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As e-businesses continue to turn their attention to ethnically-oriented Web sites, some minority groups in the United States are finally beginning to reap the benefits of the Internet's relentless expansion.

Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) launched its new PowerRankings service today, joining the crowd of research companies that are offering Web shoppers ranking services to help them navigate the merchant maze.

In a concerted effort to keep pace with its rivals and establish a presence in the Latin American market, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has announced a joint venture agreement with Mexico's largest telecommunications company to create a portal for Spanish-speaking consumers in Latin and North America.

With a new program from PenOp, a digital signature software developer, palm-top organizer owners can sign their names on the screens of their organizers and transmit those signatures over the Internet as legally binding approval on electronic documents.

In its first move to capitalize on its purchase of Ameritech Corp., SBC Communications, Inc. opened its checkbook today for a $6 billion (US$) expansion into the high speed Internet service provider business.

Pay TV programmer Showtime Networks' SHO.com will launch the first live boxing pay-per-view event on the Internet October 23rd, putting up five different camera angles of the Mike Tyson vs. Orlin Norris bout from Las Vegas, Nevada.

In a precursor to its integration into the NBC Internet conglomerate, Xoom.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: XMCM) announced a deal yesterday with FreeShop.com (Nasdaq: FSHP) to create a section on its site for FreeShop's varied offerings.

In an effort to "capitalize on the emerging Internet economy and electronic commerce," Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. announced yesterday that it is putting its RCA brand consumer electronics products on sale on the Internet and will ship orders directly from its warehouses to consumers.

UK car manufacturer and General Motors unit Vauxhall Motors announced today that it will add an online buying service to its Web site November 1st and become the first automaker to sell new vehicles directly on the Internet.

As it prepares for its third public meeting on electronic commerce and Internet taxes, the Advisory Commission On Electronic Commerce is again asking the public for suggestions on how to make state and local tax collectors happy without stifling the Internet's growth.

In a new report released this week, Hambrecht & Quist (NYSE: HQ) Electronic Brokerage Research Analyst Gregory Smith warns online trading companies that the industry's rapid growth, along with the surge of online retailing as a whole, presents "both windfalls and headaches."

Myplay, Inc., backed by a $5 million (US$) bankroll from private investors, has launched a site that gives digital music fans access to their favorite tracks without having to carry the music with them.

Broadscape.com is attempting to carve a niche in the electronic marketing landscape by offering free 19-inch color monitors to the first 100,000 consumers who request one and agree to watch advertisements on the screen whenever they use the Internet.

Microsoft Corp., which has relied upon online consumer information resource Ask Jeeves(Nasdaq: ASKJ) to help consumers with Windows 98, announced today that it will now use the service to cover other products as well.

Bell Atlantic and top modem maker 3Com Corp. (Nasdaq: COMS) have forged an alliance to sell high-speed Internet access to consumers. The new Infospeed networking service will allow Bell Atlantic customers to use a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) with a new 3Com modem for the first time.

IBM and AT&T announced today that they will join forces to develop, market and distribute end-to-end e-commerce packages for small and mid-sized companies.

Infoseek Corp. (Nasdaq: SEEK) and The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) added auctions to their GO Network Internet portal Wednesday, becoming the fourth of the top six Internet domains to host its own auction service.

Despite the fact that consumer fear of online credit card use is waning, e-commerce support company MerchantOnline.com is urging e-tailers to make their sites more debit-card friendly with its new MOLpay system.

IBM and AT&T announced today that they will join forces to develop, market and distribute end-to-end e-commerce packages for small and mid-sized companies.

In an effort to outduel the U.S. Post Office and FedEx for the steadily-growing number of Internet sales shipments, United Parcel Service will introduce free "fenced" Internet service next year that will permit companies without Web access to utilize its online services.