Beth Cox

E-commerce outsourcing company Digital River Inc. has been issuing a slew of good-news oriented press releases recently after its stock lost half its value, and today was no exception as the company touted an extended deal with Major League Baseball. But investors remain skeptical. Stock of the Minneapolis-based dived last week after the company lowered […]

Streaming media outfit RealNetworks Inc. launched a turnkey subscription solution that it plans to market to companies as a “customizable, revenue-generating business solution” through its Real Broadcast Network content delivery network. The Seattle-based company said the offering, called the RBN Managed Subscription Service, is modeled after its RealOne SuperPass product, a premium brand subscription service […]

eBay seems to be glitching more and more often. Last week it was security woes, and now its clothing and jewelry categories went walkabout for more than nine hours over the weekend. The San Jose, Calif.-based auction company had another service outage in March for about an hour and a half, the first such outage […]

Ever wonder about all those choice seats going empty the last time you attended a pro sports event? Soon there may be a way to buy your way into one of them. Ticketmaster’s online operation is quietly launching a marketplace Web site at which sports fans with season tickets will be able to offer them […]

Accounting scandals not only can lose you bunches of money and prestige, but the legal fees can really hurt, too. That’s just what’s happening to scandal-plagued Homestore.com Inc., reporting a 2001 loss of almost $1.5 billion and warning about the bills from its lawyers. Westlake Village, Calif.-based Homestore said that for all of 2001, revenue […]

Auction giant eBay is warning users about possible attempts to gain access to their private information and said that it shut down its “change your password” feature temporarily to install a fix for a hole in its security system. The password-change function was disabled between approximately 5:30 p.m. PST on Tuesday and 1:19 a.m. PST […]

Despite a stock price that has lost more than half its value in two days, e-commerce outsourcing company Digital River Inc. said it has acquired certain assets and related liabilities of shopping cart and payments company CCNow.com as it continues a push into the SME market. Minneapolis-based Digital River, which saw its stock close Tuesday […]

Online loan operation LendingTree Inc. struck a mileage incentive marketing deal with four of the nation’s top airlines that lets customers get frequent flyer miles for home mortgage, home equity or auto loans. The Charlotte, N.C.-based company said it has signed deals with Delta Air Lines, US Airways, Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines. To participate, […]

E-commerce application provider BroadVision Inc. was trying hard to smile through some tears Tuesday, announcing an OEM deal with IBM after revising its guidance downward on Monday and restating some of its results for 2001 because of accounting problems. The market, of course, saw through the PR antics and punished the stock, sending it down […]

The Winter Olympics in Utah may be history, but a lot of the hardware required to put them on remains behind in Salt Lake City. So, “in support of our commitment to socially responsible corporate citizenship,” Gateway Inc. has decided to donate 4,500 computers. The San Diego, Calif.-based computer maker said consideration is limited to […]

E-commerce outsourcing company Digital River Inc. saw its stock price fall about 48 percent in the opening minutes of trading today after revising its financial guidance statement for the second time in three days. The stock plunged $7.15 a share to $7.66 shortly after trading began today. The stock was downgraded by Deutsch Bank Alex. […]

E-commerce outsourcer Digital River Inc. revised its first quarter guidance downward, from 7 cents a share to 1 to 2 cents a share on a pro forma basis. The Minneapolis-based company said that it expects revenue for the first quarter to be approximately $18 million, lower than the company’s previous guidance of $19.4 million. The […]