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Aug. 22--Now that it has the grocery home delivery market to itself in the Boston area, Peapod Inc. iseliminating free deliveries in a bid to boost its profitability.

Amazon.com is looking beyond individual consumers with anew program intended to attract organizations such as libraries, schools andbusinesses.

Kmart Corporation's (NYSE:KM) Bluelight.com subsidiarytoday announced that they have signed an e-commerce agreement with Global Sports(NASDAQ:GSPT) to provide services for the company's online shopping site.

Target Corp. on Tuesday reported earnings per share for the second quarter ended August 4, 2001 of 30 cents, compared with 28 cents in the second quarter ended July 29, 2000.

Liquidation specialists have gotten fat selling the assets of dead dot-coms, but there is one type of asset they may have overlooked. Website Recycling Company, or Webreco, an online spinoff of the nearly 100-year-oldliquidation company Gordon Brothers, intends to resell or license software mostly from defuncttechnology companies.

Fleming on Monday announced that the company is affirming its previously announced guidance for 2001 adjusted earnings of $1.96 per share, as well as its 2002 and 2003 guidance of $2.50 per share and $3.30 per share, respectively.

Dutch supermarkets group Koninklijke Ahold NV said on Friday it had agreed to settle a lawsuit brought against it by U.S. shareholders in its Internet grocery unit Peapod (NasdaqNM:PPOD - news).

The Penn Traffic Company (Nasdaq: PNFT - news) announced today that same store sales for the second quarter ended August 4, 2001, increased 0.7% from the comparable prior year period.