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On Monday, Cash Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CHNG) announced a system that could, in theory, allow customers to pay for online purchases with their ATM cards. The company reports that its new EMMA TMe-commerce transaction processing system will allow millions of Web users without a credit card an eas...

Shares of online broker National Discount Brokers (NYSE: NDB) were up sharply in early trading today after the company announced an agreement with Briefing.com, a leading site for financial markets analysis. The deal will give customers of National Discount Brokers free access to much of Briefing.co...

The company that allows you to name-your-own-price for airline tickets, cars, mortgages and home equity loans has just made it easier for travelers in the U.S. to find an affordable hotel room online. On Monday, Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) announced the launch of its enhanced hotel service. Now it ...

In a sea of lavishly high-priced neon and metal-framed exhibits at Spring Internet World in Los Angeles, iMall Inc. (Nasdaq: IMAL) "stole the show" -- drawing a huge crowd of visitors to the company's booth. Despite intense competition for the attention of show attendees, newcomer iMall proved that ...

One of the biggest holes in the Internet business model involves moderators.

Go2Net (Nasdaq: GNET) seems determined to become the next big portal site, and the company strengthened its e-commerce presence on Monday by announcing the acquisition of auction site Haggle Online.

The "changing of the guard" from Mecklermedia to Penton appeared to have had a generally positive effect on Spring Internet World '99, as the Los Angeles trade show was teeming with activity. There seemed to be little doubt about e-commerce emerging as the "killer app" of the Internet, with nearly a...

Office Depot (Nasdaq: ODP), the world's largest retailer of office products, reported explosive growth in its e-commerce business in the first quarter of 1999, dazzling Wall Street after the end of trading on Thursday, with a 759 percent year-to-year increase in online sales.

The king of the online auction houses is making a big push into the high-end market. On Thursday, eBay.com (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced that it was partnering with upscale brick-and-mortar auction house Butterfield & Butterfield to introduce a new trading category on eBay.com.

While growth in most of the PC market is slowing, there's an exception to the rule. Apple is back.

In just the latest sign that online investing is growing rapidly, online broker Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) calmed Internet investors after the closing bell on Wednesday by announcing record earnings of $8.1 million (US$), or 14 cents per share, in its second quarter of fiscal 1999. The earnings were ...

Compaq Computer Corp. gave the stock market a big scare Tuesday. The company said it would miss earnings estimates, and the stock lost about one-fourth of its value. There was fear this might be the start of a real technology slowdown, but when Intel's earnings beat estimates that fear dried-up.

In a new twist on e-commerce relationships, online software store Beyond.com (Nasdaq: BYND) has agreed, not only to sell Symantec Corporation's (Nasdaq: SYMC) popular PC software, but to actually build and manage a separate online store for Symantec. The construction and management of the new Symant...

In a deal that the companies are billing as the largest online marketing agreement ever announced, online used car resource AutoConnect signed a deal today to pay America Online $17 million (US$) for 26 months of promotion.

While Wall Street continues to take a wait-and-see approach about the potential merger of USA Networks (Nasdaq: USAI) and Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS), USA Networks is busy adding to its e-commerce arsenal. USA Networks announced today that it has agreed to purchase the privately held Hotel Reservation Netw...