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VacationSpot Offers ‘Bamboo’ to Travelers

VacationSpot.com, an online booker of independent vacation properties, and bamboo.com, a provider of virtual tours for the real estate industry, announced today that they have formed an alliance ...

Chinese Government May Ban Foreign Web Investment

A report that the Chinese Government is considering a ban on foreign investment in Web companies sent shares of China.com (Nasdaq: CHINA) plummeting sharply Wednesday and caused jitters throughout the region ...

Softbank Brings Midas Touch to Japan

Softbank Corp., one of the world's largest Internet investors, is teaming up with a Japanese home appliance retailer to launch a new shopping site for the growing Japanese market ...

Staples Takes Stock In E-Commerce

Leading office superstore Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today that it is forming a new class of common stock to track the company's e-commerce performance ...

E-Commerce Commission Reconvenes, Wrestles With Taxation Issue

With the issue of Internet regulation shifting front and center on the global agenda, the 19-member National Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce reconvened Tuesday for a two-day meeting in New York ...

Offshore E-Commerce Conference Makes Landfall in NYC

The first annual Offshore E-Commerce Conference gathers at New York City's Millennium Center today for a three-day event that will explore the benefits of establishing e-commerce ventures or payment solutions offshore ...

KPMG Forms Tax Practice to Meet

International accounting, tax and consulting firm KPMG LLP announced today that it has formed a new e-commerce tax services practice. The company believes that the rise of e-commerce is causing a demand for new tax models and other related services ...

Lycos Stakes Claim to Asia With $50 Million Joint Venture

Lycos, Inc. (Nasdaq: LCOS) announced today that it has formed a $50 million (US$) joint venture with Singapore's national telecommunications company to develop local portal sites in 10 Asian markets. The move is the latest in an aggressive international expansion plan ...

OnHealth Buys BabyData.com for $5 Million

OnHealth Network Company (Nasdaq: (ONHN), a Seattle, Washington-based healthcare site, announced Monday that it paid nearly $5 million (US$) in stock to acquire BabyData.com, a site aimed at pregnant couples and those trying to conceive ...

Flooz Gold: Gift-Giving Service Raises $16.5 Million

Flooz.com announced Monday that it is the recipient of $16.5 million (US$) in first-round capital financing from a group of well-known Internet venture capital firms. Flooz has been described as the first service to provide online gift-giving currency ...

Priceline Sets Sales Record Despite Mounting Pressures

Facing pressure from competitors and the stock market, Priceline.com announced that it set a single-day sales record by selling more than 10,000 airline tickets Thursday ...

French Bank to Bring Cross-Border Online Investing to Europe

Embattled French bank Paribas announced Friday that it will launch Europe's first cross-border Internet brokerage by the end of the month and will team up with American online brokerage firm Ameritrade to sell European stocks to U.S. investors by year's end ...

Drkoop.com Passes Physical In AOL Launch

Two months after forging a four year, $89 million (US$) strategic marketing agreement, America Online and drkoop.com (Nasdaq: KOOP) unveiled the healthcare network's exclusive content on AOL's Health Channel ...

GoodHome.com Set to Launch After Acquiring nHabit

Blending what they believe to be the right mix of Internet technology, financial resources and traditional design sense, GoodHome.com and nHabit.com announced a merger Thursday. Under the terms of the agreement, nHabit.com will be folded into the GoodHome.com name ...

Concentric Network Acquires UK’s Largest Independent ISP

San Jose, California-based Concentric Network Corp. (Nasdaq: CNCX), a provider of e-business services for small and medium-sized companies, took its first step into Europe Wednesday with the purchase of London-based Internet Technology Group plc (ITG). ITG is one of Britain's largest ISPs ...

AOL, TV Guide Plug Into Listings, Content Agreement

American electronic media giants AOL (NYSE: AOL) and TV Guide Online announced an agreement Wednesday that will bring TV Guide's listings and content into AOL's network. The financial terms of the pact were not disclosed ...

Pets.com Keeps Growing, Opens New Distribution Center

Claiming that rapid growth over the last few months has pushed up customer demand, Pets.com announced Wednesday that it is opening a 140,000 square-foot distribution center in Union City, California ...

SportsLine Europe Invades France

Despite being overshadowed by Tuesday's announcement that Viacom will buy CBS for $37 billion in stock, SportsLine Europe -- the subsidiary of an Internet sports content provider with a strong CBS connection -- announced the launch of its first country-specific site, France.sports.com ...

Amazon Hijacks Delta Exec as New CFO

Leading online retailer Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has extended its string of key executive appointments by installing a former Delta Airlines executive as its new chief financial officer ...

GoodHome.com Plays House with AOL, Women.com

GoodHome.com continued its strong build-up today by announcing an anchor tenant marketing agreement with America Online and a premier sponsorship agreement with Women.com. The company plans to launch its Web site by the end of the year ...

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