Elizabeth Clampet

Online broker Ameritrade Holding Corp. took its services on the road Wednesday by aligning with Sprint’s PCS wireless division to offer customers access to Ameritrade accounts via their digital phones. Set to debut later this month, Sprint PCS (PCS) customers who have an Internet-ready Sprint PCS Phone will be able to access their Ameritrade account […]

Measurement firm Media Metrix Inc. Wednesday added a new tool to measure e-commerce purchases, thanks to a partnership with Information Resources Inc. Information Resources (IRIC) is a marketing research that uses universal product code scanner data and software. It will work with Media Metrix (MMXI) to deploy e-SCAN, a service designed to track where specific […]

With the growing number of Internet users demanding faster connection speeds, Nortel Networks Tuesday debuted a new cable that is capable of carrying 6.4 terabits per second of Internet traffic over a single, hair-thin strand of fiber. As part of its optical networking product line, the fiber broke Nortel’s (NT) own speed and capacity record […]

The online house-hunting market reshuffled Tuesday as real estate firm Homestore.com Inc. purchased moving resource Homefair.com, a division of Central Newspapers Inc., for $85 million. Homestore.com (HOMS) operates popular house-hunting sites such as REALTOR.com, HomeBuilder.com, apartment locator SpringStreet.com and Remodel.com. Its purchase of Homefair adds relocation services to its site, such as a mortgage calculator […]

Online discussion company RemarQ Communities Inc. Monday partnered with comparison shopping site mySimon Inc. and added a variety of search services to make navigation through its forums easier for its users. mySimon offers information on more than 10 million products at 1,600 merchants in categories such as computers, books & music, electronics, flowers, sporting goods […]

Planet-Intra.com this week expanded its Instant Intranet portal into 10 languages to increase its availability to international companies. Planet-Intra.com is designed for small and medium-size enterprises that seek secure, affordable and easy-to-implement intranet platforms for information sharing and collaboration. The portal is now available in English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (traditional and simplified), Russian, […]

The growing popularity of online auctions has inspired Autobytel.com, Inc. to expand its auction services to allow individuals to buy and sell cars on its site. Autobytel.com (ABTL), the Friday launched an auction system that includes new and used vehicle listings by both dealers and consumers, as well as classic car listings. In addition, the […]

Internet stocks and the entire market enjoyed a rise today as optimism replaced yesterday’s hesitancy following the Fed’s stance on interest rates. internet.com’s Internet Stock Index shot up 24.89 , or 4.62 percent, to 563.37, the Nasdaq Composite increased 57.42 to 2857.09, and the Dow Jones industrial average rose 187.75 to close at 10588.34. Yahoo! […]

Adding to its community services in an attempt to rival other portals, GO Network Wednesday added auction services to its site. GO Netwok Auction is the latest offering by GO, the joint venture of Disney Corp. (DIS) and Infoseek Corp. (SEEK). Like other auction sites, it provides users the opportunity to bid and sell personal […]

Looking to tap into the growing e-commerce industry, Intel Corp. Tuesday acquired IPivot Inc., an e-commerce equipment manufacturer, for about $500 million in cash. IPivot designs and manufactures Internet commerce equipment — special function devices that work to improve the performance of server farms, Web sites and e-commerce applications. IPivot systems determine where data should […]

Travel site Travelocity Monday acquired a majority stake in fellow travel firm Preview Travel Inc. and will incorporate Preview Travel’s operations under the Travelocity name. Under terms of the deal, Travelocity, a division of Sabre Holdings Corp. (TSG), will pay $50 million in cash for a 70 percent stake in Preview Travel (PTVL), and the […]

Infrastructure firm Qwest Communications International Inc. and high-speed Internet service provider CAIS Internet Thursday formed strategic alliance worth approximately $69 million to deliver high-speed Internet access to new markets. Under terms of the deal, CAIS (CAIS) signed Qwest (QWST) to a $54 million contract for high-speed Internet capacity and broadband Internet communications services. CAIS will […]