Auction Sellers: – EBay to partner with Chinese company in broad strategic shift

EBay to partner with Chinese company in broad strategic shift 
SAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. will open a new Chinese Web site as part of a joint-venture with a Beijing-based Internet company, signaling a strategic shift in the online auction company’s Chinese operations.

Post office offers free eBay seminars 
The U.S. Postal Service will offer four free seminars in January on how to buy and sell on eBay , the auction Web site. Attendees will receive free an eBay University CD that usually sells for $20.

eBay’s Strategy for Penetrating the China Market 
The eBay decision to close its Web site in China and instead take a 49 percent stake in an electronic-commerce joint venture with Tom Online is the latest sign that local knowledge and connections matter in the Chinese market. While Tom Online has suffered a series of commercial setbacks during the past three years, no one questions that it knows the Chinese market and has political influence.

The year in news: a look back at 2006 
The year 2006 saw the Bangor and West Salem areas make many efforts to impliment positive changes within the community.

Woman turns her pain into teens gain 
At a holiday party last month, empathetic tears welled up in the eyes of several teenage girls as they listened to Lea Lakeside-Scott tell them about her terrible childhood. I came from an abusive home, she said. My parents are the reason that none of my siblings are alive …

ECommerce Guide: Tips and Trends from 2006 
With a look back at 2006, and an eye on the New Year, we provide tips for successful online commerce gleaned from the experts we’ve interviewed on 10 topics and trends, as well as from research done in the fourth-quarter. Here’s wishing everyone a prosperous 2007.

Domino’s Teams with eBay for Online Treasure Hunt 
Contestants can find and follow clues to deals on iPods, flat screen TVs and other prizes.

N.J. lays plans to interdict online fencing operations 
Following major Internet fencing-ring arrests in other states, a key New Jersey lawmaker says he wants to crack down on stolen goods sold through online auction sites.

State auction hauls in $350,000 
SPRINGFIELD — While Illinois officials didnt sell any rare autographed books or used PlayStation games, the state used online auctions to make more than $350,000 last year cleaning its own closets.

FCC Blesses AT&T, BellSouth Merger 
AT&T’s Ed Whitacre finally gets his prize: the country’s largest telco.

Auction Sellers: – The Easy Way to Make Money on eBay

The Easy Way to Make Money on eBay 
(ARA) – For a mom working from home, a part-time second job, or as a hobby that pays, you can make extra money selling on eBay. All you need is a computer and a few hours.

Domino’s Pizza Runs eBay Promotion 
Domino’s Pizza will launch a promotion on eBay in conjunction with its “Anything Goes Deal” marketing campaign. Beginning January 1, Domino’s will sell a variety of premium items on eBay.com for $9.99 through an “online treasure hunt.”

2 accused of selling stolen goods on eBay plead not guilty in Fargo 
FARGO, N.D. – Two people accused of running a shoplifting ring on the Internet have pleaded not guilty to five felony charges, including money laundering. Michelle Kartes of Moorhead, Minn., and David Soldier of Fargo made their initial appearances in federal court Friday. Authorities said they sold more than $800,000 worth of items on the online auction site eBay. “This is a case where the …

EBay finding China a hard sell 
New local partner admission of trouble If only eBay Inc. had listened to Chinese Web users such as Gong Yunzhe.

Couple charged in shoplifting ring 
FARGO (AP) – Two people accused of running a shoplifting ring on the Internet have pleaded not guilty to five felony charges, including money laundering.

N.J. lays plans to interdict online fencing operations 
Following major Internet fencing-ring arrests in other states, a key New Jersey lawmaker says he wants to crack down on stolen goods sold through online auction sites.

