One-Fourth of Households to
Shop on Net for Gifts
By the American Research Group Inc., Reuters, 11-21-99
06:49
One-Fourth of Households to Shop on Net for Gifts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumers on average will
spend a record $939 for gifts over the holiday season and 26
percent of households plan to use the Internet for at least
some of their shopping, up from 14 percent a year ago, a
research group said Friday. If shoppers spend as much as
they say, it would represent a 1.15 percent increase over the
average $928 spent in 1998, according to a nationwide survey
of 1,100 adults conducted by the American Research Group
Inc.
Clinton Calls on Europe to Foster Internet
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - President Clinton urged
European leaders Sunday to speed the spread of access to
the Internet as a means of fighting poverty and promoting
growth in the global economy. At an informal summit in
Florence of center-left rulers, he told them of unemployed
Americans making money trading on Internet-based markets
and urged developed countries to set a deadline for making
Internet access as widespread as telephones.
Senate Passes Electronic Commerce Bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Friday gave a
boost to Internet commerce by passing a bill to set standards
for electronic signatures and protect consumers who buy
things online. The Millennium Digital Commerce bill would
ensure that contracts will not be denied legal effect that they
otherwise would have under state law solely because they are
in electronic form or because they were signed electronically.
Smallbiz Outsourcing Marketing Is Booming
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most gratifying things
about running a small business is that you're in control -- you
get the clients, do the work, cash the checks, tally up the
profits and strategize on expansion. But being a
jack-of-all-trades can also be frustrating. You can easily end
up doing everything, but not anything very well. The business
suffers as a result.
Brazil Stakes Claim on Global Online Map
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Not so long ago, men and women in
stuffy business suits crammed into luxury hotel conference
rooms in Brazil's financial capital of Sao Paulo to talk about
things like stocks, banking and auto parts. Now,
twentysomething cyber entrepreneurs in jeans and plaid shirts
pack the same halls to lecture investors on the merits of
advertising on lesbian chat pages.
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