Archive for April, 2008

Reserve Bank could scuttle eBay’s plans - BizTech - Technology - theage.com.au
eBay’s plan to force all of its users on to PayPal faces opposition from the Reserve Bank, which is considering weighing in to the issue.The Central Bank has long called for buyers and sellers to have as much choice as possible in what payment […]

State Auctioning Unclaimed Items On eBay - News Story - WISC Madison
A state auction is offering the chance to purchase its unclaimed property on eBay.Thirty-seven items went on the auction block at noon on Monday. The auction lasts 10 days, WISC-TV reported.
Under Wisconsin law, after five years of inactivity, financial institutions must hand over the […]

High Bidders Get F-14 Parts on the Web
GAO study finds sensitive military items for sale on eBay and Craigslist.On any random day, more than 114 million items are listed for sale on eBay.
More than 6 million new items are listed every day through 39 trading platforms worldwide. Craigslist, while smaller in scope and localized to […]

EBay shares fall on UK auction listings drop | Markets | Hot Stocks | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of eBay Inc (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell as much as 4 percent after the company saw a sharp decline in new auction listings in Britain, its third-largest market, Deutsche Bank said in research note on […]

eBay hits back at boycotters - Retail & Leisure - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
eBay has hit back at a proposed seller boycott over changes to the site that will mean sellers won’t be able to post negative feedback.From May, eBay is banning sellers from posting negative feedback in order to avoid unjustified […]

eBay Snoring, Skype Roaring - GigaOM
Skype continued its strong growth trajectory, reporting $126 million in revenue for the quarter, representing 61% year-over-year growth. Skype added 33 million registered users in the quarter, ending the period with more than 309 million registered users around the world. Skype now has the largest registered user base within eBay […]

24/7 Wall St.: EBay (EBAY): Spinning Off PayPal
EBay (EBAY) can post pretty good results, and the market does not care. Yesterday, the online auction company put up an earnings increase of 26% on a revenue pop of 24% to almost $2.2 billion. EBay was a bit cautious about what would happen the rest of the […]

EBay profit gains 22% on higher fees
EBay Inc., the world’s largest Internet auctioneer, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates on increased selling fees and higher revenue from its PayPal payment service.Net income climbed 22 per cent to $459.7 million, or 34 cents a share, from $377.2 million, or 27 cents, a year earlier, EBay […]

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Call Graph is handy piece of freeware for all you Skype junkies out there. It’ll let you record your conversations in MP3. So should you want to listen to a particularly funny conversation you had with Aunt Sally in Bolivia on your iPod, it’s possible. It’s also a […]

eBay Delists Compromised Vista Laptop | WebProNews
There are a few things that we all know are banned from eBay: alcohol, guns, dead bodies. And it seems we can add “hacked computers” to the list, as the auction site recently cracked down on a mildly famous example.Shane Macaulay tried to sale laptop
Shane Macaulay
Last week, Shane Macaulay […]