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According to the Consumer Policy Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, trans-border electronic commerce could become a wide-open market if consumers felt more comfortable about other nations' online laws The committee, which is meeting in Paris this week, plans to iron out guidelines for its 111 member countries to...

In a new twist on a tried-and-true e-commerce concept, DollarDiscounter.com launched a Web site Monday that plans to sell online shopping dollars for 95 cents each. The virtual dollars will only be valid to buy items from online merchants in the DollarDiscounter.com mall The concept of an online mall is not new, nor is the idea of offering shoppers...

Healthcare information Web site Mediconsult.com has agreed to buy privately held Physicians Online for stock valued at about $165 (US$) million and the assumption of $13.5 million in debt Physicians Online is available to doctors only -- who use it to exchange information and discuss clinical issues via the Internet. According to company officials,...

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 The Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based parent company of the new Eur...

Less than a year after becoming the smallest company in history to purchase Super Bowl airtime, online job recruiter HotJobs.com (Nasdaq: HOTJ) announced plans to air two 30-second commercials during the 2000 Super Bowl. One commercial is slated for the pre-game show, and the other will air during the game For the 1999 airtime, Hotjobs.com spent mo...

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 The San Francisco, California-based pet supply online retailer said that it opened a 75,000 square-foot section of the distribution center Wednesday an...

V-ONE Corp. (Nasdaq: VONE), a security software solutions provider, announced this week that the release of its new Instant Extranet Server (IXS) product will ship with version 6.0 of the Linux operating system (OS) distribution from Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) A provider of Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions that enable businesses to engage in sec...

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 Under the agreement, TV Guide Online will become the premier provider of television listings and content across four AOL brands -...

A Houston entrepreneur has joined the recent wave of creative auctions by attempting to sell off minority ownership in his online company through the eBay auction service. Neal Verma put Priceman.com, Inc. on the block shortly after midnight Tuesday, seeking to raise $10 million (US$) for a 47.39 percent stake in the company. The auction runs until next Tuesday...

Internet portal Lycos, Inc. announced today that it has agreed to buy Quote.com, Inc. for $78.3 (US$) million, plus the assumption of the privately held company's stock option plan Neither company would disclose the value of the stock option plan.

Six of the biggest Internet companies joined forces last week to try and persuade governments throughout the world to make the laws regulating e-commerce more uniform In addition, the group that includes such rivals as Microsoft Corp., America Online, Inc. and IBM said it hopes to boost consumer confidence in buying products and services via the Wo...

UK-based EarthPort.com PLC has teamed with Dutch company TNT Post Group to market its Globalcollect invoice-based cash collection service. This partnership will create an online holding account for shoppers who want to pay cash for their purchases. Once Internet surfers send money to EarthPort to create an account called an "EarthWallet," they can draw it out to pay for purchases from countries all over the world, in any currency, as long as the merchant is a member of the EarthPort network...

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 The San Rafael, California-based home furnishings company said that it signed the multi-million deal with AOL to g...

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), seeking to add value to its highly analyzed acquisition of StarDivision, recently tapped Linuxcare, Inc. to provide service and support for its new StarOffice productivity suite offering Under terms of the agreement, Linuxcare will supply technical support for both developers and end-users of StarOffice for Li...

According to industry analyst Forrester Research, Inc., leading Web strategists consider European e-commerce sites to be a good value and easy to use, but U.S. sites still remain the international benchmark of excellence This conclusion is just one of the findings of a survey conducted with 66 Net strategists from 30 interactive architect firms and...

Despite the fanfare surrounding the debut of "digital wallets," it appears that the average consumer has yet to embrace the online shopping tool. This disappointing revelation has sent digital wallet promoters scrambling, as the fall shopping season gets underway without them A BizRate.com survey of 6,800 online shoppers shows that few even know th...

Healthcare information portal AmericasDoctor.com is scheduled to make its debut on Wall Street this week This development comes several months after the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering. Industry observers will be carefully watching how AmericasDoctor.com's offering fares on its first day out...

Red Hat, Inc. (Nasdaq: RHAT), which develops and distributes commercial versions of the Linux operating system, has signed up PC manufacturer Gateway (Nasdaq: GTW) as an authorized reseller. Red Hat announced today that Gateway will now be able to install Red Hat's Linux-based operating system when requested by customers "Gateway customers are aski...

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 The Seattle, Washington-based book and music retailer named Warren C. Jenson to the post. He replaces Joy Covey, who was appointed as the company's chief strategy ...

A wide range of high-level e-commerce leaders met in Paris Monday to discuss the pressing issues that face the industry. Participants at the summit, hosted by the Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce (GBDE), included U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley, Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin, Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Middlehof and a number of other industry players from around the globe...