Carol King

Name-your-price e-tailer Priceline.com Monday entered a partnership with Softbank E-Commerce Corp., stepping into the Japanese marketplace. Priceline and Softbank E-Commerce Corp. will each make investments in priceline.com Japan Corp., which is expected to bring priceline.com’s services to Japan beginning with leisure airline tickets and hotels. Softbank will pay priceline.com an undisclosed annual licensing fee in […]

Broadcom Corp, , a provider of integrated circuits enabling high-speed broadband communications, Monday purchased Altima in a deal valued at more than $533 million. As part of the definitive agreement, Broadcom will exchange about 2.5 million shares of its Class A common stock for all outstanding shares of Altima preferred and common stock and outstanding […]

WebTrends, a provider of solutions for ebusiness intelligence and visitor relationship management, this week upgraded its flagship firewall solution. Firewall Suite 3.0. has the ability to run comprehensive reports on all firewall activity, according to Derek Fine, product marketing manager, WebTrends. “The product provides report and analysis of online traffic,” said Fine. “For instance, it […]

eBay Inc. this week was awarded a $1.2 million judgement following a successful legal battle with ReverseAuction.com Inc. “This a major step forward for the privacy rights of Internet users everywhere, said eBay Senior Director of Communications Kevin Pursglove. The decision, which was announced Thursday, additionally prohibits ReverseAuction.com from using software robots or “bots” to […]

uproar.com, an online entertainment destination, Wednesday acquired iwin.com, a games-for-prizes and Internet lottery site, in a deal valued at nearly $100 million. Uproar will exchange 14.7 million of its shares for all outstanding Iwin equity. Iwin.com, a privately held firm, officially launched last November. The company backing comes from venture capital investors including Rader Reinfrank […]

Undertherapy.com, a provider of medical information for health care service providers, Tuesday became the second company within a week to propose financial rescue of drkoop.com. Details of the offer were not disclosed. However, Undertherapy.com’s offer included the opportunity for drkoop.com to extend its global health care network to health service providers through its proprietary wireless […]

RioPort Inc., a music application service provider, Monday secured $31.5 million in second-round financing. EMC Corp. , Quantum Technology Ventures and Mitsubishi Corp. have joined RioPort’s first-round investors, S3 Inc. , Vulcan Ventures Inc. and Oak Investment Partners. The funds will be used to continue building RioPort’s Pulse One Service, which is designed to provide […]

E-Stamp Corp. made a plea at the Postal Rate Commission hearings this week for the first-ever discount on online postage. The hearings addressed Docket No. R2000-1, which involves requested changes in the mail classification system. e-stamp.com, a provider of Internet postage, is proposing customers receive a 4-cent discount if they purchase stamps online. The company […]

Stamps.com Tuesday launched the next generation of its Internet postage service. Stamps.com Internet Postage 2.0 allows users to print U.S. Postal Service-approved postage on envelopes or labels with a PC, printer and Internet connection. The service now includes an integrated Web browser, supports windowed envelopes and prints postage on custom or odd-sized envelopes. Additional features […]

The Internet, and the B2B opportunities it presents, has propelled a new breed of entrepreneur to the forefront. Each day technology platforms are integrated into new and different businesses — all designed to quickly, easily and efficiently provide any number of industries with a niche service or product. Currently, thousands of manufacturers, distributors and retailers […]

E*Trade Group Inc. Monday acquired Electronic Investing Corp., operator of eInvesting.com which provides personalized securities portfolios. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase is meant to further accelerate E*Trade’s asset-gathering and revenue- diversification strategy, according to company officials. Through the acquisition, E*Trade will combine its brand and distribution channel of more than 3 […]

AltaVista Company Friday launched AltaVista India. The new site offers free Web-based e-mail services and advanced searching functionality to help users find the information they need quickly and easily. Additionally, users of AltaVista India will have access to AltaVista’s index of more than 350 million Web pages and its 30 million audio, video and image […]