Book release pits Amazon against local bookstores
The stampede to get the latest "Harry Potter" book is opening a window into the ongoing battle between Amazon.com and independent bookstores. (01:50 PM 6/20/00)

Furniture.com gets cash after close call
On its last leg, the online retailer of sofas, lamps and other home decor receives a sorely needed cash infusion of $27 million. (01:30 PM 6/20/00)

Earnings warnings pound some tech shares
As the second quarter nears a close, analysts and investors are having trouble digesting a steady diet of earnings warnings. (12:50 PM 6/20/00)

Pink Dot changes name, expands into 30 cities
The regional home grocer is changing its company name to PD Quick as it expands operations to 30 new U.S. cities over the next several months. (12:05 PM 6/20/00)

Embattled Peapod moves into southern New England
The online grocer, which just a few months ago had one foot in the grave, plans to offer Web shopping and delivery services in southern Connecticut. (10:55 AM 6/20/00)

E-business the next frontier for Big Blue
IBM's Net Generation Business unit plans to provide hardware, software, services and financing to start-ups to help cut the costs of starting a business. (06:30 AM 6/20/00)

PlanetRx warns revenues will miss estimates
The online drugstore warns that its second-quarter revenue will be about $9 million and that remaining revenue for fiscal 2000 will also miss estimates. (12:15 AM 6/20/00)

Tech stocks drive Nasdaq, Dow upward
A late-day surge led by technology companies helps propel the markets into positive territory to start the week. (05:30 PM 6/19/00)

DoubleClick drops on lower ad sales projections
The Internet advertising company's shares drop 3.7 percent after an analyst lowers revenue estimates and says online ad sales are slowing. (04:40 PM 6/19/00)

MicroStrategy shares perk up following cash infusion
The customer-management software maker's stock is buoyed on news that the company has raised $125 million via a private stock placement. (04:30 PM 6/19/00)

Kozmo postpones IPO, lays off 24 employees
The online convenience store is delaying plans for a public offering and has laid off 24 workers at its New York headquarters. (04:20 PM 6/19/00)

Shares of S1 slide on revenue forecasts
The online financial services company hits $22--a far cry from its close of $129.25 in February. Shares have fallen more than 70 percent this year. (02:45 PM 6/19/00)

Commerce One admits it's only mulling a merger
The business-to-business software maker backs off its earlier announcement that it had finished negotiating a merger with AppNet. (01:35 PM 6/19/00)

Study: Net ad revenue to grow to $28 billion by 2005
Within five years, the Web is expected to account for nearly 6 percent of all advertising worldwide. (12:10 PM 6/19/00)