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Online trading giant E*Trade Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: EGRP) announced Thursday that it is partnering with discount retailer Target Corp. to place financial service centers in SuperTarget stores across the United States.

Although nearly 4 in 10 home buyers now use the Internet as a shopping research tool, few of them actually find the home they will eventually buy online, according to results of a new survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR).

Denizens of the Internet turned out in high style on San Francisco's Nob Hill Thursday night for the "Webby Awards 2000," a funny and fast ceremony -- thanks to the five-words-or-less speech limit -- honoring the best Web sites of the year.

Just weeks after being found liable for copyright infringement, MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) announced Wednesday that it is voluntarily removing "Big Five" record company content from its My.MP3.com database.

In an overwhelming show of support for e-commerce, the United States House of Representatives voted 352 to 75 Wednesday to extend the moratorium on Internet-specific taxes -- currently set to expire in October 2001 -- for an additional five years.

Value America, Inc. (Nasdaq: VUSA) announced Thursday that it has received an equity investment of $90 million (US$) from two separate groups, putting the troubled e-tailer on track to reach profitability in 2002.

With the U.S. presidential election cycle lurching into high gear, both major political parties are stumbling over one another in an effort to take credit for the success of the Internet and e-commerce.

Mirroring the efforts of several major North American airlines, British Airways announced Thursday that it will join forces with Air France, Lufthansa and eight other European airlines to launch an online travel agency.

The National Association of Minorities in Communications (NAMIC) announced Tuesday the unveiling of its "Digital Bridge Alliance Project," an initiative designed to raise Internet awareness and increase the availability of computer equipment and Web connections for minority households in the United ...

Global steel trade leaders Cargill Steel, Duferco, Samsung Corporation and TradeARBED announced plans Wednesday to create an independent global exchange for trading steel on the Internet.

Three of the largest European hotel chains announced plans Tuesday to launch a joint venture that will provide online bookings, reservation systems and a business-to-business (B2B) platform for wholesale purchasing.

As estimates of the damage caused by the "Love Bug" virus hover around $10 billion (US$), the U.S. Congress has launched a probe into the causes, effects, and prevention of such attacks.

A new survey from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) shows that total Web advertising spending by its member companies has nearly tripled.

The first celebrity-driven film produced exclusively for online distribution made its premiere last week, and the producer says there are no plans to exhibit the film in theatres. "Quantum Project,'' starring British comic actor John Cleese, is available for download from SightSound.com for $3.95 (U...

On the surface, a red-hot first quarter for venture capital spending appears to be good news for the e-commerce industry. But while venture capital firms pumped a record amount of money into Internet start-up firms during the first three months of 2000, established e-commerce companies picked up a m...