1.   And Wall Street brokerage firms and other trading and software firms are scrambling to form alliances to compete in the new electronic trading marketplace.

2.   At stake is nothing less than world domination of the electronic marketplace using high-tech computer graphics as ammo and old-fashioned elbow grease as fuel.

3.   At the heart of that economy will be a vast electronic marketplace in business services, already taking shape.

4.   Banks should learn to elbow their way for shelf space in the electronic marketplace the way consumer-products companies battle for display in grocery stores, he added.

5.   A few months ago, Gillette joined a business-to-business electronic marketplace aimed at reducing purchasing and procurement costs.

6.   A similar view is gaining currency in Congress, where lawmakers are looking to outlaw Internet taxes to keep the electronic marketplace healthy.

7.   But Postal officials admit that part of the reason for the plan is to seize a toehold in the rapidly expanding electronic marketplace.

8.   But the Internet has accelerated the demand, as companies race to enter the global electronic marketplace.

9.   By the millennium, the result could be the initial stages of a global electronic marketplace.

10.   Efoodmanager.de, based in Dusseldorf, started last year as an electronic marketplace for fresh produce and has expanded into products for the baking industry.