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SUNNYVALE, Calif. - For online retailers, the bright spot for 2008 holiday sales is predicted to come from a 14.3 percent growth in U.S. e-commerce over last year (eMarketer, May 2008); and, expansion of online sales abroad, giving e-tailers additional markets to pursue. In preparation for t

WOBURN, Mass. - (Business Wire) As more consumers choose to shop online this holiday season, Demandware, developer of the only enterprise-class on-demand ecommerce platform, offers online retailers 10 tips for getting their sites ready for the holidays. With less than five months to prepare, Jamus Driscoll, VP of Marketing at Demandware urges ecommerce merchandisers and managers to consider the following:

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SEATTLE-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) announced that on September 17, 2008, it will redeem the remaining principal amount of approximately $399 million of its outstanding 4.75% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2009 (

Brooks McFeely is widely regarded as the leading expert on extended-hours trading. He is a Managing Partner for Brochet Capital Partners, LP and the founder of Midnight Trader, Inc. (midnighttrader.com), the leading provider of pre-market and after-hours trading analysis and news to retail and institutional investors.

German-based ePages has integrated the Moneybookers online payment systems as a standard payment option for its online store-hosting platform. ePages' software powers more than 40,000 online shops, which will now be able to incorporate the Moneybookers payment gateway as part of their hosted shop solution. Moneybookers enables users to pay via Internet or email worldwide, offering domestic payment options in over 40 countries. In addition, Moneybookers enables merchants to reduce costs by preventing charge-backs and paying lower commission rates for transactions.

Police say officers happened on the contraption - the work of two inventive 17-year-olds - in the western town of Gross-Zimmern on Saturday.

JERUSALEM - Arava the disabled turtle is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one.

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BEIJING (AFP) - Scalpers scrambled to offload tickets for the Olympic 110m hurdles final as soon as Chinese superstar Liu Xiang pulled out of the event on Monday.

Disabled single mother Tanya Andersen is going to be a folk hero. She took on the might of the RIAA, challenging them to prove shed pirated music and won. Now the RIAA has to pay a whopping $107,951 in legal fees, and shes filed suit against them.

A Florida man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay US$415,900 in restitution for selling video game systems that were preloaded with more than 75 pirated copies of games, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.

Henry and Jo Dodds emailed: "It may be lashing it down in England but twenty miles north of Ullapool it's warm and sunny. This is Theo and Celia engaged in traditional seaside pursuits at Achnahaird."

A combination of photos shows singers Siqin Gerile (L) and Jin Sha, who were involved in a spat after a TV appearance which turned ugly in February. [File Photo: sdecp.com.cn]

SAN JOSE, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Alacritech, Inc., the leader of innovative data-delivery technology, today announced Storagecycles.com. Storagecycles.com was conceived as a blog that provides objective, and at times, humorous views of today

Good afternoon to all - apologies that this posting is a little late - a piece of advice never sweep grass out of the back of the lawn mower when its still running.

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