The first mortgage note on 292 Madison Ave. has been sold by Royal Bank of Scotland to an entity controlled by JEMB for about $30 million. The $60 million face value mortgage was taken out by Haim Revah and Jacob Abikzer’s Metropolitan Realty Partners who control the building through… More: …

Craigslist, embattled over the most recent allegations of sex trafficking and underage prostitution, pointed their finger at eBay yesterday. Craigslist has put significant efforts into moderating inappropriate listings on their site, says CEO Jim Buckmaster . But eBay continues to accept the worst kind of ads, depicting “young Asian females …

Ebay Takes Down US Access To Loquo Amid Sex Trafficking AllegationsTechCrunchBut eBay continues to accept the worst kind of ads, depicting “young Asian females engaged in unprotected sex” on its Spanish subsidiary Loquo. …Craigslist's Response To Adult Service Criticisms: Hey, eBay's Worse Than Us!TechdirtCraigslist Points Finger at eBay over Explicit …

Council deems Cody Park, old Post Office to be local historic sitesNorth Platte BulletinCody Park and the 1913 Post Office were selected by the North Platte Historic Preservation Commission. Judy Clark and Councilman Dan McGuire, … More: continued here

Durham News Street scenes: The Post OfficeDurham NewsThe US Post Office building at 323 E. Chapel Hill St. in downtown Durham was built in 1937 in a classical Greek Revival style. By Jim Wise, staff writer The … More: continued here

There were plenty of question marks about the Calgary Stampeders heading into this season, but they have mostly been answered. More: continued here

AuctionBytes Blog (blog) Guest Post: Confessions of an eBay TSAMAuctionBytes Blog (blog)I worked at eBay for 6 1/2 years. I came to work there knowing next to nothing about eBay, but after just 4 weeks of training, I was thrown into Live Chat …Avoiding negative feedback on eBayHeliumEbay marketing: Used …

Mural returns to post officeThe Franklin SunThe mural that hung for over 60 years in the old post office was returned to its proper place on Monday after nearly a decade of storage following a 1999 … More: continued here

Vanity Fair Salinger's Used Toilet for Sale on eBayThe Faster TimesJames Yeh is a founding editor of Gigantic and the indie books editor of the Faster Times. His fiction has appeared in PEN America, elimae, …JD Salinger's Toilet Up for Sale on eBay; Seller Promises It's Not a PhonyVanity FairSalinger's …

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 12:29:00 HUA HIN: High above Thailand’s parched landscape the kingdom’s fleet of intrepid royal rainmakers work their meteorological wizardry. A squadron of 20 aircraft plunges through the clouds firing a cocktail of chemicals that they hope will provoke a downpour to alleviate the effects of drought …