Auction Sellers: – Bidders get another chance to buy jet on eBay

Bidders get another chance to buy jet on eBay
Anchorage Daily News – So far, it’s cost a few hundred dollars to try to sell the jet on eBay, said Dan Spencer director of administrative services for the Department of Public Safety. If that doesn’t work, it may be time to try the more expensive option of an aircraft

Postal Council Helps Mailers Learn More
Ledger – At the Heartland council’s latest event in October, more than 200 people crowded into the Lakeland Hills Boulevard post office to learn how to sell their products on eBay, the fast-growing online marketplace. Emanuel Miller, looking to sell a prized

Alleged ‘pirates’ out of movie biz
Grand Rapids Press – Terms of a settlement filed with a federal court in California ordered Wingert to pay Fox an undisclosed amount of cash and agree not to sell any more movies. Jeanette Wingert’s eBay site had offered new DVDs of animated features for as little as $6

Statesman Staff
Idaho Statesman – with the stolen merchandise. Boise Police detectives worked with retailers and the eBay officials to recover the items that had been shoplifted from numerous retail stores over the past few months. The suspects would re-sell the items on eBay at

REVIEW OF THE YEAR 2006 – October
Hendon & Finchley Times – Conservative leader David Cameron paid a controversial visit to London Academy, Green Lane, Edgware (see September). Mr Cameron signed autographs for some pupils, who said they planned to sell them on eBay. Mr Cameron had warm words for Labour’s city

Marsh & McLennan Shares Drop in Europe on Report It Agreed to Sell
Bloomberg – Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — U.S. consumers shopping for the holidays over the Internet spent 26 percent more than they did a year ago, stepping up purchases of electronics and books in the week leading to Christmas. Online sales for the 56 days through

State auction hauls in $350,000
Pantagraph – Craig Barnes of Decatur is a sort of online auctions expert, running a shop in Decatur that helps people sell items on eBay.com. He says an online auction often can fetch more money than a typical sale because the nature of the bidding process can

Auction Sellers: – UPDATE: EBay To Partner With Chinese Portal

UPDATE: EBay To Partner With Chinese Portal 
SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) — Rather than continue to go it alone in China, eBay has decided to operate an auction Web site in partnership with major Chinese Internet portal Tom Online Inc., according to a source familiar with the plans.

Bollywood memorabilia finds many takers on the internet 
Arvinder Kaur, New Delhi, Dec 27: Hollywood memorabilia auctions fetch millions of dollars every year. Though Bollywood is yet to reach those heights, online auction and sale of memorabilia from Hindi films is fast picking up worldwide.

Sector Wrap: Online Retail Retreats 
Shares of Web retailers dipped Monday, even as a report indicated online holiday shopping broke records last week.

Worldbeat: Bo knew Chinese auctions; eBay didn’t 
( InfoWorld ) – Listed in category: Everything Else Weird Stuff Really Weird Buy It Now! price: US$40 million plus your China subsidiary. Free shipping within China. Description: After three years of pioneering e-commerce work in China, and seeing its subsidiary’s market share drop from 90 percent to about 30 percent, eBay Inc. put eBay EachNet on the block Wednesday, choosing to sell …

eBay to downgrade presence in China 
SAN JOSE, California (AFP) – EBay announced on Tuesday that it will hand over control of its main website in China to Beijing-based TOM Online in the hope a local offering will prosper where the US firm floundered.

Business thrives in online auctions 
The company: Main Street Auctions is a brokerage service that helps people, businesses and non-profit organizations sell merchandise on eBay, the global online auction site. Founders Scott Simpson and Brian Kehoe started the company in 2003. Their inspiration was the successful sale of a rowing machine on eBay for $127 after it failed to sell at a family garage sale. “I’m constantly amazed at the …

EBay to Shut China Site, Join Tom Online, Person Says (Update1) 
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. will close its primary China Web site and form a partnership with Beijing-based Tom Online Inc. to boost traffic in the world’s second-biggest Internet market, a person familiar with the situation said.

