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In a two-day span, Canadian jewelry manufacturer and distributor D.G. Jewellery (Nasdaq: DGJL) has established a major auction presence -- on two competing Web sites: uBid (Nasdaq: UBID) and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).

Looks like E*Trade (Nasdaq: EGRP) wants to be an online media company, as well as an online broker. So it seems, based on Monday's announcement, in which E*Trade announced the acquisition of privately-held financial analysis Web site ClearStation.

Audio Book Club (AMEX: KLB), which sells audio books on its Web site and via direct mail, announced Monday that it has agreed to buy competitor Audiobooks Direct, a division of Doubleday Direct. Audio Book Club says Audiobooks Direct has a member file of more than 450,000 names, bringing Audio Book ...

I don't remember the program, or the programmer, but I remember the interview. My subject had made $4 million selling shareware on the Web, and I asked him his secret. He said the basic version of his program included ads on every screen, and since it worked through the Web he could target and upd...

Wit Capital seems poised to become an online trading powerhouse. The online investment bank announced Monday that Goldman Sachs will make a minority equity investment in Wit Capital.

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), one of the world's leading e-commerce companies, has announced that it will expand its operations to include an online auction service, in addition to its vast offerings of books, music and videos. Unlike other online auction sites, Amazon plans to protect its users agains...

The biggest player in online retailing is entering the auction game, not to mention the pet-care game. Online bookseller Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) announced Sunday that it is launching a person-to-person auction service to compete with the likes of eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY). And today, Amazon.com announce...

Want to be in the search business? First find a good lawyer. The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has filed suit in Norway to close that country's FAST music search engine, which is the basis for Lycos' own MP3 effort. FAST is in the business of developing search engines, a...

One of the most popular, and evidently profitable, aspects of e-commerce is subscription-based adult content -- a far cry from the well-publicized business of mainstream online stores like Amazon.com and Dell, but nonetheless a growing segment of the online shopping market. These days, the shadowy a...

GUESS?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) the famous Jeans and casual clothing manufacturer is making another foray into the world of online shopping with a trendy, too-cool-not-to-shop Web site aimed at Generation X. The newly redesigned site, www.guess.com, blends e-commerce, fashion, information and cutting-edge ...

Shares of discount retailer CyberShop (Nasdaq: CYSP) are rocketing ahead in early trading today, after the company announced the launch of its online auction service, CyberShop Auctions. At about 10 a.m. ET, CyberShop stock was trading up 2-5/8 to 13-1/2, nearly 25 percent higher than Thursday's clo...

Those of us in the Internet industries are accustomed to finding common cause in times of controversy. On issues of liberty or taxation your interests and those of your Internet Service Provider (ISP) are usually the same interest.

Your server logs are sprouting some new entries. In the last week Microsoft released the beta version of its Internet Explorer 5.0 browser, while Netscape (an AOL shop) is expected to respond soon with Version 5.0 of its Communicator.

In response to industry-wide concerns over the fate of Netscape, which has been acquired by America Online, AOL issued a statement on Wednesday, which appears to be aimed at countering industry criticism over a possible loss of Netscape's independent identity and ability to innovate.

Shares of online auction house eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) and America Online (NYSE: AOL) stormed ahead in early trading today after the companies announced a strategic partnership. Under the terms of the four-year deal, eBay, a rumored acquisition target of AOL, will pay AOL $75 million (US$) in exchange f...