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  • VIDEO: I Was the Creator of the Internet Commerce Boom

    04/09/2019 11:27:53 AM PDT · by PJ-Comix · 13 replies
    YouTube ^ | April 9, 2019 | DUmmie FUnnies
    VIDEO Should you dare to cast aspersions upon the veracity of my claim, this video will reveal the amazing TRUE story of how the internet commerce boom kicked off and the crucial (but accidental) role YOURS TRULY played in it.
  • Ban On E-Commerce Taxes likely To Be Extended

    04/02/2003 5:09:39 AM PST · by tom paine 2 · 15 replies · 93+ views
    Information Week | April 2,2003 | Eric Chabrow
    Unless a political upset occurs, the only real question is how long the ban will be extended. It might be permanent. Anti-tax advocates sympathetic to the interests--and pocketbooks--of Internet service providers went head to head with tax administrators at a congressional hearing Tuesday over legislation that would permanently ban local and state governments from taxing Internet access. Congress has already enacted the 1998 Internet Tax Freedom Act, which was reauthorized for two years in 2001 and renamed the Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act. The goal each time was to shelter a budding industry from local and regional taxes. Former Virginia Gov....
  • From Web design to topless bars: The fascinating tale of Internet Advisory Corp.

    03/16/2002 12:30:09 PM PST · by Bubba_Leroy · 1 replies · 298+ views
    MSNBC ^ | March 13, 2002 | Christopher Byron
    Here’s a story to remind you about how Wall Street is such an exciting place to put your money. Do you recall a stock known as Internet Advisory Corp. from back in the salad days of the dot-com boom? Wonder what’s happened to it since then? Well, read on for the heartwarming tale of a Web-design outfit that crashed in the tech wreck, and is now trying to resurrect itself as a topless bar. IN CASE YOU’VE FORGOTTEN, Internet Advisory Corp. enjoyed an Elvis moment of sorts in the late 1990s when its terrifically descriptive stock symbol of ‘PUNK’ generated...