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Number two U.S. automaker Ford Motor Company said today that it will form a joint venture with business software and e-business solutions company Trilogy Software to develop and operate its consumer Web sites ...

CourtLink, a provider of real-time online access to court documents in the U.S. federal system, and JusticeLink, an Internet provider of electronic document filing to courts, announced today that they intend to merge and create a fee-based Internet gateway to U.S. court systems ...

SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC), the largest local telephone company in the United States, announced today that it will pay $3.9 billion (US$) in cash for Sterling Commerce (NYSE: SE) ...

Internet grocer HomeGrocer.com announced today that it will pay $60 million (US$) over five years to America Online (NYSE: AOL) for positioning across the online giant's vast network ...

Fast-growing Latin American Internet portal and shopping site StarMedia Network (Nasdaq: STRM) has reached a deal to create a Spanish and Portuguese language online pharmacy with Rx.com ...

Giant cinema chain Cinemark USA, Inc., which specializes in stadium-seating and IMAX theaters, announced Tuesday that it will expand selling tickets via the Internet to 14 Dallas, Texas-area theaters in the next few weeks ...

Stung by industry-wide criticism over revelations that it compiled and sold user information without proper disclosures, Internet advertising giant DoubleClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCLK) launched a public relations counterattack Monday with what it claims is "one of the largest public service campaigns in Web history." ...

Online auto vendor Autobytel (Nasdaq: ABTL) announced today that it is forming a new venture to sell cars in Australia with a variety of well-known auto industry partners ...

Mammoth coffee retailer Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) has launched a conservative foray into e-commerce by announcing a five-year e-commerce agreement with Internet home delivery service Kozmo.com ...

According to a study released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers, venture capital funding in the United States increased nearly 150 percent to $35.6 billion (US$) last year, with Internet-related companies drawing 56 percent of that total ...

Despite failing to generate a significant amount of campaign contributions, the Web site of Republican presidential candidate and Texas governor George W. Bush has been rated the best among the remaining candidates by a Forrester Research study ...

Internet venture capital firm CMGI (Nasdaq: CMGI) announced today that it will pay approximately $407 million (US$) for auction site uBid.com (Nasdaq: UBID) in a stock deal that will lodge the network squarely in the highly competitive online auction industry ...

In the latest skirmish over the complex copyright issues surrounding music sales over the Internet, online digital music provider MP3.com (Nasdaq: MPPP) filed a countersuit yesterday against the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), alleging unfair business practices ...

Two companies with widely divergent strategies are leading the charge to develop the market for selling used cars online ...

Banking behemoth Bank of America has finalized a record $3 million (US$) auction bid for the domain name Loans.com ...

Online customer support company Kana Communications (Nasdaq: KANA) and Internet business software provider Silknet Software (Nasdaq: SILK) announced today that they will merge in a stock deal valued at $4.2 billion (US$) ...

Software titan Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) and online auction hosting company FairMarket announced the launch today of a business-to-business (B2B) auction site for Microsoft's new small business portal ...

America Online announced today that it has acquired a stake in online rewards and direct marketing company Netcentives (Nasdaq: NCNT) and that it will apply the company's services to two key e-commerce bonus programs ...

As consumer fears about privacy invasion threaten to stall the considerable growth of e-commerce, a lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court Thursday alleging that Internet advertising firm DoubleClick (Nasdaq: DCLK) has obtained and sold the personal information of online users ...

As the United Kingdom continued to roil over scandals in the traditional home mortgage industry, online lender E-LOAN, Inc. launched a UK home loan Web site Monday. The Dublin, California-based company, which claims to be the first multi-lender online site in the region, plans to offer over 35 lenders and some 10,000 loan products to UK consumers ...