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Facing the threat of legal action from the New York Times over its price-discounting of books on the newspaper's best-seller list, Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) filed for declaratory relief in a U.S. District Court in Seattle, Washington Thursday, effectively asking to be allowed to continue the practic...

Both Merrill Lynch & Co. and Amazon.com took a beating earlier this week -- one for entering the world of e-commerce too late and the other for being a pioneer that's still not showing a profit.

Borders.com parent Borders Group, Inc. (NYSE: BGP) plans to buy a stake in books on-demand publisher Sprout, Inc. in a move to distinguish itself and its online store from dominant competitors barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com.

The Internet is attracting a growing number of distance learning companies, presenting opportunities for both students and Internet stock hounds. Several public and private education-related companies this week announced plans to expand on the Internet, bringing a variety of services to the thousand...

"The clock is ticking." 5123:33.23 and counting. When users visit the newly launched Millennium Guide, powered by Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS), they'll be greeted with not only a Y2K countdown meter, but with opportunities to catch up on Y2K news or play a countdown to 2000 trivia game, as well.

No matter how Microsoft denies the credibility of their testimony, government witnesses like IBM's Garry Norris do much to make its antitrust case against the software giant.

VA Linux Systems and Opensales.Com recently announced an alliance intended in part to advance the cause and availability of powerful and cost-effective Linux servers for companies engaged in e-commerce.

Pegasus Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:PEGS), a Dallas, Texas-based company which specializes in online hotel reservations, announced Thursday that it was chosen to provide its services to a newly-launched Japanese travel site that is featured on that country's second-largest Web portal.

Direct e-commerce company XOOM.com (Nasdaq: XMCM), which will soon become part of NBC's new Internet division, added to its wide variety of services on Wednesday with the acquisition of MightyMail Networks.

Before you drink too many more cups of java, Starbucks Corp. could begin an e-commerce blitz -- instantly transforming itself from a successful bean grinder into an online mass marketer.

Someone was bound to think of it. Give the Gen X caboose a name, get their too-busy-to-shop parents to give up their credit card numbers and establish an online account for their kids and finally, convince the kid that they have better things to do than hanging out at the mall.

Independent-label music is often tough to track down via traditional retail stores, and the Internet is now giving music fans better access to hard-to-find favorites.

The unofficial start of the summer season brought sunshine and good vibrations to Techies.com, a network of career resource sites for technology professionals. The company announced Tuesday that it signed a two-year agreement with AOL's Digital City network to provide its services to the network's 4...

Media giant CBS (NYSE: CBS) continued its foray into the online world Wednesday, with the announcement that it reached an agreement to take a 35% stake in Switchboard.com in exchange for $135 million (US$) worth of branding and promotion over the next 10 years