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E.piphany, Inc., a manufacturer of software that analyzes customers' buying habits, announced today that it has agreed to acquire RightPoint, Inc., for about $392 million (US$) in stock.

China's Internet and technology stocks soared yesterday following news of a U.S.-China trade deal that may pave the way for China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Internet postage provider Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP) announced today that it has created a new subsidiary that will offer encrypted printing of tickets, vouchers, certificates and other paper instruments for the events, travel and financial services industry.

In what is being billed as one of the largest private equity placements ever secured by an Internet company, online car retailer CarsDirect.com announced yesterday that it has closed a $280 million (US$) round of financing.

Continuing its transformation from a free e-mail company to a multi-faceted Internet service provider, Juno Online Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: JWEB) announced a new shopping service today that will allow other online retailers to sell products on its Web site.

Destination site AltaVista, which has Internet holding company CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) as its majority shareholder, announced today that it has signed up 800,000 users for free Internet access in the first three months of the service.

Online brokers Charles Schwab, Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) and TD Waterhouse (NYSE: TWE) announced today that they will join three prominent Internet venture capital firms to open an Internet-based investment bank by early next year.

Caldera Systems, Inc. officially launched its OpenLinux eServer 2.3 today, as the Linux Business Expo kicked off at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Disney and its Go Network's plans to launch a publicly-traded division called go.com suffered a setback last week when a U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles issued a preliminary injunction that prevented the company from using its familiar Go logo.

A new report from Forrester Research, Inc. is projecting that WingspanBank.com, the six month-old Internet banking venture of Bank One Corp. (NYSE: ONE), is about to stall.

For decades, Allstate Corp. has reminded its policyholders that they are in good hands with their Allstate agents.

"If you build it, they will come" may be true for baseball, but when it comes to e-commerce, it's how long it takes customers to get to what you build that really matters.

With the recent finding of fact issued by Judge Jackson in the landmark Microsoft antitrust trial, Linux has been thrust into the spotlight.

Leading online computer seller Dell Computer Corp. announced today that it has launched a global redesign of its Web site, adding new features aimed at making interactions easier and more tailored to individual customers' needs.

In an apparent attempt to counter America Online's recent brick-and-mortar alliances, Microsoft announced yesterday that it has signed a five-year pact with Tandy Corp.'s Radio Shack to deliver online service to consumers through the chain's 7,000 outlets.