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In an effort to simplify the car-buying process, online automobile dealer Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) has launched a new online banking center that will allow buyers to compare loan rates from up to four lenders. The center is partnered with online loan marketplace LendingTree and online credit aut...

Ancestry.com, one of the Web's leading genealogy sites, has obtained a cool $33.2 million (US$) in second round funding.

Two new Web sites are bringing the $275 billion (US$) commercial printing industry to the Internet, changing the way orders and supplies will be distributed online.

When Joseph Galli stunned Wall Street by becoming Amazon.com, Inc.'s president and chief executive officer instead of taking the helm of PepsiCo, Inc., there was much speculation about what kind of package had made him change his mind.

America Online, Inc. and PC retailer CompUSA, Inc. have forged a two-year alliance to sell a new line of personal computers pre-loaded with AOL and CompuServe software. AOL has about 20 million subscribers, and CompUSA is the largest PC retailer in the United States.

Online auctioneer eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced this week that it has added automobiles and everything car-related to its auction lineup. Additionally, a separate section called "The Showroom" will offer collector cars through an alliance with Kruse International, a large collectible auto firm.

Kinko's, the brick-and-mortar copy center king, announced today that it has formed an alliance with iPrint, an online provider of print shop technology. The new service will offer custom printing solutions to both businesses and individuals.

BizRate.com, a Los-Angeles, California-based merchant ratings site, announced Monday that venerable consumer resource Consumer Reports will feature its ratings and research in both the print and online editions.

Privately held media company Landmark Communications, Inc. announced today that it will pump $9 million (US$) into Burlington, Massachusetts-based Bidder's Edge, Inc. Bidder's Edge, a portal which allows its users to search many different auction sites at once, will use the money to expand its opera...

By debuting an online collectibles auction house in China, Greg Manning Auctions, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAI) is gearing up to become a major player in the burgeoning Asian e-commerce market.

Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), is launching an initiative to bring a higher level of security to e-commerce patrons who use its Web browser.

Internet privacy, the issue that just won't seem to go away, is back and heating up again. However, while the rhetoric may be flying, the consumer isn't reaping any real benefits. So far, it seems that re-definitions of "privacy" and related concepts are only giving cover to giant corporations who d...

E-commerce security provider Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) has entered into an agreement to secure e-Scotia.com, a newly established subsidiary of Canada-based Scotiabank. The pact comes on the heels of the recently-launched Entrust Secure Enabled E-Business (SEE) program, which was desi...

In a response to the widening controversy over Internet sales taxes, representatives from across the United States opened debate on a proposal to simplify state sales taxes at a meeting of the National Governors Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

Just days after rolling out a new feature it hoped would give shoppers another reason to browse its online book shelves, Amazon.com yielded to complaints from some book buyers that their privacy had been invaded. The Internet's top bookseller will now revamp their 'Purchase Circles,' which were desi...