Archive for May, 2006

Arizona Republic: 
Spoof. It rhymes with poof. And for Kris Kwan, the result was the same. He was the victim of a spoof e-mail that made $1,800 go poof.
It all started when Kris tried to find a video camera on eBay. He’s an aspiring filmmaker who’s planning to shoot his first movie next month. Unlike Steven […]

auctionbytes: 
Global Sources Ltd. and HC International Inc. announced plans to form what it calls China’s largest B2B strategic alliance. HC International is a leading Chinese B2B ecommerce service provider, and Global Sources is a leading global provider of integrated B2B websites, magazines and trade shows. Together, they operate 72 industry-focused websites serving approximately 4 million […]

heise online: 
According to a report in the US daily New York Post, Microsoft is thinking hard about taking over the online auction eBay. The paper got its information from “several sources close to the negotiations.” Microsoft would then take over eBay and integrate it in its own MSN portal.

Both Microsoft and eBay seem to want […]

indychannel: 
A woman who was embroiled in a billing dispute with auction giant eBay hopes her story will get people to think twice about giving companies direct access to their bank accounts.
 
Music is life for Lana Kuhn. She has a piano or organ in every room of her home. 
Among Kuhn’s collection are a baby grand piano […]

auctionbytes: 
Infopia has integrated its eBay management solution Marketplace Manager V 6.2 with Salesforce.com’s AppExchange. The beta release will allow eBay sellers to expand their Customer Relationship Management operations and offers Salesforce.com customers the ability to tap into the eBay marketplace from within their Salesforce implementation. Infopia is an eBay Developers Program member and an eBay […]

Joplin Globe:
It’s not just an auction site any more. You can buy and sell with the traditional bidding format, but another option is the eBay store. This realm is one of the best kept secrets around — not because eBay is trying to keep it secret, but because buyers just aren’t familiar with the eBay […]

eBay: 
I’d like to share an important piece of news with our Community. eBay and Yahoo! have signed an agreement to work closer together in ways that will benefit both of our communities of users. I want to explain some of the details of this agreement and how they’ll benefit both buyers and sellers in the […]

DNA Money: 
eBay India, the Indian arm of auction site eBay.com, one of the most popular shopping websites, on Wednesday released some trends of its consumers. According to Ambareesh Murty, director - category management - eBay India, the most searched item by keyword on the site is ‘trains’, even though the company doesn’t sell any trains, […]

Seattle P.I.: 
Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google and Microsoft.
Shares of both companies rose after the news.
Under the multiyear partnership announced Thursday, the Silicon Valley companies will draw upon each other’s strengths in online advertising, payments and […]

 Blogging Stocks:
Sure, it’s fun to speculate that Internet titans Google, eBay, Microsoft, or Yahoo! could merge in some way. And maybe eBay and Yahoo! is the most likely of any of the possible combinations, as this article posits.
But I take all the talk about such mega-deals with a grain of salt. Here’s why:
- Internet companies […]