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Oregon Pit Crew shoe on eBay is expensiveESPN (blog)Already, one pair has been put up for auction on eBay with the current bid at a whopping $1349. The seller noted that the 9 1/2-size shoes currently reside in a "non-smoker house" in Beaverton, Ore. The Pit Crew shoe hitting the …

BBC News 120ft chimney up for eBay saleBBC NewsA Victorian brewery chimney in Wrexham town centre has been put up for sale on eBay after a local search failed to find buyers. The town's former MP and assembly member, Dr John Marek, acquired the grade II-listed landmark more than 20 …

EBay CEO speaks as Web 2.0 Summit begins in SFSan Francisco ChronicleEBay CEO John Donahoe (left) speaks with John Battelle of Federated Media Publishing at the Web 2.0 Summit. Donahoe said the separation between e-commerce and physical retail stores has been crumbling. AP Source: Big East raises exit fee to …

Silicon Valley star Sean Parker said Facebook would have to blunder in a big way for Google’s social network to steal its crown. More: continued here

AFP Facebook and eBay downplay Google threatAFPOnline auction powerhouse eBay and its thriving financial transactions service PayPal also see strong "network effects" providing defense from Google's growing commerce platform. "I agree with Sean, network effects are powerful things," eBay chief …Facebook's Flaw Not Privacy, Sean Parker SaysInformationWeekall 61 news articles » …

The world is becoming increasingly reliant on mountains of online data, a fact brought home by the rapidly changing habits of today’s shoppers. In the last 18 months, half of retail transactions involved shoppers… More: continued here

The head of global online auction powerhouse eBay said that China has essentially put up a wall when it comes to non-Chinese Internet firms. More: continued here

AFP Earnings Preview: EBay to report 3Q resultsCBS News(AP) SAN FRANCISCO — EBay Inc. reports its third-quarter results on Wednesday after the market close, giving investors a peek at how the online marketplace and PayPal payment service operator fared during the July-September period. …eBay's CEO says line is blurring between …

Reuters UK eBay Aims To Be Internet's Dominant Commerce PlatformInformationWeekAt Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, eBay's CEO discusses competition, the company's relationship with Facebook, and the role of the X.Commerce platform. By Fritz Nelson InformationWeek eBay CEO John Donahoe, speaking at Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco …Earnings Preview: …

eBay is running a promotion in which sellers can list up to 250 auctions and pay no listing fees. The promotion runs for one day only on October 18. The promotion applies to both eBay Stores subscribers and sellers who do not have an eBay Store subscription. More: continued here