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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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Online travel wholesaler Travelscape.com and leading Web mapping site MapQuest.com are teaming up to help get consumers wherever they want to go.

After building their technical infrastructure and boosting brand-awareness, recent news announcements are pointing to a strong industry-wide emphasis on providing value-added services and increased customer support. Along these lines, Cyberian Outpost (Nasdaq: COOL), an Internet-based retailer of co...

Talk about streaming media software company RealNetworks (Nasdaq: RNWK) being acquired by another company has been rampant recently, with Yahoo!'s (Nasdaq: YHOO) $6 billion purchase of Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) fueling more speculation about the next power play in the industry. But RealNetworks e...

There was good news for online auction buyers and sellers on Monday, as eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) announced plans for two new deals which will integrate product shipping capabilities directly into eBay's popular Internet-based auction Web site. eBay chose Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE), which is reportedly the wor...

In an attempt to grab an even bigger share of a rapidly growing market, America Online (NYSE: AOL) has teamed up with four new major partners to streamline business travel. Today, America Online announced the launch of its business travel center and agreements totaling more than $20 million (US$) wi...

Inktomi (Nasdaq: INKT), which makes scalable Internet software that powers search engines and e-commerce sites, announced a major expansion of its online shopping presence on Friday. The company said that the Inktomi Shopping Engine's coverage will now include five new portal and destination sites, ...

One of the nation's most well-known media companies is getting into online coupons. Tribune Ventures, the strategic investment unit of Tribune, (NYSE: TRB) announced Thursday that it has invested in SuperMarkets Online.