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- Million-dollar merger helps CDNow
play on
- Drkoop.com calls merger offer
"premature"
- iVillage unloads iBaby
e-commerce unit
- Mail Boxes Etc., Juniper
ink online banking deal
- Don't Win,
Don't Tel
- Two Tickets to Paradise
- You'll
Never Walk Alone
- IBlast Gets Digital-Spectrum
Boost
- Feed and Suck Link Up
- Copycats
Battle for Small-Biz Market
- CNET to
Grab ZDNet for $1.6 Billion
- Commerce
One, GE Unit Start B-to-B Venture
- The
Internet Deal Nobody Likes
- Nortel
Acquires Alteon For $7.8 Billion
- Intel,
SAP Joint Venture Calls It Quits
- Cisco
Aims for EMC
- InfoSpace Acquires Portal
- Firms
Merge to Form Security Powerhouse
- Lucent
Snatches Network Switching Firm
- HOTBIZ.COM,
InfoSpace Offer B2B Services
- Dell
Invests Heavily in SiteSmith
- iAskWeb
Partners With Morningstar
- Quokka Sports
Announces Acquisition of Total Sports Inc.
- Home
Shopping, Excite@Home Team for Broadband Shopping
Million-dollar
merger helps CDNow play on
German media conglomerate Bertelsmann today
said it has agreed to buy cash-strapped online retailer CDNow for $117 million.
Drkoop.com
calls merger offer "premature"
Drkoop.com said today although it will
consider the merger offer it received from a health care news company, the announcement
of a transaction is "highly premature." iVillage
unloads iBaby e-commerce unit
Online women's network iVillage today said
it will sell its iBaby e-commerce unit to Babygear.com for an undisclosed amount.
Mail
Boxes Etc., Juniper ink online banking deal
Starting this fall, customers
of the financial institution will be able to deposit their checks free of charge
at any of the postal services company's locations. Don't
Win, Don't Tel
Gateway and AOL have a deal with upstart Transmeta to build
an "Internet appliance." Translation: "No Windows." Two
Tickets to Paradise
Ticketmaster says its acquisition of TicketWeb in
a $35 million stock deal is a 'terrific fit.' You'll
Never Walk Alone
E-Trade, trading 75 percent below where it was a year
ago, has lined up with venerable Ernst & Young, and it's not sounding so radical
these days. IBlast
Gets Digital-Spectrum Boost
The Web broadcaster moves to expand its coverage
by entering licensing deals with 85 local TV stations. Feed
and Suck Link Up
The two dot-com content providers join forces to create
Automatic Media. Copycats
Battle for Small-Biz Market
IPrint.com, an online print shop, is teaming
up with IKON to take on Kinkos.com. CNET
to Grab ZDNet for $1.6 Billion
The planned merger of the tech-info giants
would create the eighth-largest Net firm. Commerce
One, GE Unit Start B-to-B Venture
The companies would jointly offer technology
and transaction processing for online marketplaces in various industries.
The
Internet Deal Nobody Likes
Investors don't like the new Jupiter Media
Metrix combo, but the merger could push Internet research forward. Nortel
Acquires Alteon For $7.8 Billion
Nortel Networks' $7.8 billion deal to
acquire Alteon WebSystems in an all-stock deal is a boon for both companies and
essential for Nortel's own data networking strategy, say analysts. Intel,
SAP Joint Venture Calls It Quits
Pandesic, which provided e-commerce support
to B-To-C e-tailers, ceases operations due to low demand. Cisco
Aims for EMC
The company is adding storage area networks to its arsenal
with a $450 million acquisition. InfoSpace
Acquires Portal
Infospace is spending $4 billion to add more broadband
content to its offerings. Firms
Merge to Form Security Powerhouse
Symantec Corp. Thursday purchased a
smaller rival in a deal valued at $975 million. Lucent
Snatches Network Switching Firm
Lucent Tuesday continued its aggressive
acquisition spree as it continues to chase market leader Cisco Systems.
HOTBIZ.COM,
InfoSpace Offer B2B Services
Global e-commerce service provider InfoSpac
Tuesday inked a B2B hosting deal with infrastructure firm HOTBIZ.COM. Dell
Invests Heavily in SiteSmith
Often the best way to determine the future
success or failure for a new application service provider is to take a look at
its friends. SiteSmith picked up a hefty affirmation from an industry leader Friday.
AskWeb
Partners With Morningstar
The Waltham developer of natural language search
engines has teamed with the Chicago investment ratings firm to launch a new product.
Quokka
Sports Announces Acquisition of Total Sports Inc.
San Francisco-based
online sports network says acquisition doubles the network audience size, consolidates
production technology leadership, and will accelerate path to profitability.
Home
Shopping, Excite@Home Team for Broadband Shopping
HSN and Excite@Home
are developing a co-branded shopping experience to be broadcast both and on HSN
TV.
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