Affiliate Marketers Raise Over $20,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada 
Affiliate Summit 2007 West, a three day conference starting on January 21 in Las Vegas, includes a charity event where $22,225 has been raised to date for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada. (PRWeb Dec 20, 2006) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/zingpr.php/UHJvZi1TcXVhLUhhbGYtVGhpci1NYWduLVplcm8=

Auction Sellers: – Shoppers not sold on eBay Express

Shoppers not sold on eBay Express
Baltimore Sun – EBay makes its money by charging sellers commissions on auctions and on goods sold through Web pages on the site. When she has received upbeat feedback from customers who like the site’s focus on new items and says eBay plans to “continue to make

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Dell launches effort to rejuvenate itself after series of issues
Greenwich Time – Your Money reasonable expenses, we don’t recommend it because we think it is difficult to make Largest positions are Cisco Systems, Intel, Symantec, eBay, Bed Bath & Beyond, Gap

5 Minutes or Less
Motley Fool – But it’s time to ban the excuses and make some important changes in your life for The money is yours; be sure to claim it. Increase your contribution amount to your of losing a valued customer. Search Froogle , Bizrate , Mysimon , Buy.com , and eBay for

Sweeping Up
Ledger – are likely to be junk circulars or bills – indirect or direct demands for money. Make me your winner!” Lovern subscribes to sweepstakes newsletters, and she has of her winnings – a script for the TV show “Stargate SG-1″ fetched $400 on eBay

How to Make a Podcast
KOLD-TV – By using the Internet, you can save yourself time and money, while creating a unique With enough vector-based, artsy t-shirts to make a graphics design major drool eBay ( www.ebay.com ) The auction site we ve all come to know and love (or hate

Top Security Threats for 2007
PC World – to draw attention to themselves, as the main motivation for cybercrime now is money will increase, using fake sign-in pages for popular online services such as eBay. Parasitic malware that modifies existing files on a disk will make a comeback.

No more expense haggling
Louisville Courier-Journal – They said they’re exploring options such as working with an online payment service like eBay’s PayPal or a bank. Doing so Of course these days you don’t have to make money. There’s YouTube after all,” he said. “I think the plan for Buxfer probably is

Auction Sellers: – MarketBlast Survey Measures eBay Seller Satisfaction

MarketBlast Survey Measures eBay Seller Satisfaction 
The more time and focus an eBay seller places on their eBay business, the more confident and satisfied they are in their business and future potential. This is the principal finding of The eBay Seller Confidence and Satisfaction Report, a survey conducted by the developers of eBay auction management software MarketBlast.

Auction Sellers: – Who’s Your Go Daddy?

Who’s Your Go Daddy? 
To get a sense of how Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons leads his life, just ask for a ride in Mad Max. That’s the vehicle he keeps at his office, deep in a nondescript business park amid the sprawl that is Scottsdale, Ariz. Max, as Parsons affectionately calls it, is a customized Jeep Rubicon Unlimited: Quarter-inch armor lining makes brushes with boulders a nonissue. A steel bar on Max’s front end …

Boeing wins $2B order for C-17 transports 
Boeing won a U.S. Air Force contract valued at as much as $2 billion to produce more C-17 transport aircraft. The award will fund the purchase of 10 aircraft, the U.S. Defense Department said in a statement Monday.

A web of giving 
Technology provides a new approach to helping others. The biggest plus is that even small donations can make a big difference because of the sheer volume of givers.

Auction Sellers: – EBay Or Not To eBay?

