Year 2000 E-Commerce Predictions
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ToC

• Way Cleared for E-Trade-Telebanc Merger
• Retailers, Web companies pick partners
• AOL to Buy MapQuest.com for $1.1 Billion
• After the USWeb Merger
• Oxygen Media Flashes the Cash
• Retailers, Net Firms Do The 'Click-And-Mortar' Two-Step
• Attention, Shoppers: Kmart Turns On Blue Light
• CMGI Buys Yesmail.com
• Driveway to Link With Microsoft Office
• Death of the Free?
• Ashford and Amazon Strike $10 Million Deal
• DoubleClick Opts to Buy Opt-In Email.com

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Way Cleared for E-Trade-Telebanc Merger

The U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision describes E-Trade's application to acquire Telebanc as "complete."

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8403,00.html

Retailers, Web companies pick partners
Wal-Mart is linking with America Online and Best Buy is teaming up with Microsoft, the latest in a spate of alliances between giant Internet companies and retail chains that are looking for new ways expand their reach on and off the Web.

• The Nando Times

• http://www.nandotimes.com/business/story/0%2C1032%2C500143240-500170691-500647878-0%2C00.html

AOL to Buy MapQuest.com for $1.1 Billion 
AOL will combine MapQuest's navigation capabilities with its Digital City content network and MovieFone movie ticketing service.  

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8421,00.html

After the USWeb Merger 

This week's $5.9 billion acquisition of USWeb/CKS by Whittman-Hart creates a homegrown behemoth in the Internet business-consulting sector. So why doesn't Wall Street like it?

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8301,00.html

Oxygen Media Flashes the Cash

Billionaire French luxury goods tycoon Bernard Arnault snapped up a $122 million minority stake in women-oriented Oxygen Media.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8244,00.html

Retailers, Net Firms Do The 'Click-And-Mortar' Two-Step 

Three Internet superpowers went looking for new customers among the aisles of brick-and-mortar giants. By week's end, they joined forces with some of the mightiest offline retailers in a string of alliances that could reshape the Internet economy.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8281,00.html

Attention, Shoppers: Kmart Turns On Blue Light
Kmart stormed the Web world today with a wide-ranging partnership with Internet heavyweights Softbank, Yahoo and others that will give the retailer's millions of customers free Internet access and the opportunity to buy its products online.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8204,00.html

CMGI Buys Yesmail.com 

CMGI agreed to acquire direct e-mail marketing firm Yesmail.com today for about $520 million in stock. And it wants to acquire your e-mail address, too.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8242,00.html

Driveway to Link With Microsoft Office
Driveway, one of more than a dozen services offering Web-based file storage, is expected to announce today that its service will be integrated into Microsoft's Office 2000 and Internet Explorer, a move that could give it a strong leg up over its rivals.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8136,00.html

Death of the Free? 

When Free PC was acquired by Emachines this week, many were quick to sound the death knell of one of the splashier business models to come along on the Web - giving stuff away for free.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,8021,00.html

Ashford and Amazon Strike $10 Million Deal

In a move that helps secure Ashford.com's position in the cutthroat market for luxury goods sold online, the company sold a 16 percent stake to Amazon.com in return for $10 million and marketing commitments, the companies said today.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,7959,00.html

DoubleClick Opts to Buy Opt-In Email.com
Online ad giant DoubleClick today acquired Opt-In Email.com, a Colorado firm that makes Internet e-mail marketing, publishing and list management tools for about $16 million.

• The Industry Standard

• http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,7972,00.html

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