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Five high-profile food firms reportedly will announce today an alliance with online grocer Webvan.com to promote their products into virtual shopping carts.

USA Networks, Inc. announced today that it is beefing up its e-commerce presence by merging its Internet Shopping Network (ISN) with fashion e-tailer Styleclick.com, Inc. in a deal worth an estimated $500 million (US$).

Powerful Hong Kong businesses HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd, Hang Seng Bank, Cheung Kong Ltd., and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. have formed a joint venture to bring more businesses online.

As the United Kingdom continued to roil over scandals in the traditional home mortgage industry, online lender E-LOAN, Inc. launched a UK home loan Web site Monday. The Dublin, California-based company, which claims to be the first multi-lender online site in the region, plans to offer over 35 lende...

Chemical auctions, exchanges and a variety of e-commerce sites have altered the way that chemicals are bought and sold worldwide, according to Forrester Research.

Internet network CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that it is forming a joint venture with Hong Kong-based Pacific Century Cyber Works (PCCW) to create and operate a network of Internet businesses in the Asia-Pacific region.

Server appliance maker NETmachines, Inc. announced a strategic alliance Monday with Cybernet Systems Corp. to push low-cost, simplified e-commerce solutions to small and mid-sized businesses.

Giant e-tailer Amazon.com announced deals today and on Friday that are expected to bring in $187.5 million from equity partners that will promote their products to Amazon's 16 million online shoppers.

Direct computer seller Dell Computer Corp. has topped rival Compaq Computer Corp. in U.S. PC sales for the first time ever, according to data released today by both Dataquest and International Data Corp.

Internet healthcare company Healtheon/Web MD (Nasdaq: HLTH) announced today that it will acquire the ENVOY Corporation, a large provider of electronic data interchange (EDI) services to the healthcare industry, for approximately $2.5 billion (US$).

Australia-based erotic e-tailer AdultShop.com Ltd. has revealed it is in negotiations to acquire a number of U.S. online businesses -- the first stage of its planned expansion into the United States.

In what could represent a boon for e-commerce in the world's most populous nation, newly-released figures from the China Internet Network Information Center (CINIC) show that online users in China grew more than four-fold from 2.1 million in 1998 to 8.9 million last year.

The market for customer relationship management (CRM) products and services will grow from $3.7 billion (US$) in 1999 to $16.8 billion by the year 2003, a compound annual growth rate of 49 percent, according to a recent study from AMR Research.

The Clinton administration recently asked the U.S. Congress to empower the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate online pharmacies. The Administration asked Congress to appropriate $10 million (US$) for resources to do the job properly.

New data from Forrester Research, Inc. projects that 25 percent of all Internet purchases will be delivered by digital download by 2004.