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...fiercest competitors, Microsoft and AOL Time Warner (parent company of TIME). Starbucks used to let shoppers pay for their purchases by simply providing a credit card and some personal information--like most e-commerce sites. But in May, it made the switch to Passport. Now every time a buyer makes a purchase, his e-mail address and other personal information is sent to Microsoft to be verified--and stored in Microsoft's vast database. Passport, which Microsoft plans to roll out in force this fall, already has more than 50 affiliated sites. But Starbucks.com may be the only one that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming: The E-Wallet Wars | 8/6/2001 | See Source »

...huge, free-standing business, and he pulls the rest of us along with him." Of course, if anything is dampening enthusiasm, it's the Wizards dull image. "There are a lot of people out there who didn't even know Washington had a team," says a Sears buyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Up In The Air! | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...bull market. Others will too, it is hoped, because so far all we've got is a set of "best practices" for bankers and analysts and yet no way to enforce them. A few firms have eliminated some conflicts of interest--but not the worst ones. As ever, buyer beware...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fixing The Tech Stock Factory | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...half the maintenance fees of off-line banks, according to Bankrate.com Now, with slow customer growth and high marketing costs, the e-field is narrowing. Bank One is grounding WingspanBank.com after a $150 million launch. CompuBank sold its accounts to NetBank in March, and Lighthousebank is looking for a buyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At Your Service: A Glitch in E-Banking | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...huge, free-standing business, and he pulls the rest of us along with him." Of course, if anything is dampening enthusiasm, it's the Wizards dull image. "There are a lot of people out there who didn't even know Washington had a team," says a Sears buyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Up In The Air! | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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