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With a major challenge from Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) looming, business-to-business e-commerce solutions provider Ariba (Nasdaq: ARBA) is strengthening its global presence. On Friday, Ariba announced that it has opened five new regional hubs to provide support for its European clients in the United King...

As traditional retailers worry over the question of whether to put their wares online or try to duke it out with online stores the old-fashioned way, ShoppingList.com is urging them to use the Internet at least as a marketing tool. ShoppingList.com launched Monday as a resource for people getting re...

For "wanna-be" chefs looking to skip the prep work, CookExpress.com says check the Internet. For those who want even the cooking done for them, Food.com says check the newspaper. Today, the two online food services unveiled news ways for the Internet world to satisfy its appetite.

Internet merger mania is accelerating at a speed most analysts would have deemed impossible a few short months ago. The money being pumped into the mergers of high-tech companies has soared to $545 billion (US$) during the first six months of 1999 -- easily surpassing last year's record of $488 bill...

The Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission told Congress Friday the dangers of drugs over the Internet currently outweigh the benefits, thanks to the proliferation of hundreds of unregulated drug retail sites. In testimony before the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommi...

After spending the last four years advising companies on how to expand their Internet business, USWeb/CKS (Nasdaq: USWB) put its money where its mouth is Friday. The company announced that it would pay over $300 million (US$) in stock for a top consulting company.

Martha Stewart can make a garden grow and a dinner table glow, but does America's leading homemaker know the recipe for a perfectly-formed, golden-brown and successful IPO?

Senate bill S.1255 could go down in history as one of the fastest bills to move through the Senate, but is that a testament to the importance of ending "cyber-squatting" or to the efficiency of a simply worded bill?

Just two days after the successful initial public offering of Chemdex (Nasdaq: CMDX), which provides e-commerce solutions for the life sciences industry, business-to-business community network VerticalNet (Nasdaq: VERT) gobbled up one of Chemdex's competitors. Today, VerticalNet announced the acquis...

By announcing this week that it would be packaging one-year free Internet service with its PCs, Dell joined the crowd of companies fighting to capture new computer buyers. But the Round Rock, Texas giant hardware maker also showed that it too must begin focusing on e-commerce -- if it hopes to survi...

Internet domain name registration is getting plenty of attention these days, but it has been primarily focused on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' funding woes and its highly publicized dispute with domain name registrar Network Solutions. Wednesday, the House Judiciary Commi...

With a reach that stretches around the globe and a finger on the pulse of news events from Australia to Alaska, Reuters (Nasdaq: RTRSY) announced Thursday that it is forming a new global business unit to expand its reach into cyberspace.

Helping parents police their children's Internet surfing may build goodwill for Internet companies, but BrowseSafe.com says it can also build profits. A large group of Internet companies, including ISPs, portal operators, computer and network designers and others, kicked off its Get Net Wise program...

High-end brick-and-mortar furniture retailer Ethan Allen Interiors (NYSE: ETH) is doing some redecorating of its own. Today, Ethan Allen announced that it plans to start selling furniture and accessories on its Web site in late September. The company is undergoing an online makeover, with its Web si...

One of the Web's fastest-growing networks and a shopping site with over 29,000 merchants announced Thursday that they would form an online partnership, a move that gives both access to an ample supply of resources.