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In a new twist on e-commerce relationships, online software store Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) has agreed, not only to sell Symantec Corporation's (Nasdaq: SYMC) popular PC software, but to actually build and manage a separate online store for Symantec. The construction and management of the new Symant...

In a deal that the companies are billing as the largest online marketing agreement ever announced, online used car resource AutoConnect signed a deal today to pay America Online $17 million (US$) for 26 months of promotion.

In just the latest sign that online investing is growing rapidly, online broker Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) calmed Internet investors after the closing bell on Wednesday by announcing record earnings of $8.1 million (US$), or 14 cents per share, in its second quarter of fiscal 1999. The earnings were ...

Compaq Computer Corp. gave the stock market a big scare Tuesday. The company said it would miss earnings estimates, and the stock lost about one-fourth of its value. There was fear this might be the start of a real technology slowdown, but when Intel's earnings beat estimates that fear dried-up.

CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) announced that it will begin testing an online payment processing solution targeted at first-time Internet-based merchants seeking a "quick, easy and safe" entry into e-commerce. The company indicates that the new service, called CashRegister OnDemand, aims to reduce m...

While Wall Street continues to take a wait-and-see approach about the potential merger of USA Networks (Nasdaq: USAI) and Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS), USA Networks is busy adding to its e-commerce arsenal. USA Networks announced today that it has agreed to purchase the privately held Hotel Reservation Netw...

Online travel wholesaler Travelscape.com and leading Web mapping site MapQuest.com are teaming up to help get consumers wherever they want to go.

A year ago, when the Fortune 500 discovered e-commerce, Web ad agencies were bought specifically to capture their people for work on large accounts. Small accounts were left in the cold.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), the world's leading computer chip manufacturer, is making a move to further solidify its expansion into the e-commerce arena through a new deal with Excite (Nasdaq: XCIT). The companies announced on Tuesday a multi-year agreement to jointly develop a new online shopping service...

After building their technical infrastructure and boosting brand-awareness, recent news announcements are pointing to a strong industry-wide emphasis on providing value-added services and increased customer support. Along these lines, Cyberian Outpost (Nasdaq: COOL), an Internet-based retailer of co...

Talk about streaming media software company RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) being acquired by another company has been rampant recently, with Yahoo!'s (Nasdaq: YHOO) $6 billion purchase of Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) fueling more speculation about the next power play in the industry. But RealNetworks e...

On the Web, exporting and importing are like the weather. Everyone talks about them, but few do anything about them.

In a move to expand its recently launched Auctions service, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has agreed to purchase LiveBid.com, which produces Internet-based auction software. LiveBid's technology enables brick-and-mortar auction houses to "broadcast" their auctions simultaneously over the Internet, and f...

There was good news for online auction buyers and sellers on Monday, as eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced plans for two new deals which will integrate product shipping capabilities directly into eBay's popular Internet-based auction Web site. eBay chose Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE), which is reportedly the wor...

In an attempt to grab an even bigger share of a rapidly growing market, America Online (NYSE: AOL) has teamed up with four new major partners to streamline business travel. Today, America Online announced the launch of its business travel center and agreements totaling more than $20 million (US$) wi...