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At the beginning of this week, French and Swedish Internet executives met to focus on cooperation between the two countries' technology firms and ended up launching a full-board complaint session about the U.S. domination of e-commerce.

In the United States, where as many as 80 percent of all new businesses fold within the first five years, many dot-com startups are finding that they need some form of assistance to survive.

Working and going to school full time left Jim precious few hours to take care of ordinary chores like buying tires for his car.

In the midst of a flurry of co-promotion agreements between retailers and Internet brands, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Best Buy Co.,(NYSE: BBY) announced a strategic alliance today that includes Internet, broadcasting and in-store promotional projects.

Business-to-business e-commerce firm Navarre Corp. (Nasdaq: NAVR) has entered into distribution agreements with Cybernet Systems Corp. and Loki Entertainment Software, significantly adding to a current Linux lineup that includes Caldera, Corel and Red Hat.

Online book and music retailer barnesand noble.com (Nasdaq: BNBN) announced today that it has cemented its alliance with magazine subscription company Enews.com by acquiring a 32 percent stake in the company.

Retail analyst Lehman Brothers Holdings is predicting that holiday season failures will cause online merchants to fold or go up for sale at a rapid rate in the new year.

Domain registrar Register.com unveiled a new service for corporate clients Tuesday that it says will help prevent cyber-squatting, the practice of registering a domain name in a effort to hold it hostage from the holder of an established trademark.

According to a new report from Deloitte & Touche, e-commerce will revolutionize the way that consumers will purchase energy.

Information Markets Corp. launched a beta test version of its infomarco.com site this week, allowing information seekers to bid for expert answers with play money. The real deal, with real money, is slated to launch early next year.

Investors include America Online and BMG Entertainment, one of the "big five" record companies. Other investors include Bertelsmann Ventures, the Mayfield Fund and Trans Cosmos USA, which has also invested in companies such as Liquid Audio, RealNetworks and Spinner. The funding announcement come...

Once the holiday sales boom subsides and online spending settles down, e-commerce is likely to shift into the mergers and acquisitions mode. However, predicting who will be left standing once the dust settles is almost impossible.

Online postage provider E-Stamp (Nasdaq: ESTM) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to expand the strategic alliance between the two companies.

As the third meeting of the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce (ACEC) wraps up today in San Francisco, California, a group of brick-and-mortar retailers is claiming that a recent national poll indicates that more than 60 percent of respondents believe that online retailers should be subject ...

While market watchers and industry analysts monitor the day-to-day progress -- or lack of progress -- in online holiday sales, powerful sources from the world of academia and industry have announced moves to bolster the position of e-commerce.