EBay Buys Price-Predicting Startup Decide, Adds to Seattle OfficeXconomyOne of Seattle's best-pedigreed tech startups is joining a big name in the industry. Decide, a price-forecasting service formed by veterans of the Farecast team, has been acquired by online shopping giant eBay for an undisclosed sum. Decide's team … More: continued …

Bull vs. Bear: eBayMotley FooleBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY ) Marketplace and PayPal businesses are undoubtedly two of the most wonderful, asset-light, cash-minting businesses on the planet. Yet with the stock market up nearly 20% so far in 2013, eBay's stock has flatlined. What is the … More: continued here

Royal Mail Seeks 350 New Staff To Help Sort The Tyneside Christmas PostSky Tyne and WearRoyal Mail's managing director of operations and modernisation, Mark Higson, said: "Christmas is the busiest time of the year for Royal Mail and we plan all year round to help ensure we deliver the best …

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Royal Mail puts recruitment of 21000 on Christmas listRecruiterThe Royal Mail is kicking off its Christmas recruitment campaign to hire 21,100 people for seasonal roles across the UK – the same number of temporary hires as last year. While summer seems only just on its way out, the Royal Mail …

Ipswich Royal Mail centre union ballot over job lossesBBC NewsRoyal Mail workers in Ipswich are being balloted on industrial action over the proposed transfer of posts to Essex. The company announced it was looking to move processing jobs to Chelmsford as part of a national reorganisation. The Communication … More: continued …

eBay acquires price comparison engine Decide; will shut its services down by …EngadgetCredit where it's due: eBay recognized that the online auction train wouldn't keep chugging along at a breakneck rate, so it's snapping up complementary companies in order to better bolster its portfolio. A few years, PayPal; today, Decide. …

EBay Decides to Snatch Up Decide.comWall Street Journal (blog)EBay has agreed to purchase price-research firm Decide.com, giving it access to predictive software that could help sellers set prices on its own site. The deal gives eBay access to Seattle-based Decide.com's database of online prices. Decide.com helps … More: continued here

eBay Buys Price Research Company Decide.comMotley FoolEcommerce giant eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) announced today on its blog that it has acquired price research firm Decide.com. The official terms of the deal were not disclosed in the announcement, but it is expected that all of Decide's services, website, and … More: continued …

Rare Pikachu Illustrator Card Up For Auction on Ebay, Bidding Starts at $100000GeekosystemI think every nerd my age had that sad day in their childhood when they realized the Pokémon cards they'd been collecting weren't really going to be worth anything in the future. Scott Pratte presumably does not have …