In a story entitled “What’s in a domain name? Serious money” the International Herald Tribune has covered Domain Investing, spurred by the auction at DomainFest. [via blog.cmnn.com]

InterActiveCorp (IACI) said it acquired a minority stake in the HealthCentral Network. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. HealthCentral Network is a collection of more than 30 condition-specific and healthy living Web sites that combine health information with community support. [via CNN Money]

Domain Name News is always on the lookout for new tools or sites that can save time or make more money with domains. We recently stumbled on a handy tool called Domain Auction Cleaner.

While the domaining industry continues to get larger, the need for domaining education is also becoming more prevalent. Yes, there is a lot of potential to make money in this business, but there are also many complex money-making strategies and ideas that are often skipped over by a domainer who doesn’t fully understand the marketplace. DomainNameNews [...]

According to Internet Retailer NetShops, Inc plans to add 30-50 online stores to it’s portfolio in 2008. The Omaha, Nebraska, web-based retailer is #104 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide and operates over 200 specialty retail sites.

DomainsBot announced today that it has completed a minority investment from Sedo. The company provides Domain Name suggestion tools and services to registrar partners and aftermarket companies.

The domain space has already seen rocker Joe Higgins and his band The Likes of You competing on reality-TV, and now we can root for another domain guy who’ll be appearing on a popular TV game show. Christian Higgins, Account Manager at Parked.com (no relation to Joe) will be appearing with his fiancée on [...]

Salient Properties and Domain Strategies have joined together to create a new company, WiFi.Com, LLC. By teaming up to develop WiFi.com, the companies believe that they will be able to grow the domain into a leading technology center for the WiFi industry. In 2006, WiFi.com was purchased by Stuart Wood, President of Salient Properties, for $225,000. [...]

Domain blogs have been buzzing about Google and ICANN’s recent move to “kill domain tasting”. Upon a closer look Domain Name News felt that initial reports were largely exaggerated . Naturally that exaggeration perpetuated through out the web with a myriad of other bloggers like Jay, Sahar, Brett, Elliot, John Levine and even ZDnet and TechCrunch [...]

In a story first seen at The Register, Myspace.com has reportedly won an arbitration proceeding against Total Web Solutions, the former owners of Myspace.co.uk.