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EBay ’s acquisition of Gmarket in South Korea is a historic transaction — not just for eBay, but also for those who follow cross-border M&A. To my knowledge, it represents the first acquisition of a Korean company listed solely in the United States. More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Government Secrets Found on Computer Sold on eBayFOXNewsSecret details about the US missle defense system were found on a computer hard drive bought on eBay during an investigation into personal data stored on computers being carelessly discarded, the Guardian reported. The computer, turned over to the FBI, …Top secret …

EBay Inc.’s initial public offering for Skype could value the Internet-calling service at more than $2 billion, Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe said. “Two billion dollars would be a great steal,” Donahoe said in a Bloomberg Television… More: continued here

EBay will continue to allow postings of guided trophy huntsLos Angeles Times, CAEBay has decided to continue to allow postings for guided trophy hunts of large predators, upsetting wildlife advocacy groups that have urged the Internet auction site to ban such listings. In February, a coalition of groups including Big Wildlife …

Fakes abound on eBay, decreasing the credibility, and price, of the real thing. UCLA archaeologist Charles “Chip” Stanish first thought that the ease of reaching a universal audience on eBay would increase demand for artifacts, causing an increase in looting. His research proved quite the contrary. A cottage industry of …

PARIS – EBay Inc.’s initial public offering for Skype could value the Internet-calling service at more than $2 billion, chief executive John Donahoe said yesterday. More: continued here

Rocklin and Roseville Today Meg Whitman: a female Checchi or Simon?Capitol Weekly, CABy Garry South | 05/07/09 12:00 AM PST So, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has decided she wants to trade on-line flea-market trading for the governor's office of the largest state. In one fell swoop, no less. She's never …

eBay announced it will close its Vancouver, Canada customer service facility, which employs 700 agents. More: continued here

eBay announced this week it would close its Vancouver, Canada customer-service facility in September. eBay’s Australian website told users that the closure would mean the transition of support services for Australian buyers and sellers, including telephone, email and live chat services, to existing facilities in the U.S. and the Philippines …

  Perhaps if labels make it easier for fans to purchase, they will buy more music; or so the theory goes.  MySpace Music, imeem and Spotify are just a few of the sites adding buy buttons.  Now some new players who each already have millions of website visitors are entering …