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  • Lycos Asia Launches Philippines Site
  • Last College Portal Standing
  • In search of the best marketplace business model
  • Content sites vie for wireless real estate
  • American Express, Ventro to form Net marketplace company
  • EC clears MyAircraft.com exchange for takeoff
  • Sara Lee exec to lead Transora exchange
  • Loudcloud portal opens up expertise
  • Loudcloud portal opens up expertise
  • Helping travelers find their way
  • SpeakOut.Com Acquires VoxCap.com Portals
  • No Joke: iPipe Announces Deal With Creators Syndicate
  • StoreRunner Names Barnes & Noble.com Its Exclusive Provider of Online Book Content
  • Insight Electronics Launches Private Exchange With HelloBrain.com
  • iMotors Running Smoothly
  • DrDrew.com Takes Pay-For-Content Gamble
  • Strategic Management for Online Marketplaces
  • Re-Thinking the E-Marketplace
  • New Vertical B2B ASP Network Launched
  • Pizza Portal Wants to Take a Bite Out of Competition
  • Buyers Outpace Sellers In E-marketplaces
  • New Breed Of ASP Offers Marketplace Hosting
  • Commerce One, SAP to Build Energy Exchange
  • AOL Search-Engine Stance Could Strike Chord
  • Oxygen Loses Some of Its Air
  • AltaVista Flat-Rate ISP: No Future for You
  • Startups leave online marketplaces in the dust

Lycos Asia Launches Philippines Site
Lycos Asia, a joint venture between Lycos and SingTel, debuts its Phillipines portal which features local content and services.

Last College Portal Standing
A year ago, a dozen online portals were scrambling for the attention of college and university communities. Student Advantage of Boston, which today agreed to buy San Diego competitor CollegeClub.com for $20 million, now says it stands alone.

In search of the best marketplace business model
While the potential benefits of e-marketplaces seem clear, eWEEK's Jeff Moad says the business model is not.

Content sites vie for wireless real estate
E-tailers and portal sites are fighting for space on wireless phones, viewing wireless as critical to their success because of its growing size and the services mobile phones make possible.

American Express, Ventro to form Net marketplace company
The new venture, to be called MarketMile LLC, will allow companies to buy and sell business products and services.

EC clears MyAircraft.com exchange for takeoff
The joint venture of i2, Honeywell, BF Goodrich and United Technologies becomes the first B2B exchange to be reviewed and approved by the European Commission.

Sara Lee exec to lead Transora exchange
Judith Sprieser turned heads last month when she decided to accept the role of chief executive of Transora, a marketplace being formed by 50 of the world's largest consumer products companies.

Loudcloud portal opens up expertise
The Web infrastructure firm and hosting provider posts a Services Directory, listing services and partners in a variety of areas.

Helping travelers find their way
Wireless startup Mobilocity strikes a deal with Siemens to provide services to PDA and cell phone users.

SpeakOut.Com Acquires VoxCap.com Portals
Deal is third this year for new non-partisan site

No Joke: iPipe Announces Deal With Creators Syndicate
One of the country's largest distributors of comics, columns and other content is using iPipe to deliver eleven of those properties to various America Online outlets

StoreRunner Names Barnes & Noble.com Its Exclusive Provider of Online Book Content
Barnes & Noble's Internet book offerings to be integrated into StoreRunner's cataloging system.

Insight Electronics Launches Private Exchange With HelloBrain.com
Engineers in need of technical assistance can now get immediate support online.

iMotors Running Smoothly
Are used car buyers willing to buy a car, sight unseen, over the Internet? San Francisco-based iMotors.com thinks so, and its recently picked up a carpool of investors who obviously agree.

DrDrew.com Takes Pay-For-Content Gamble
Against conventional wisdom, the sex-education advice site will unveil a pay-for-content spinoff next month, ignoring the well-documented financial troubles associated with such a business move.

Strategic Management for Online Marketplaces
By 2003, online marketplaces must be managed strategically as part of the selling channel mix. Short-term, stopgap tactics will not suffice when the new breed of Net markets, sophisticated networks of online marketplaces, mature and achieve scale.

Re-Thinking the E-Marketplace
To succeed in the future, companies must understand how today's e-marketplaces are quickly evolving into four distinct categories and they must reassess their current strategies to capitalize on these opportunities, says a new report.

New Vertical B2B ASP Network Launched
The business model aims to serve "fragmented sectors" of the Internet retail industry with a fixed-cost plan.

Pizza Portal Wants to Take a Bite Out of Competition
Despite sour taste for web delivery services, AllPizza.com hopes to capture a slice of the e-commerce pie.

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Buyers Outpace Sellers In E-marketplaces
With the proliferation of e-marketplaces and business exchanges, it's a buyer's market, according to industry analysts.

New Breed Of ASP Offers Marketplace Hosting
Small- and mid-size suppliers looking to quickly launch an electronic marketplace or exchange on a limited budget might consider a new breed of ASPs.

Commerce One, SAP to Build Energy Exchange
The marketplace, named Enporion, will utilize jointly developed e-commerce software.

AOL Search-Engine Stance Could Strike Chord
Many digital audio players offer MP3 search engines that are similar to the one AOL took down.

Oxygen Loses Some of Its Air
The women's cable and Internet operation still hasn't found itself. Now it's facing a brain drain.

AltaVista Flat-Rate ISP: No Future for You
Unmetered Internet access in the U.K. remains as elusive as the company's managing director.

Startups leave online marketplaces in the dust
A subtle, but important, shift is under way in the business-to-business market: Many dotcom startups are shying away from building vertical Internet exchanges. Instead, they are using their technical prowess to help companies use the Net to connect with their established trading partners.

 

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