Experts See Demand for Web Insurance Bids
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Customers in search of cheap airfare, antiques or a stock trade can scan the Web for good deals. But when it comes time for companies to buy group insurance policies, they've largely been beholden to brokers using fax, e-mail and the telephone to track down the best bargain. Some industry analysts say an ongoing insurance bid-rigging scandal &#151; combined with rising health care costs &#151; will build demand for online bidding on insurance policies.
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An analyst firm predicts ISPs could start charging websites for faster, prioritised access to its customers.
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Multimillion-dollar price tags are springing up. And not just for Porn.com.
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A Swiss Internet start-up is raising the ire and eyebrows of the computer security community with the launch of an online auction house where software vulnerabilities are sold to the highest bidder.
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By Steve Bonser, Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif.  Feb. 13--Jim Wooster, a retired investor, brings up a Web page on his  laptop in his New York high-rise condo. After a few mouse clicks, he's viewing  the activity log of the security system that's protecting his upper Riviera  home.
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By Stephanie Armour  As the job market heats up, interest in online business networking is starting to soar -- turning a one-time novelty into a necessity for millions of business professionals in search of jobs or business contacts.
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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is seeking ideas and opinions on ways to modify the agreement terms it enters into with Internet registrars to protect individuals and organizations that do business with them.
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Website Pros has the whole Web.com in its hands.
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3 cents for 1,000 hits As web-based, on-demand computing continues to grow in popularity, there will be plenty of twisting and turning as companies feel the market out.â¦
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Internet search providers are reacting to users&#39; rising interest in finding video content on the Web, while acknowledging that there are steep challenges that need to be overcome.
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New research suggests that internet users are increasingly relying on search to find local service businesses, potentially taking mind-share away from traditional print yellow pages and classified advertising.
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A growing number of people are turning to the online auction site not for knickknacks and trinkets, but for serious hardware and building materials.- The Washington Post
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The e-tailer, seeking users' input, invests in online collaboration.
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Websites face axe in search for 'sufficient public value'
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Architects who sell their designs on the Web say that the second-home shopper is a sought-after customer.
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Company beefs up online service for shipping business information between firms over the Net.
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Media companies, many of which were badly burned by Internet investments before, are aggressively bidding for some sites with growing online ad business.