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Online travel agent Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) ended the quiet period after its initial public offering with a thunderous roar on Monday that dazzled Wall Street. Priceline.com, which allows customers to name their price for travel arrangements, announced that more than one million users have trie...

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) went on a major shopping spree on Monday, making deals to buy three separate companies for a combined $645 million (US$). The agreements will expand Amazon.com's presence in online book and music sales and also strengthen the company's technology.

Verio (Nasdaq: VRIO), the world's largest domain-based Web-hosting company and a provider of e-commerce services for small businesses, is taking e-commerce global in a major way. Today, Verio announced an agreement with Cybersource, a leading supplier of e-commerce transaction services, to offer bus...

How would you like to see one company controlling the bulk of the Internet access market and the customers within that market? How would you like to see one company deciding where people will start their online sessions, how fast they'll be able to see your site, and whether they'll see it at all?

The company that leveraged a single Seattle coffee shop into latte at every corner announced last week that it would launch a "multi-billion-dollar" Internet venture by the end of this quarter. Starbucks, however, declined to specify what this new e-commerce venture would entail, leaving many indust...

Barnesandnoble.com (NYSE:BKS) announced on Friday the launch of a new small business and entrepreneurs area of its popular online book store.

Online auction leader eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) made a major move into the high-end auction market today when it announced an agreement to purchase upscale brick-and-mortar auction house Butterfield & Butterfield. The $260 million (US$) deal is expected to close in the second quarter.

eBay, Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY), the online auction company that has delighted investors and spawned a horde of imitators, announced on Friday a new personalized search engine. According to the company, the new feature, called Personal Shopper, will allow users to search through all auction items availabl...

Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT), which develops software to power search engines and e-commerce sites, made another key move this week to expand its presence in the online shopping arena. On Thursday, the company announced that it has signed a deal to purchase 100 percent of Impulse! Buy Network, which devel...

Online community network theglobe.com (Nasdaq: TGLO) is offering a unique way for its users to enter the e-commerce arena.

When Congress passed the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act last October, sites that dealt with kids probably thought the battle over this issue was finished, except perhaps for the shouting. Word up, bro'. The shouting has started.

CBS (NYSE: CBS) has built an impressive Internet presence with investments in content companies like Marketwatch (Nasdaq: MKTW) and Sportsline (Nasdaq: SPLN). Now the media giant is focusing on e-commerce. Today, CBS announced a deal to acquire 1/3 of Office.com, a destination site for small busines...

Online investment research network Multex.com (Nasdaq: MLTX) has made a lot of noise since it went public in March, and the company announced another significant partnership on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, Dow Jones & Company (NYSE: DJ), a name that is synonymous with business, announced that they will launch a new Web portal specifically tailored to the needs of business. The dowjones.com site was unveiled at the company's annual stockholders meeting in New York, and is scheduled to...

Fears of the year 2000 (Y2K) computer "bug" have spurred an entire industry of products and services aimed at fixing potential software and hardware glitches before the clock strikes midnight on News Year's Eve. As the deadline draws near, those who hope to capitalize on the Y2K phenomenon are movin...