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Reuters is best known for its world and financial news stories, which are picked up by thousands of newspapers in the United States and abroad. The company has bureaus or divisions in more than 90 countries. However, Reuters provides other services it hopes can become significant revenue generators in the growing Internet world, with some strategy and direction from a dedicated executive staff.

Drkoop.com Will Use AOL Sales Staff Drkoop.com will leverage AOL's interactive sales force of more than 600 to build e-commerce and advertising opportunities on its site, as well as its affiliates. Drkoop.com also plans to use the sales staff to support the launch of new prod...

Retailers are rated for ease of ordering, product selection, product information, price, delivery time, customer support and other features. Each feature that is rated receives one to five stars. In addition, BizRate.com also provides reports on online retailers who have not agreed to allow BizRate.com to collect customer feedback. In those cases, BizRate.com's staff shop on the sites and file their own reports.

The agreement is the first the GSA has signed with an online merchant, and it is the only deal so far with a bookseller. GSA Advantage offers government employees in the United States and abroad products including vehicles, scientific equipment, hardware and furniture, industrial supplies and services such as temporary staffing.

Expedia Radio, which will be hosted by Seattle radio veterans Mike West and John Fisher, will broadcast content from the editorial staff for the MSN Expedia Web site and also feature content from travel writers and correspondents like Peter Greenberg of NBC's Today show. Plan...

Currently, the site utilizes about 10 volunteers, who work between 15 and 40 hours per week, for every paid staffer. "Linux.com exemplifies the spirit of community involvement around this movement," commented Dr. Larry Augustin, VA's president and CEO. "We are preparing for continued Linux demand and mainstream adoption of the popular operating system (OS)." ...

The merger is designed to change E*Trade into a site for more than just stocks. Through Telebanc, E*Trade customers will be able to create an Internet-based, FDIC-insured account to allow cash transfers over the Internet. By delivering its banking and financial services electronically, with no branch buildings to staff, Telebanc says it offers higher interest rates and lower fees than traditional banks.

In a move that some industry analysts have called an attempt to play catch-up in the expansive e-commerce game, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) recently announced that it would quintuple the staff of its e-commerce unit, focusing on small to mid-sized companies looking for an online presence...

Quotesmith.com says it will not leave its customers hanging. The company offers support throughout the quote research and purchase process by answering questions and scheduling medical exam appointments, as customers request help. Customer service is provided by a non-commission staff, to avoid the intrusiveness of agents, the company says...

New York-based barnesandnoble.com, which had raised the offering range earlier this week from $11 to $13 to $16 to $18, said it would use proceeds to try to catch Amazon by expanding features, staff, services, marketing and promotions ...

Founded in 1996, the company has a staff of dieticians and psychologists who take registration information furnished by each new member, and tailor a diet program suited to individual needs and goals. The resulting plan is then inserted into a template, on a personalized "My eDiets" page. That page, the company says, is accessible daily and can be set up as a personal home page. It is password-protected as well.

Quality costs, and that's one of the main reasons the online publication has been bleeding money. TheStreet.com didn't hire recent journalism school graduates to put together its content. Instead, it went out and got seasoned financial reporters and acclaimed columnists, some 50 editorial staff in all.

Reel.com features more than 100,000 titles and complements the listings with content from an editorial staff of more than 40. Its partners include include AOL, Excite, @Home Network, Chicago Sun Times, E! Online, Film.com, PlanetOut, Turner Home Entertainment, and TV Guide Entertainment Network.

Like any successful miner, Scott Kurnit, the company's chairman and CEO, was able to sift through the dirt to find the nuggets. He pointed out a number of Q1 milestones in a press release issued Tuesday. Among them, he said, was the upgrade of the entire user interface network from 13 to 18 channels, the launch of the MiningCo.com Finance Center, expansion of its sales staff from nine to 24, the launch of a company-owned electronic card store and an agreement with broadcast.com to host the company's live and on-demand radio programming, which is scheduled to start sometime in the second quarter.

Best Buy is also getting more serious about its online opportunities, spokeswoman Joy Harris told the E-Commerce Times. John Walden, former head of Internet grocer Peapod Inc., joined Best Buy's staff this week as president of its e-commerce division with plans to beef up the company's offerings. "We do have a plan [to expand online sales]," Harris said. "We just don't have a timeline [ready] to be made public yet." ...

The alliance provides for HP and BEA to jointly staff e-commerce solution centers throughout the world for helping customers build and deploy EAI and e-commerce solutions. In addition, HP and BEA will provide consulting services through HP Consulting and BEA Professional Services.

However, sites like the Motley Fool and the Raging Bull also include rich original content, produced by a staff of writers and editors. For now, ClearStation only provides links to other financial sites for news and commentary ...

Early indications are not good. AOL is reportedly going to slash Netscape's programming staff, moving many functions onto Sun Microsystems Inc., its marketing partner for server software. But despite the success of Java, Sun is basically a hardware company, not a software company.

Indeed, Rosenblatt and his staff have taken steps to ensure iMall's longevity. The company launched Stuff.com, a second consumer oriented shopping mall currently offering nearly 2.5 million products, according to the company. Rather than taking the company in a completely different direction from its existing iMall.com site, Stuff.com represents an additional consumer intake point for iMall products.

Since Mr. Forbes claims to be the Internet Candidate, maybe his staff will know that many references to his name in this file might draw it to the top of the search engines. Here are some of the questions I might ask him: Mr. Forbes, do you stand with users or America Online ...