Daily Star eBay turns 20: Five of the WEIRDEST things ever put up for saleDaily StarHAPPY BIRTHDAY: Some of the weird and wonderful items up for sale on eBay over the last two … Web auction giant eBay first came into being on September 3 1995 – just days after Windows 95 was launched. The…
Israeli sues eBay for NIS 100000 for defamationGlobesAn Israeli has filed suit against eBay, claiming the US auction giant was guilty of libel and defamation. "eBay removed the ad from the site, without cause or explanation, simply because I am a 'private seller'. The company is colluding with a large … More: continued here
International Business Times Immigrants On Welfare: Central Americans And Mexicans Get US Food Stamps…International Business TimesJust over half of immigrant households in the U.S. have received food stamps, housing or Medicaid benefits on the taxpayer's dime in the last few years, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Center for Immigration Studies, an…
Fortune TBT: How Meg Whitman built 'quirky little' eBayFortuneIt was a year after Meg Whitman landed at eBay EBAY 1.82% , the “quirky little company” that went public and soared to an $18 billion stock-market valuation. This was the height of the first Internet bubble, and thanks in part to Whitman—who had … More: continued…
EBay's stock gains after Piper Jaffray upgradeMarketWatchEBay Inc.'s stock EBAY, +1.47% edged up 0.7% in premarket trade Thursday, after the e-commerce company was upgraded by Piper Jaffray on the belief the current valuation fully reflects the challenges the company faces. Analyst Gene Munster raised his … More: continued here
The Guardian What's the best and worst thing you've ever bought on eBay?The GuardianHere's a fact to make the internet generation feel old: online auction site eBay is approaching its 20th birthday. In a few short days, the place for selling off your old clothes or a coffee cup once used by Jeremy Corbyn is…
TMZ.com Chris Brown — Tupac Lambo Bombs on eBayTMZ.com0902-chris-brown-splash-01 Chris Brown's paint job on his old 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo really did a number on the resale price, because the fancy whip — once worth $500k — is barely notching six digits at auction on eBay. The hot rod's starting bid …and more » More: continued here
Dailysunnews Food stamps…an unappetizing trendDailysunnewsFor one, the food-stamp program (officially known now as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP) is still much larger today than it was a decade ago – or, indeed, just a few years ago. In 2008, it was below 30 million. By 2013, it had … More: continued here
CNBC Early movers: SLB, LULU, EBAY, MDT, JOY & moreCNBCeBay—Piper Jaffray upgraded the online auction site to "neutral" from "underweight" to reflect the shareholder impact of the completed PayPal spinoff. Piper said expectations of market share loss and structural limitations to growth are appropriately … More: continued here
TIME The Small-Scale Story Behind eBay's Big BucksTIMEThe origin story of eBay—which was founded 20 years ago, as AuctionWeb, on Sept. 3, 1995–is fairly well-known: other tech giants have their garages, eBay has its Pez dispenser. Or, rather, founder Pierre Omidyar's then-fiancée didn't have a Pez dispenser.eBay Turns 20: Key Moments in the Online Auction…