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In the world of e-commerce and the ongoing battle between online ticket sellers, Ticketmaster upped the ante this week with launch of my.ticketmaster.com. The new service features a personalized desktop event ticker, plus virtual reality seating charts that let visitors see where they can sit at the...

Internet software developer Open Market (Nasdaq: OMKT) and Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced an alliance today aimed at attracting businesses of all sizes to build their online stores on the Lycos hub. The move is a strategic step for Lycos in the uphill battle against Yahoo! Stores, which has been ver...

The highly anticipated deal between portal power Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and leading streaming media aggregator Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) was made official Thursday, when Yahoo! agreed to buy Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion (US$). The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this yea...

A recent survey of CEOs from around the world indicates that revenues from e-commerce are still just getting started. While 75% of the CEOs said that 5% or less of their revenue is currently derived from e-commerce, the majority expect e-business revenue to double over then next five years.

E-commerce sites were well represented among this year's Super Bowl advertisers, each investing an average $1.6 million (US$) for 30 seconds of commercial airtime. Yahoo!, Buy.com, HotJobs.com, the Monster Board, and even Victoria's Secret.com ran Web-oriented ads during the game, while E*Trade opte...

The highly anticipated deal between portal power Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and leading streaming media aggregator Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) was made official Thursday, when Yahoo! agreed to buy Broadcast.com for $5.7 billion (US$). The deal, which is expected to close in the third quarter of this yea...

Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) made its second announcement this week regarding strategic plans to focus on e-commerce, presumably hoping to regain marketshare that has been going quickly and directly to Dell Computers.

America Online (NYSE: AOL) continues to wow shareholders and analysts with record quarterly results and yet another stock split, announced late Wednesday. Net income, total revenues and membership were all on the upswing, setting new records also for advertising and e-commerce growth.

First they offered "name your price" airline tickets. Then hotel rooms. Now, home mortgages. This week, Priceline.com is back in the news, offering home buyers a chance to log-on and save money, by naming their own interest rate and mortgage terms.

Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire GeoCities (Nasdaq: GCTY), the Web-based community that offers free personal Web pages. The acquisition combines two of the largest and most popular services on the Internet and, for the first time in over five years, es...

Just after the close of the stock market, Amazon.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 1998, and for the 1998 fiscal year. From the timing of the release, it appears that the company wanted stockholders and industry analysts to take their time in evaluati...

Web auction site eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) reported impressive 1998 year-end and fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, along with plans for an upcoming 3-for-1 stock split. In fact, the company's release was filled with good news for investors.

eMarketer, the authority on business online, and the E-Commerce Times, an online publication offering breaking news and analysis, jointly announced a news syndication and advertising alliance that brings together the highest quality business information resources for the Internet industry.

St. Paul Software (SPS), a business-to-business e-commerce consultancy and software developer, announced on Monday that it has been selected by Sears, Roebuck and Co. to e-commerce enable 5,000 of Sears' vendors.

CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH) made two announcements today, including 1998 year-end results, and release of enhanced payment software for Microsoft Site Server -- the second bit of news coming, perhaps, to soften the impact of a $31 million loss (US$).