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Leading pharmacy chain CVS Corporation (NYSE: CVS) and Merck-Medco Managed Care L.L.C., one of the country's foremost providers of prescription drug care, announced today that CVS will be the exclusive provider of over-the-counter medicine and general health products for Merck-Medco's online busines...

Media giant CBS Corp. has agreed to provide iWon.com with $70 million (US$) in advertising time and $30 million in cash in exchange for a majority stake in the closely-held Web portal.

Autoweb.com, Inc. announced today that it will now offer risk-free used car auctions on its next-generation Web site.

This week, Internet business solutions provider Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) debuted an open-source Linux solution developed in collaboration with server appliance developer Cobalt Networks, Inc..

Web hosting company NaviSite will host Microsoft e-commerce applications as part of an enhanced application service provider (ASP) program that includes services for Windows NT Server, Site Server Commerce Edition, SQL Server and Windows Media Technologies.

Business to business e-commerce solutions provider Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) announced yesterday that it has inked a deal with an Australian telecommunications company to establish a business-to-business marketplace portal for Australia and New Zealand.

United Parcel Service, in an effort to enhance its suite of online business options, has formed a strategic alliance with Network Solutions, Inc. The new union is intended to allow UPS customers to immediately register Web addresses on Network Solutions' Web site.

Despite the fact that consumer fear of online credit card use is waning, e-commerce support company MerchantOnline.com is urging e-tailers to make their sites more debit-card friendly with its new MOLpay system.

Last week, when Amazon.com announced its new zShops program, small e-tailers everywhere began seeing green.

Shares of Healtheon (Nasdaq: HLTH), which has developed an online information and transaction platform for the health-care industry, gained nearly five percent, rising 1-7/8 to 39-5/8 on Tuesday after the company received a buy rating from U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray.

IBM and AT&T announced today that they will join forces to develop, market and distribute end-to-end e-commerce packages for small and mid-sized companies.

In an attempt to maintain and expand its base of nearly 20 million subscribers, business-to-consumer e-commerce powerhouse America Online will introduce the much-touted 5.0 version of its online service today.

Linux vendor and Wall Street sensation Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT) has announced the launch of version 6.1 of its open-source operating system (OS) distribution. The updated release, which focuses on ease-of-use and installation features, is aimed at pushing business-level Linux adoption.

Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's newly-appointed CEO, held court for Wall Street analysts last week and tried to put the brakes to her company's sliding stock price.

Santa-Clara, California-based Intel Corp. has furthered its move into the e-commerce equipment market by purchasing privately-held IPivot for $500 million (US$) in cash. This acquisition is the third Internet commerce equipment purchase for the chip giant over the past three years.