Holiday shopping season has arrived, and tough financial times mean that more people will probably be shopping around for the best price.

Businesses Could Lose Out Due to Excessive Personal Online Surfing at Work

Sierra Trading Post announces the addition of exciting website features to greatly enhance its customers' online shopping experience. Effective today, visitors to SierraTradingPost.com will notice a new, user-friendly interface that instantly transports shoppers from the homepage to any one of Sierra Trading Post's seven popular specialty shops.

Can recommending where your neighbor shops increase your child's education fund? It's not by saving boxtops or coupons for online sqvings, but it's just ordinary "word of mouth" that can add dollars to your kids' savings account.

Online Banking (the security of which) has been taking a beating over the past couple of weeks. But there's good news too...according to the BBC, Barclay's PIN Sentry Device has made online banking more secure. ( read more on Barclay's PIN Sentry Device and HomeATM's Wedgie) at: HomeATM Has Powerful Potential!

The US auction site eBay has been ordered to pay 40 million euros in fines for selling imitation luxury goods.

Amazon.com one of the largest online shopping malls is down on Friday afternoon at about 2:30PM EST.

Clint Bowyer, who joined NASCAR racing less than four years back, has managed to become one of the most popular racing champions in the country. Born in 1979, Bowyer stated racing in the motocross at the young age of five.

Kurt Busch has been one NASCAR driver who has been in the news for one reason or the other ever since his entry on the NASCAR circuits. This highly talented driver, who has been driving in both the Busch Series (#12 Penske Truck Rental Dodge) and the Nextel Cup Series(#2 Miller Lite Dodge), has been a Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year , an IROC champion and a NEXTEL Cup Champion to boot.

We wrote earlier about the so called Amazon Tax that the state of New York is making ready, which would force e-tailers to collect sales tax on purchases made by New York State residents. In the past sales tax collection has only been required of retailers who had a physical presence in a state.

The passage of New York's so-called "Amazon Tax," bill, which would force e-tailers to collect sales tax from New Yorkers making purchases, has since been signed, as it set to go into effect on June 1st, bringing in an estimated $50 million in revenue this year and $75 million in 2009.

Ever find a bargain online, only to realize that the cost of shipping doubles how much you’ll pay? Shipping-and-handling sticker shock accounts for about 30 percent of all online shopping cart abandonment, but prior research into the effects of surcharges has been inconsistent. Why do consumers sometimes pay attention to additional fees – such as when buying from a catalogue or on a phone bill – and sometimes just accept them?