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Last week the leadership of both eBay Inc. and E*Trade Group Inc. did little to inspire stockholders -- or help the price of their shares from falling.

General Motors Corp. announced today that it has formed an independent unit called "e-GM," which will be charged with expanding the company's presence in cyberspace -- plus developing new products.

Online toy retailer eToys (Nasdaq: ETYS) has had a presence on America Online (NYSE: AOL) for two years already. Now that presence is going to get a lot bigger -- and more expensive. Today, eToys announced that it has expanded its marketing relationship with AOL with a new three-year $18 million agr...

Recognizing that consumers have taken a shine to electronic ticketing, and that airlines can save money in the process, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that they will introduce a system that will allow airlines around the world to exchange elect...

On a relatively quiet day in mid-August -- a period when it seems half the country is on vacation and the other half is still unpacking the car -- the subject of auto sales was the driving force in e-commerce news circles:

An influential Jewish organization issued a report this week accusing leading online book sellers, Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com, of selling hate books in Germany, a violation of that country's laws.

Motorola Computer Group (MCG), a division of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), announced major moves into the Linux business market this week at LinuxWorld in San Jose, detailing strategic partnerships with divisions of Caldera, Inc.

Microsoft Corp. announced yesterday that it's pumping $15 Million (US$) into DSL.net Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet service, in order to deliver a MSN portal to small and medium businesses.

The ongoing cyber street fight between Microsoft and America Online over instant messaging is just the opening gamut of a battle between the two Internet titans that could end up shaking the foundations of both companies.

RealNetworks Inc., the top maker of software used to download music online, announced yesterday that it was teaming up with Warner Music Group, and Trans World Entertainment Corp., to let Internet users download and play songs for free from various Warner artists.

Monday was a historical day for the era of Internet postage, as the U.S. Postal Service approved the technology of online postage companies E-Stamp and Stamps.com (Nasdaq: STMP). Monday was also the day Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) made its own major push into the emerging market.

When Internet investor Softbank Corp or software giant Microsoft talk, people pay attention. When they talk together, the audience is tuned in even more.

Using public-key infrastructure (PKI) technology provided by Entrust Technologies, the Bank of Bermuda recently initiated the launch of its Secure Clients Access service to offer international customers trusted online banking.

Like many traditional brick-and-mortar retailers that have caught the e-commerce bug, the fiercely traditional Tupperware Corporation (NYSE: TUP) has also succumbed to the lure of selling its wares online.

TurboLinux previews its new high availability clustering Web server this week at the Linux World Conference in San Jose, pushing the viability of high-end open-source solutions for e-commerce.