Elizabeth Clampet

Two days after its $4.9 billion purchase of a competitor in the healthcare management space, Healtheon/WebMD Corp. Wednesday spent approximately $313 million on another rival as part of its quest to be the leading medical resource on the Net. Healtheon/WebMD (HLTH) acquired OnHealth Network Co. (ONHN) , one of its biggest competitors in terms of […]

Recent denial of service attacks and other breeches of Internet security at leading e-commerce sites has led to the White House’s involvement in how to stem further attacks. On Tuesday, President Clinton and Cabinet members met with Internet firms, security experts and civil liberties organizations to jointly address the vulnerabilities within the Internet. The panel […]

Netscape’s acquisition by America Online Inc. last year did not hamper its growth, as the company Tuesday reported 25 million members to its Netcenter portal and offered browser fans information on the anxiously awaited release of its new browser. Netcenter increased its membership from 10 million in January 1999 to 25 million. The company’s portal […]

Don’t believe that it’s really a kidney up for auction on eBay? A bit concerned that Britain’s Millennium Dome is going for such a low price on Yahoo! Auctions? Not sure if that Mark McGuire rookie card you just bid on is authentic? A group of government law enforcement agencies Monday outlined a plan to […]

Online healthcare giant Healtheon/WebMD Corp. went shopping Monday in order to expand its resources for the business side of medicine. The company purchased healthcare management firm Medical Manager Corp., (MMGR) and its online subsidiary CareInsite, Inc. (CARI), in an all stock deal worth approximately $4.99 billion. The purchase is designed to increase the information and […]

The latest breach of Internet security hit Internet keyword search company RealNames Inc. this week, but this time credit card information may have been compromised. RealNames Chief Executive Officer Keith Teare said the company noticed earlier this week that someone was redirecting the company’s keywords to a Web site in China. To do so, the […]

The ongoing battle between eBay Inc. and auction aggregators has transcended beyond the auction space and calls into question a more important issue — does an open Web site has the right to block search engines from accessing it? A wide range of companies has sprouted in the past year, using comparison technology to aggregate […]

Sliding its business into the financial arena, online department store CyberShop.com Inc. closed its retail doors Thursday in order to form an Internet incubator to fund start-up Internet companies. CyberShop (CYSP) ceased operations of its e-tailing sites CyberShop.com and electronics.net, and will sell the retail assets of these operations to raise capital for Grove Street […]

Loyalty marketing developer Netcentives Inc. Wednesday added to its infrastructure tools by acquiring MaxMiles Inc., a business-to-business aggregator of information for the travel space. Financial terms were not disclosed, although Netcentives did say MaxMiles’ headquarters will relocate from Chicago to Netcentives’ San Francisco headquarters. MaxMiles provides technology for travelers a way to organize their frequent […]

Online credit card firm NextCard Inc. Tuesday expanded its e-commerce offerings by taking a stake in Flooz.com, a provider of online gift currency. NextCard’s (NXCD) investment marks its first equity investment in an e-commerce company. Flooz will use the investment to expand its e-commerce services. Currently it provides currency that is redeemable at more than […]

Online brokerage DLJdirect Tuesday expanded its discount brokerage services halfway around the world by offering its services to 14 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The expansion is the result of a joint venture between DLJdirect (DIR), Capital Union E.C. and Webtrade eVentures Ltd. The three companies will create a new firm, DLJdirect-eUnion, […]

AltaVista Co. Monday enhanced its flagship search engine by adding audio, video and image-specific searches. While AltaVista, a CMGI Inc. (CMGI) property, had previously offered multimedia search results, Monday’s enhancement separates the multimedia content for simplified searching. The new searches feature an index of more than 30 million documents, the company said. The company also […]