete more with e-commerce leader Amazon.com Inc.. Google has been testing the service, called Google Shopping Express, with employees for a few months.