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While younger online shoppers crisscross the Web in search of the perfect deal, surfing seniors are quietly making purchases.

In a move that is expected to catapult China to the next level of Internet commerce, the People's Bank of China has signed up a Texas-based company, Sun Microsystems' Chinese subsidiary and a Beijing-based software firm to provide secure authentication tools for the bank's e-commerce projects.

Wall Street pundits are fingering the uncertainty of interest rates as the main culprit behind the less-than-glamorous debut of many initial public offerings in August.

Ancestry.com, one of the Web's leading genealogy sites, has obtained a cool $33.2 million (US$) in second round funding.

Two new Web sites are bringing the $275 billion (US$) commercial printing industry to the Internet, changing the way orders and supplies will be distributed online.

When Joseph Galli stunned Wall Street by becoming Amazon.com, Inc.'s president and chief executive officer instead of taking the helm of PepsiCo, Inc., there was much speculation about what kind of package had made him change his mind.

Internet toy marketer eToys, Inc. announced today that it will soon expand internationally by launching a Web site in the United Kingdom.

Self-avowed music rebel MP3.com and established media conglomerate Cox Interactive Media announced Tuesday that they will form a new company to create a network of Internet music portal sites.

E-smith, formerly known as Powerframe Internetworking, joined the recent flurry of Linux-related activity by announcing version 3.0 of a server and gateway product that turns a PC into a turnkey Internet server.

In an effort to simplify the car-buying process, online automobile dealer Autobytel.com (Nasdaq: ABTL) has launched a new online banking center that will allow buyers to compare loan rates from up to four lenders. The center is partnered with online loan marketplace LendingTree and online credit aut...

America Online, Inc. and PC retailer CompUSA, Inc. have forged a two-year alliance to sell a new line of personal computers pre-loaded with AOL and CompuServe software. AOL has about 20 million subscribers, and CompUSA is the largest PC retailer in the United States.

Online auctioneer eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced this week that it has added automobiles and everything car-related to its auction lineup. Additionally, a separate section called "The Showroom" will offer collector cars through an alliance with Kruse International, a large collectible auto firm.

Kinko's, the brick-and-mortar copy center king, announced today that it has formed an alliance with iPrint, an online provider of print shop technology. The new service will offer custom printing solutions to both businesses and individuals.

BizRate.com, a Los-Angeles, California-based merchant ratings site, announced Monday that venerable consumer resource Consumer Reports will feature its ratings and research in both the print and online editions.

Privately held media company Landmark Communications, Inc. announced today that it will pump $9 million (US$) into Burlington, Massachusetts-based Bidder's Edge, Inc. Bidder's Edge, a portal which allows its users to search many different auction sites at once, will use the money to expand its opera...