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By debuting an online collectibles auction house in China, Greg Manning Auctions, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMAI) is gearing up to become a major player in the burgeoning Asian e-commerce market.

Netscape Communications, a subsidiary of America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL), is launching an initiative to bring a higher level of security to e-commerce patrons who use its Web browser.

Internet privacy, the issue that just won't seem to go away, is back and heating up again. However, while the rhetoric may be flying, the consumer isn't reaping any real benefits. So far, it seems that re-definitions of "privacy" and related concepts are only giving cover to giant corporations who d...

E-commerce security provider Entrust Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU) has entered into an agreement to secure e-Scotia.com, a newly established subsidiary of Canada-based Scotiabank. The pact comes on the heels of the recently-launched Entrust Secure Enabled E-Business (SEE) program, which was desi...

In a response to the widening controversy over Internet sales taxes, representatives from across the United States opened debate on a proposal to simplify state sales taxes at a meeting of the National Governors Association in Atlanta, Georgia.

Just days after rolling out a new feature it hoped would give shoppers another reason to browse its online book shelves, Amazon.com yielded to complaints from some book buyers that their privacy had been invaded. The Internet's top bookseller will now revamp their 'Purchase Circles,' which were desi...

Vitamins.com, the online supplier of vitamins and other nutritional supplements, announced today that it has raised $22.5 million (US$) in funding and will now be strategically allied with retail drugstore chain Phar-Mor. The round of financing was led by Acacia Venture Partners in San Francisco, wi...

According to a new report from Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR), the "logistics chaos" of fulfilling online orders remains a serious liability to virtual retailers and the industry as a whole.

In an attempt to make Internet users redefine their conception of a 'search service,' ReturnMe.com has launched an online lost and found for items misplaced in the wide, wide real world.

When Bank One Corp. opened WingspanBank.com two months ago, it seemed to be just another foray into cyberspace by a major brick-and-mortar financial giant.

Online postage pioneer E-Stamp Corporation unveiled its service on the Microsoft Office Update Web site Thursday, just over two weeks after the U.S. Postal Service gave the go-ahead to sell stamps over the Internet.

Direct e-commerce company Xoom.com (Nasdaq: XMCM) announced today that it has acquired 100 percent of e-mail security company Private One, Inc. The move is an effort to strengthen MightyMail, the direct marketing e-mail solutions provider that it acquired in June. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Online brokerage firm Web Street Securities, Inc. has filed for a $50 million (US$) initial stock sale to raise money for expansion and the buildup of its online capacities.

On the verge of an initial public offering, Women.com announced Wednesday that it has licensed its content to a Japanese women's site in its first international venture.

America Online, Inc. (NYSE: AOL) has had a busy week in the fashion business, adding two new groups of stores to its Shop@AOL online mall. The largest deal, with Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS), is a three-year joint marketing and commerce agreement that will put the Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy on AOL's ...