Online Sales Saw Growth For Holidays      (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Brisk buying of video games and DVDs gave online retailers a leg up this holiday. But while they didn't end up with the lump of coal that offline stores got, their sales growth likely fell short of last year.
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The Commerce Department on Friday said online retail sales increased more than 21 percent in the third quarter. Adjusted for seasonal variations and holiday and trading-day differences, online
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Investor's Business Daily - With the votes counted, mutual fund managers are beginning to see which of their pre-election predictions are paying off.
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Online shopping traffic certainly increased on Monday over the previous Friday, according to sources directly involved in generating that traffic, though surveys show shoppers may not be spenders.
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Investor's Business Daily - Government crackdowns, more competition and hard times for a much-hyped product did not slow down Chinese online gaming giant Shanda Interactive Entertainment.
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Investor's Business Daily - InfoSpace is a rarity in this post-dot-bomb world: an Internet company with a healthy share price and bottom line.
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Investor's Business Daily - Market News&#39; retail trade index for the week of June 16 fell 1.4 points from the previous week to 40.1. Same-store sales growth was just 0.6%. Companies are curtailing new openings. Layoffs and bankruptcies are rising.
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U.S. online retailers posted holiday sales of $23.2 billion, excluding travel, up a larger-than-expected 25 percent from the 2003 season, according to a new survey.
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Investor's Business Daily - Like a lot of their customers, officials at Priceline.com are eyeing foreign shores.
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Bargain hunters who could not wait till the traditional Boxing Day sales have been busy online during Christmas Day, retailers say.
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Online holiday spending for the first two days of this week increased 29% over the same two last year, according to comScore Inc.
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Online retailers sold $14.8 billion worth of goods and services between Nov. 1 and Dec. 26, a 29 percent increase over the comparable period in 2003, according to statistics released this week by ComScore Networks. The increase was particularly pronounced in the week before Christmas. -The Washington Post
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Spending by Americans shopping online  during this year's holiday season rose 24 percent to $8.8  billion, with sharp gains in purchases of clothing and  entertainment, Web company VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O said on  Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - Wall Street loves it when a company says it can keep a good thing going.
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Ready to shop today? Here are some Internet stock bargains.
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Online sales of holiday stalwarts like jewelry, watches and flowers have dropped from last yearâs levels, while sales of more practical items like furniture and appliances have climbed.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors got a friendly package from FedEx Wednesday: big quarterly results and higher forecasts.