Outpost.com revises shipping rates downward

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Outpost.com has changed its shipping prices for the third time in two months. For orders of $500 or less, the computers and electronics retail site's second-day shipping will begin at $3.95, instead of the previously announced $8.95. Next-day shipping will begin at $5.95, instead of the previously announced $12.95. The company is also considering adding a ground option. The announcement follows the retailer's discontinuation of free overnight delivery for all orders which it had been offering since spring 1999.

Consumer prices, Videotex & Teletext, Outpost.com

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New firm targets e-payment

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First Data Corp, based in Atlanta, GA, and iFormation Group, based in New York, NY, have formed eOne Global LP, a company intended to develop and offer emerging payment technologies and services for e-commerce. EOne will be an online payment firm that will provide clients and customers rapid access to First Data's distribution channels, payment products and current relationships. First Data, owner of Western Union Corp, has 2 million merchant locations and 1,400 card issuers.

Organizational history, Videotex & Teletext Svcs NEC, Internet services, Online information services, eOne Global L.P.

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