Beyond.com agrees to buy software seller BuyDirect

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Beyond.com Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire BuyDirect for approximately $133.7 million in shares. The deal combines two of the largest sellers of computer software on the Internet. The deal signals Beyond.com's first major purchase since it went public in 1998. The deal also reflects the growing trend towards consolidation on the Internet.

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Beyond.com to acquire BuyDirect for approximately $133.7

Asset sales & divestitures, Acquisitions & mergers, Computer Stores, Computer and Software Stores, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Abstract, Beyond.com Corp., BuyDirect

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Drug Maker Protests Dispensing on Web, But It Still Takes Off

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New York, NY-based Pfizer Inc. reported that it is unable to halt the sale of its Viagra impotency drug on drug Web sites. Jersey, Channel Islands-based Spar Pharmacy and Jersey, Channel Islands-based Direct Response Marketing both offer Viagra to online consumers.

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Marketing procedures, Drugs, New Electronic Marketing, Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing, Surgical and medical instruments, Surgical & Medical Instruments, Channel Islands, Management, Pharmaceutical industry, Marketing, Pfizer Inc., Medical equipment, Medical equipment industry, PFE, Viagra (Medication), Surgical equipment and supplies industry, Channel Islands (United Kingdom), Direct Response Marketing Inc.

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An odd coalition puts Internet taxes on U.S. agenda

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Traditional retailers lobby Congress as it considers how to handle the use of sales tax on the Internet.

Taxes, Retail Stores, Taxation, Internet, Retail industry, Retail trade, Political activity

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