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OneCore.com, a new financial service company for small and mid-sized businesses, launched OneCore Credit Services, offering site members the ability to transfer funds from a credit line directly into their core operating account from any Web browser. In conjunction with Advanta Bank Corp., a business-to-business credit card company, OneCore.com will offer business credit cards that […]

ActivMedia Research said its study of electronic commerce shows that Web site development has grown into a $10 billion industry, while revenues generated online may reach $95 billion in 1999 and are expected to reach $226 billion in 2000. The average budgeted investment for e-commerce Web site development in 1999 across all Web sites (excluding […]

Start-up eCommerce Industries Inc. (ECI2), a provider of e-commerce solutions for the office products industry, closed on a a $16 million round of venture financing to further develop its technology platform and expand its marketing and sales initiatives. EC12 is the parent company of Online Office Supplies Company (OOSC) and Internet Office Solutions and Services […]

Creative Internet Solutions teamed with Backsoft Corp. Wednesday to bring their enterprise resource planning systems to the Web. By combining Backsoft’s bTalk enterprise application integration technologies with Allaire’s Cold Fusion Web platform technology, CIS’ certified Allaire developers will build Web-based applications that will connect companies’ existing enterprise resource planning systems with the Internet. CIS’s certified […]

Swedish community portal and free ISP Spray.com has unveiled a regional site for France. The France launch is part of the portal’s goal to create a network of sites for the various European communities. Spray added a Norway site last year, A Germany site last month, and plans to open its Italian site in December. […]

Business consultancy McKinsey France has announced the launch of @McKinsey, a venture which will specialize in developing Internet projects. According to McKinsey, its online activity is likely to become more strategically important to the firm in the next year. Addressing a question on McKinsley France’s place in the online world, Djelic says that it is […]

Novell showcased its latest Web caching technology based on the Novell Internet Caching System at Apple’s QuickTime Live! conference Wednesday. The tool supports QuickTime multimedia streaming on the Internet. Novell’s chief scientist and vice president, Drew Major, demonstrated control over the playback of live video streams, a technology intended to enable caching of live streams […]

LookSmart and BT have announced a $200 million joint venture to develop portals targeting European and Asian markets. The companies will rely on BT’s customer base of over 31 million Internet and wireless subscribers, and the user base for LookSmart’s 17 country directory portals. “We estimate that the portal market in Europe and Asia will […]

Holiday buyers rushed to the Internet for the second month in a row in October, says a new study, and holiday gift staples, such as clothing, toys and sporting goods, moved up sharply in the Top 20 Retail Sites for the month. The study by PC Data Online is based on a proprietary sample that […]

BuyerTouch, an e-commerce “secret shopper” and customer satisfaction analysis company, launched a service that it said will enable e-commerce companies to understand their customers’ shopping experiences. BuyerTouch said it sends hundreds of secret shoppers to a site and the group then evaluates the site during and after their visit to determine the level of satisfaction. […]

Online seafood marketer Fultonstreet.com signed a new shopping agreement with America Online’s Shop@AOL online shopping destination. The agreement with AOL provides fultonstreet.com with a Gold Tenant position in the Food and Wine area, and a Silver Tenant in the Gourmet Gifts area, of Shop @ AOL’s Gourmet Food and Wine department. Fultonstreet.com will also participate […]

The rush of online brokers to the French stock market seems to have begun, with the first site ready to enter the Nouveau Marché on November 10. The online brokerage Bourse Direct is set to put 25 percent of its capital on the market, at an estimated 11.8 to 13.5 million euros. Bourse Direct aims […]