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Just one day after U.S. regulators charged more than 120 people in 11 states with online investment fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday shut down a "virtual stock exchange" that allegedly defrauded hundreds of investors across the country ...

Latin American electronic commerce is poised to skyrocket to $15 billion (US$) by 2003, according to a new study by New York-based research firm eMarketer ...

BET.com announced Wednesday that it has forged an alliance with mortgage loan financier Fannie Mae and lenders Cendant Mortgage and HomeSide Lending, Inc. to offer an online service for African-American homebuyers ...

A consortium of 49 consumer product companies announced Wednesday the formation of Transora.com, a business-to-business (B2B) online marketplace to be launched this fall ...

Refuting rumors that it would run out of cash by the end of 2000, online toy retailer eToys bought itself some breathing room Tuesday with $100 million (US$) in capital raised from the sale of preferred convertible stock ...

NBC Internet, Inc. (NBCi), a dot-com division of the National Broadcasting Company, said Tuesday that it will restructure and consolidate all of its Web holdings under one banner ...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) asked a federal court judge Monday to issue an injunction to prevent music swap site Napster from "facilitating or assisting others in the copying, downloading, uploading, transmission or distribution of copyrighted musical works." ...

Hollywood Entertainment Corp. announced Monday that it is shutting down the e-commerce aspects of Reel.com, the film-related Web site that was often ranked among the ten most visited Internet sites ...

Mammoth U.S. grocery chain The Kroger Co. announced Thursday that it will join forces with name-your-own-price service Priceline WebHouse Club, Inc., a privately-held licensee of Priceline.com. The WebHouse Club allows online shoppers to name their own price for groceries, up to half-off ...

In an attempt to fend off mounting criticism of what promises to be the Internet's largest travel Web site, executives for the so-called "Travelocity Terminator" came forward Thursday to defend their plan to combine the forces of five of the largest U.S. airlines ...

Following negotiations that have consumed most of this year, the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have apparently reached an accord on the terms of a digital signature bill ...

After two years of contentious legal wrangling, Microsoft Corporation was ordered by a federal judge Wednesday to split its operation into two competing companies ...

The online publishing industry continued to gain momentum Tuesday as Internet bookseller Barnesandnoble.com announced an investment of $20 million (US$) in exchange for a 30 percent stake in Mighty Words, a subsidiary of Internet bookstore and publisher Fatbrain.com ...

The online publishing industry continued to gain momentum Tuesday as Internet bookseller Barnesandnoble.com announced an investment of $20 million (US$) in exchange for a 30 percent stake in Mighty Words, a subsidiary of Internet bookstore and publisher Fatbrain.com ...

The online publishing industry continued to gain momentum Tuesday as Internet bookseller Barnesandnoble.com announced an investment of $20 million (US$) in exchange for a 30 percent stake in Mighty Words, a subsidiary of Internet bookstore and publisher Fatbrain.com ...

The Electronic Commerce and Consumer Protection Group, a working group comprised of seven of the world's leading Internet and e-commerce companies, proposed a set of guidelines Tuesday designed to protect online consumers and "inspire global discussions of legal issues related to consumer transactions in the borderless, instantaneous new medium." ...

Just days after Disney-backed online toy retailer Toysmart.com shut its virtual doors for good, Toysrus.com announced Monday that it plans to double its staff and expand operations over the next year ...

Online healthcare company Healtheon/WebMD has announced a strategic alliance with Internet insurance service company SimplyHealth.com to provide insurance services to its customers ...

The financial roller-coaster ride for high-end fashion retailer Boo.com and the demise of Foofoo.com have caused some industry analysts to question the viability of selling luxury goods via the Internet ...

In yet another twist in what has become an e-commerce soap opera, New York-based Fashionmall.com announced Thursday that it has acquired embattled British e-tailer Boo.com. The agreement comes just as upscale e-tailer Foofoo.com revealed that it is shutting down after only a year in operation ...