Asbestos-filled toys illegally imported (The Age)

Express.co.uk Turkey BAN people from seeing Charlie Hebdo front cover online as magazine …Express.co.ukThe new edition of Charlie Hebdo was selling for more than £95,000 on eBay this morning as the world clambered to buy a copy of the satirical French magazine. In an emotional act of defiance, the satirical magazine features a caricature of…

eBay: Still The Same Old StorySeeking AlphaeBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) reported Q3 results with an in-line revenue and a slight beat on EPS off an already low expectation. Shares were higher +9% post earnings as the market were encouraged by the beat, but a couple things worth noting. First, the bottom … More: continued here

Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — EBay Inc. , the most-visited U.S. e-commerce site, reported fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates, boosted by the holiday shopping season and the sale of its Skype Internet-calling business. More: continued here

Marine charged with lying in stolen gear caseMarine Corps TimesAP LOS ANGELES — A recently retired Marine in central California was arrested Monday on charges of lying to the government about the international sale of US military equipment, a scheme that was discovered because some of the gear appeared on eBay.Fraud indictment for Calif. Marine…

BBC News eBay removes 'Hawaiian sand' listingsBBC NewsEBay has removed items listed for sale on its website that claimed to contain small amounts of Hawaiian sand. The sand, from various parts of Hawaii, ranged in price from $3.50 (£2.60) to $35, the Hawaii-Tribune Herald said. It is illegal to remove …EBay removes listings of Hawaii…

The on-again off-again speculation about eBay looking to sell Skype came up again last week in the often-unreliable Times UK, and yet again, some quarterbacking from various sources about who could be interested. More: continued here