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High-speed ISP Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX) and CyberCash, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYCH), the well-known online payment processing company, announced that they have signed an agreement to join forces to provide a new e-commerce offering for small to medium-sized companies.

In an attempt to raise brand awareness and online sales, Dell Computer announced Tuesday that it has started an affiliate program that will allow other Web sites to earn commissions on sales by linking to Dell's home page. Right now, Dell says its online sales are about 25 percent of its total sales...

People ask me all the time, what's the one thing I can do now to grow my Internet business? My answer is simple and direct. Answer your e-mail! Answer it now and answer it well. Everyone who e-mails you is looking for an excuse to buy from you, or looking for a reason to trust you. If you give the...

USATODAY.com, which describes itself as "the number one general interest news site on the Internet," has announced several significant electronic commerce deals with leading online commerce companies. New agreements signed within the first two months of 1999 alone will yield close to $5 million (US$...

CyberSource Corporation, a provider of e-commerce transaction services, announced this week that has enhanced its eTransaction SuiteSM to include the Internet's first real-time delivery address verification service.

Online publisher CNET, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) announced on Tuesday that it has acquired KillerApp, Corp. in a stock deal valued at approximately $46 million (US$). KillerApp, Corp. owns and operates KillerApp.com, an e-commerce site which provides online comparison shopping services for computer and co...

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) announced Monday that the companies have partnered to make IBM's e-business and e-commerce solutions available to the more than 92 million users of Novell's Netware operating system.

America Online does not have a good record when buying Web software companies. (Remember Navisoft?) So now that its acquisition of Netscape Communications Inc. is complete, there may be reason for those of us in e-commerce to be nervous.

CDnow (Nasdaq: CDNWD), the leading music e-commerce company, announced a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement with First USA, the world's largest Visa credit card issuer. The alliance makes First USA the exclusive credit card issuer on CDnow, giving First USA significant online advertising and...

PaymentNet Inc., an industry leader in outsourced e-commerce payment processing, announced that it has signed an agreement with EC Direct, under which the Web e-commerce services company will incorporate PaymentNet's enterprise-class payment processing services into its EConductorTM service offering...

After seeming to drop in, then lipping-out like a 3-foot putt on a Saturday's golf at Nassau, the Dow Jones Industrial Average powered through the 10,000 level March 19 like it wasn't even there. What does the new record mean for electronic commerce?

Cybermeals, a leading online food delivery service announced on Monday that it has changed its name to Food.com, and has received $25 million (US$) in a second round of funding from venture capital and media investors. According to the company, whose site is already used by over 450,000 customers to...

The recent explosion in e-commerce has made it increasingly clear that a big change for brick-and-mortar retailing looms just around the corner. A new study conducted by Greenfield Online, Inc., indicates that online sales have already begun to take a bite out of offline sales, at least among Intern...

Shares of popular women's network iVillage soared 233 percent on the stock's first day of trading on Friday, closing up 56-1/8 to 80-1/8. This climb was even more dramatic than it seemed. The initial public offering was originally priced at $12 (US$), but massive interest doubled the offering price....

VeriSign Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a leading provider of e-commerce security services, unveiled a new series of Web site services that include 24x7 Web site performance monitoring, expanded availability of 128-bit Global Server digital certificates, expanded NetSure warranty coverage up to $250,000 (US$)...