EBay Or Not To eBay? 
Study: “Forward-looking Bidding in Online Auctions”

Guitar fatigue sends musicians back to the ukulele 
For a little instrument, the ukulele carries big baggage. It has not been a utensil for hip musicians. But the uke is in different hands now and enjoying a peculiar renaissance.

eBay taps FreeFlow for private auction services 
In a deal that could bring online auctions into the mainstream among electronics multinationals, eBay Inc., the biggest name in online auctions, has teamed up with FreeFlow, an Intenet-auction service provider that has, until now, focused in the high-tech sector.

eBay Scuttles China Venture 
Hours after announcing plans to leave China, EBay made it official. The online auctioneer will scuttle eBay EachNet, its online, person-to-person trading operation based in Shanghai.

eBay CEO Whitman says company ‘not fading’ from China – UPDATE 
SHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) – Meg Whitman, chief executive of US online auction firm eBay Inc, said a deal that will give Hong Kong-backed TOM Online Inc majority control of its eBay Eachnet Chinese auction site did not mean the company would fade from China.

Hogmanay tickets selling for six times cover price despite late release 
Online ticket touts are making a killing from Hogmanay party revellers by charging up to six times the cover price for tickets despite attempts by organisers to put them off.

Action Line: Customer survey shows near-record satisfaction 
You are probably a happy customer. I don’t know this from the flow of mail, e-mail, faxes and phone calls with your complaints because, after all, I am the complaint department.

Ebay switches tack in China 
Ebays decision to close its main online auction website in China and replace it with a minority-invested joint venture is a stark illustration of the difficulties suffered by foreign internet companies in the country.

Tom Online: eBay’s Last China Card 
The auction giant’s hookup with the well-connected, Hong Kong-based, Internet outfit signals a retreat on the mainland from eBay’s core biz

TECH TICKER 
Alex Kazim, president of eBay’s Skype Internet-telephone service, will rejoin the parent company as it looks for new ways to grow.

Auction Sellers: – eBay Watch: Executive Problems at Skype and News From the eBay China Rumor Mill

eBay Watch: Executive Problems at Skype and News From the eBay China Rumor Mill 
OnlyEBAY submits: Some key development for eBay watchers: Executive Problems at Skype In pretty disturbing and developing news, we heard from Om Malik that seven-year eBay professional Alex Kazim is no longer heading up Skype.

eBay to shutter site in China 
eBay plans to shutter its main auction site serving China and replace it with one majority owned and run by a Chinese company, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

EBay Partners With Chinese Company to Ov 
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) EBay Inc. CEO Meg Whitman emphasized her commitment to the Chinese e-commerce market Tuesday, announcing a new Web site and joint venture with a Beijing-based Internet company.

EBay Partners With FreeFlow To Build Out B-To-B Inventory Services 
FreeFlow will help eBay expand its business-to-business offerings to companies looking to get rid of excess, aging, returned, and refurbished inventory.

Recent Artist news 
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is planning to open a riding school for mothers with young children, reports Yahoo!. The singer gave birth to baby daughter Bluebell Madonna in May and finds cantering around a paddock the perfect escape from the stresses of motherhood.

A big change in China for eBay 
Online auctioneer ready to replace its main Web site in world’s most populous country with another run by Beijing-based firm, which will control 51% of venture.

Auction Sellers: – Diana concert tickets sell out in minutes

Diana concert tickets sell out in minutes
Reuters – Diana concert tickets sell out in minutes is 45 pounds ($89) each, although they attracted bids of up to 500 pounds each on the online auction site www.ebay.co.uk

Holy Chip
Meriden Record-Journal – Erica Scott, Kaleigh’s 7-year-old sister, wanted to sell the chip on eBay and use the money for a trip to Disney World. She heard a rumor about a piece of cereal in the shape of a cross being sold on eBay. However, mom says that there are no plans to

Peterson home may go to highest bidder
Modesto Bee – He has been trying to sell the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home at 523 Covena Ave. since July, saying he had trouble making As real estate sales took a dive, he lowered the price and tried hawking the home on eBay, saying he had little interest in a

SR stores brace for final Nintendo Wii madness
Santa Rosa Press Democrat – On eBay, Wiis are selling for nearly double the $250 retail price. Several stores are expected to promote the Wiis heavily in By year’s end, Nintendo is expected to sell 1.4 million Wiis in North America since its Nov. 19 launch, according to American