Archive for March 19th, 2007

  • Is It Really Time to Buy eBay Stock?

    The Street appears to be growing more optimistic that eBay’s (EBAY) first quarter results could beat expectations.
    J.P. Morgan’s Imran Khan wrote today that based on analysis of both listings and revenue per listing, he is “comfortable� that the company is “tracking ahead of Street consensus� for the quarter of $1.71 billion in revenue and profits [...]

  • Charity Group Auctions Off Enron Executives Desks

    Once the centre of power, the desk of former Enron Corp founder and chief executive officer Ken Lay is up for sale on eBay Inc.
    The Houston-based charity Saving Animals Across Borders is also auctioning the desk that Jeffrey Skilling and Richard Kinder used when they were presidents of the now-defunct energy company.
    Lay and Skilling, who [...]

  • USPS Partnering Up with eBay to Help Sellers

    The U.S. Postal Service, which has lost many customers to cyber communication, is increasing online appeal by strengthening its eBay association.
    More than 75 area eBayers attended seminars Friday at the Gary main post office on Martin Luther King Drive, learninghow they could use the post office to ship CDs,books, antiques and other wares.
    “We have a [...]

  • Skypes High Tech Speakerphone - The Polycom Communicator

    At the other end of the VoIP spectrum are the phones that you use when you aren’t mobile. This one is from Polycom, and it has the ubiquitous name of Communicator.
    This Skype-based phone is basically a snazzy-looking speakerphone. Click on the Communicator to make or take phone calls, without the hassle of a headset. Built [...]

  • Skype Slowing Moving Into The Corporate World

    There are many good reasons why Skype is slowly making its way into the corporate world: It’s free, and you can forget about country codes, telephone numbers, and long-distance bills. With a mouse click, you’re talking, or even video­conferencing, with any of the 170 million Skype users worldwide. But there are also good reasons why [...]

  • AuctionBytes Follow Up On eBays Shift

    Last summer, there was a seismic shift in the online-auction industry when eBay significantly increased fees for Store inventory and urged sellers to move items from Stores to the core auction platform. These moves came after eBay had heavily promoted Stores and had given Store listings more exposure on core early in the year, leaving [...]