Online Auctions, Part 2: The eBay DiasporaE-Commerce Times –2 hours agoBy Jim Offner As eBay shifts its strategy to appeal more to larger sellers, it risks alienating the clientele that made it a success. …Auctions and Antiques ExaminerExaminer.comOnline Auctions, Part 1: The eBay EarthquakeE-Commerce Timesall 6 news articles More: continued here
Sask. man's vote temporarily for sale on EBayCanada.com, Canada –4 minutes agoAn Elrose man has hastily pulled his EBay listing after offering for five days to sell his vote in the federal election. The listing disappeared from the … More: continued here
Investors may flock to shares of FedEx Corp. on Wednesday, after the package delivery company boosted its fiscal first-quarter earnings prediction on lower-than-expected fuel costs and tight cost management. More: continued here
JetBlue Airways is auctioning off more than 300 roundtrip flights and six vacation packages this week on eBay, with opening bids set between 5 and 10 cents. More: continued here
Online auction site eBay grew up on the receipts of smaller-scale sellers. Now, as the San Jose, Calif.-based company reaches out to larger, big-volume dealers, some of those original core customers are drifting away. Some sellers have moved on to competitors such as Amazon.com, said Charles King, principal analyst with Pund-IT. More: continued here
Stocks headed for a flat to higher open on Wednesday as uncertainty about the outlook for investment bank Lehman Brothers tempered news of positive outlooks from chip maker Texas Instruments and shipper FedEx . More: continued here
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A freelance mannequin-maker is trying to beat the credit crunch by auctioning herself for a date on eBay. More: continued here
Stamps linebacker cheering for Pats' CasselCanoe.ca, Canada –4 hours agoBy WES GILBERTSON The skeptics aren't so sure the New England Patriots will survive without star pivot Tom Brady, but Grootegoed figures backup Matt Cassel, … More: continued here
New Indio post office on back burner?The Desert Sun, CA –5 hours agoBy Xochitl Peña • The Desert Sun • September 10, 2008 The future of a new post office proposed for Indio is in limbo as the US Postal Service deals with …Plans for several new Inland postal service facilities put on holdPress-Enterpriseall 2 news articles…