Business news for Mon, 17 Dec 2007 & with word internet. 19 news.

The compensation deal with the European Union over closure of the US internet gambling market is unlikely to reduce pressure for the US to relax its online gaming laws

ROYAL KPN NV, the largest phone company in the Netherlands, will reach nearly 500,000 customers for its television products this year, says Chief Financial Officer Marcel Smits. The company's share of the Dutch television market will be about eight percent, Smits said, according to Bloomberg News. Most of KPN's clients subscribe to Digitenne, which offers digital television for a monthly fee of 6.95 euros (US$10.15). "TV will be an important component of the revenue stream," said Smits. The Hague-based KPN is counting on new services such as television and calls over the Internet to make up for the loss of customers at its traditional phone business. KPN, which started offering Digitenne three years ago, aims to beat its initial goal of 10 percent of the Dutch television market, Smits said without being more specific. "They need new products to offset line losses, and TV is one of them," says Joris Franssen, a fund manager at Kempen Capital Management in

THE United States' refusal to comply with a World Trade Organization decision on online gambling is threatening to undermine the entire set of rules binding the international trade system. The WTO is to decide soon on a demand from the tropical nation of Antigua and Barbuda for US$3.4 billion in annual compensation from the US, whose law banning Americans from betting on Internet gaming sites was first ruled illegal by the WTO in 2004. The implications of the case go far beyond Antigua, a nation of 69,000. That's because, instead of rewriting its gambling laws, the US rewrote its trade rules to remove the issue from the WTO's jurisdiction. The prospect that other nations may take a similar tack if cases don't go their way has spooked the international trade community. "This is by far the most significant WTO case ever," says Naotaka Matsukata, a policy adviser in Washington with Alston + Bird LLP and a former US trade official. Meanwhile, Antigua, which has

Internet advertising keeps soaring - now some 25% higher this year, to $20 billion. But advertisers are still unsure about comparing one site to another, and unsure about the differences in research. Media measurement has seemingly gotten in the way of all the Internet-lovin'.

GENEVA - The United States will provide the European Union with new trade concessions in mail services and warehousing as part of a compensation deal over Washington's refusal to lift restrictions on Internet gambling, the European Union said Monday.

Hundreds of such share certificates are currently on sale over the internet, including that of Imperial Bank of India, the oldest and largest commercial bank of the Indian subcontinent that later became the State Bank of India in 1955. Issued in 1953, the certificate for 10 shares of the Imperial Bank of India, is available for Rs 400 at eBay India, the local website of the world's largest online auction giant.

Qwest's CEO said the company plans to deploy fiber-optic connections to select areas within 20 markets, but unlike rivals has no plans for an Internet TV service.

The U.S. will provide the EU with new trade concessions in mail services and warehousing as part of a compensation deal over Washington's refusal to lift restrictions on Internet gambling.

Online advertising jumped 25 percent this year, raking in a cool $20 billion, but Internet executives say that figure could have been even...

Online advertising jumped 25 percent this year, raking in a cool US$20 billion, but Internet executives say that figure could have been even higher if advertisers had reliable and consistent ways to measure online audiences.

The Internet is directly connecting investors and borrowers, letting them take banks out of the lending equation and put their money where their hearts and dreams are.

Tips for keeping your Web activities secret, or as secret as the Internet allows.

About half of the online adult population has looked up themselves or someone else online, according to a survey released Sunday. A good 36 percent said they have searched the Web for someone with whom they've lost touch, and 9 percent have dug up information...

More Americans are searching for information about themselves online - and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests too.

Back in the dark days of the Internet meltdown, a tough sheriff named Eliot Spitzer rode into town to protect the small investor. Sheriff Eliot made each brokerage firm build a wall so stock analysts would not be influenced by investment bankers and con small investors. Now, Sheriff Spitzer's walls

The South African-based media group emerges as a surprise potential buyer of the internet auction group and bid talks are understood to be in advanced stages

A fear of fraud is the single biggest factor stopping people over 50 from using the internet, a survey suggests.

O2 is to trial an internet-based TV service next year after trialling a similar product in the Czech market, a test bed for the mobile phone company's wider ambitions.