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* Zero.net Inc., which owns a 12.5% stake in Long Beach-based B2bstores.com, has entered into talks about acquiring the rest of the business-to-business e-commerce site. B2bstores.com Chairman Richard Kandel said the company intends to hire an investment bank to help it assess what course of action to take. B2bstores.com shares fell 25 cents to close at $4.38 on the Nasdaq Small-Cap Market. The company also said that three of its five board members resigned. Meanwhile, San Francisco-based Zero.net said it also was holding talks about acquiring the rest of Envision Development Corp., a Massachusetts-based e-commerce company of which it owns 41.5%.