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Before you drink too many more cups of java, Starbucks Corp. could begin an e-commerce blitz -- instantly transforming itself from a successful bean grinder into an online mass marketer.

Someone was bound to think of it. Give the Gen X caboose a name, get their too-busy-to-shop parents to give up their credit card numbers and establish an online account for their kids and finally, convince the kid that they have better things to do than hanging out at the mall.

Independent-label music is often tough to track down via traditional retail stores, and the Internet is now giving music fans better access to hard-to-find favorites.

The unofficial start of the summer season brought sunshine and good vibrations to Techies.com, a network of career resource sites for technology professionals. The company announced Tuesday that it signed a two-year agreement with AOL's Digital City network to provide its services to the network's 4...

Media giant CBS (NYSE: CBS) continued its foray into the online world Wednesday, with the announcement that it reached an agreement to take a 35% stake in Switchboard.com in exchange for $135 million (US$) worth of branding and promotion over the next 10 years

In an environment charged with a major China espionage scandal, and electronic attacks on the official Web sites of the White House, the Senate, and the FBI, the issue of online security remains a critical one.

Newly public online bookseller barnesandnoble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) took a significant step toward taking away market share from industry leader Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) with a new e-commerce deal today.

Hoping to Make up for its late entry into the increasingly crowded online trading world, Wall Street stalwart Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER) announced today plans to offer an array of new personal financial services on the Internet. Coming next month are a selection of personalized services from Merrill ...

With online trading becoming more commonplace, investment services companies are looking for new ways to distinguish themselves from the trading crowd. E*Trade Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRP) moved a step closer Tuesday with an agreement to buy Telebanc Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: TBFC) for a chunk of stock...

In a move that some industry analysts have called an attempt to play catch-up in the expansive e-commerce game, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) recently announced that it would quintuple the staff of its e-commerce unit, focusing on small to mid-sized companies looking for an online presence.

In what's been called by some industry analysts a score for Microsoft's Audio 4.0, Pop-Rap music group The Beastie Boys has announced the availability of the first of three previously unreleased tracks for secure digital download from Launch.Com (Nasdaq: LAUN).

Virtually no one disputes the fact that the future of e-commerce is dependent on public trust and the perception that sitting down at a computer terminal to buy goods and services is as safe as the checkout line of a superstore in Anywhere, USA.

Though its bread and butter is online insurance quotes, Quotesmith.com is hoping stock quotes will help it complete its transition from an information site to an e-commerce site.

Host Marriott Services (NYSE: HMS) announced Friday that it is offering travelers in Florida [USA] convenient access to the information super highway -- by adding a number of Internet access service terminals at its travel plaza locations along the Florida Turnpike.

In response to harsh criticism, top online brokers are moving quickly to tone down their ads, according to The Wall Street Journal. Charles Schwab, E*Trade and Datek Online all unveiled plans last week -- which included new television and print ads.