Beth Cox

Amazon.com’s slogan is “Earth’s Biggest Selection,” but that doesn’t necessarily mean Earth’s biggest warehouse. In fact, the company’s senior veep for retail says that adding to that selection through partnerships is part of its long-term strategy, so more deals similar to Amazon’s arrangements with Target Stores and Toys ‘R’ Us can be expected. Speaking at […]

Determined not to give up despite trailing miserably in the browser wars, America Online’s Netscape Communications subsidiary released a preview version of Netscape 7.0 and redesigned its Netscape.com Web site. The updated browser includes built-in AOL Instant Messaging capabilities. It runs on what Netscape called a fine-tuned Netscape Gecko browser engine that speeds the most […]

E-mail publishing solutions company Topica Inc. scored a partnership deal with online payments outfit PayPal that allows for the creation of secure PayPal “Buy It” buttons directly within things such as newsletters produced with Topica’s applications. Mountain View, Calif.-based PayPal said that small businesses, non-profits, Web entrepreneurs and other users of the Topica Email Publisher […]

ValueVision Media’s ShopNBC, the nation’s third largest home shopping operation, struck an e-commerce deal with America Online that includes a provision to become one of the first retail participants in the newly expanded “AOL Deal of the Day.” ValueVision said ShopNBC merchandise also will be promoted through Shop@AOL in the jewelry, watches and computers categories. […]

News, financial data and tech company Reuters is teaming up with San Mateo, Calif.-based business software firm Siebel Systems Inc. to develop and co-market solutions for managing customer relationships in the financial services sector. London-based Reuters , which culls data from some 260 stock exchanges and over-the-counter markets worldwide, said it will work with Siebel […]

Taking another step away from its origins as a sports merchandiser, e-commerce outsourcer Global Sports Inc. signed technology and fulfillment deals with beauty site Gloss.com and Estee Lauder subsidiary ELC Online. Global Sports will be responsible for hosting and operating the technology platform that serves the ELC Online and Gloss.com sites, as well as for […]

The FBI is investigating a hacker attack against credit reporting agency Experian and Ford Credit that resulted in the theft of personal information about 13,000 consumers in affluent areas around the country. Ford Motor Credit, the financing arm of the car company, sent certified letters to all of the consumers involved cautioning them to be […]

Following a $2.44 billion loss for its last fiscal yea, ending in March, Japanese electronics manufacturer NEC Corp. said it plans to spin off some of its key semiconductor assets into a new subsidiary in November. It plans to take the new company public. NEC, Japan’s No. 2 chipmaker behind Toshiba, also said that further […]

Travel agents will soon be able to gain direct access to Orbitz’s Web-based search engine and its inventory of low-fare ticket prices via a deal struck by AQUA Software Products Inc., a subsidiary of corporate travel firm Navigant International . Orbitz, of course, is the online travel service created by a consortium of airlines. The […]

Hit hard by the slowdown in IT spending, business and e-commerce software company BroadVision Inc. is fighting back with the launch of its BroadVision 7 family of next-generation enterprise portal apps and the appointment of a new marketing exec. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company , which lost $36.1 million or 13 cents per share in […]

The financially troubled online real estate operation Homestore.com Inc., reporting after the closing bell, posted a net loss for the first quarter of $34.8 million, or 29 cents per share, compared to a loss of $99.8 million, or $1.05 per share a year earlier. Revenues for the Westlake Village, Calif.-based company , which is struggling […]

Hot on the heels of its planned $1.29 billion acquisition of Datek Online Holdings, Omaha, Nebr.-based Ameritrade Holding Corp., now the largest online brokerage, is creating a new trading platform for institutional clients. The company said the new services platform, to be called the Ameritrade Connection, will bundle Ameritrade’s trading platform, customizable products and services, […]