EToys to Shut British Web Site

EToys Inc. will close its Web site in Britain on Jan. 19 as it tries to reduce losses, according to the Internet toy retailer’s Web site. The company is cutting prices by half for all merchandise, the site said. Officials at EToys were not immediately available for comment on how many people would be fired or whether the company’s other site in Britain, Baby Centre, also would close. Shares of Santa Monica-based EToys closed unchanged at 22 cents on Nasdaq.