Google apparently is readying an electronic payment service to compete with eBay's PayPal, according to a research note issued today by financial analysts Piper … Read the whole story

In hopes of extending its cachet with kids, Viacom's MTV Networks on Monday said it acquired Web content company Neopets for about $160 million. Read the whole story

In a move spurred by traditional marketers' growing interest in Web advertising, WPP's Millward Brown on Friday purchased online research company Dynamic Logic. Purchase … Read the whole story

Teenagers and adults in their 20s view peer-to-peer networks far more favorably than consumers who are older than 30, according to a report released … Read the whole story