If Online Sales Add State Tax, Do Amazon (AMZN) And Ebay Get Dinged?24/7 Wall St., NYThe would require companies like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Ebay (EBAY) to track the source of each sale and levy the local tax due accordingly. Now that states are bedeviled by falling tax receipts and the federal …
Read More »A Guide to eBay's Spring 2009 Changes – Auctionbytes
AuctionBytes Blog A Guide to eBay's Spring 2009 ChangesAuctionbytesBy Ina Steiner eBay made some major announcements on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. The marketplace will expand the rollout its new Item page, launch a new dispute resolution process, introduce new features for sellers including a Smart FAQ and …AuctionBytes Soundoff: Letters …
Read More »EBay seeks control of S. Korean marketplace (El Paso Times)
SEOUL, South Korea — EBay Inc. said Thursday that it planned to pay as much as $1.2 billion for control of South Korea’s top online marketplace, potentially making it one of the company’s largest acquisitions as it moves to expand in Asia. More: continued here
Read More »Internal Affairs: Whitman’s eBay misstep provides fodder for GOP rival Poizner (San Jose Mercury News)
Poizner takes early shot at rival Whitman Meg Whitman is touting her business bona fides as a main reason people should elect her California governor next year. More: continued here
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Internal Affairs: Whitman's eBay misstep provides fodder for GOP …San Jose Mercury News, USABut one of the key deals she orchestrated as chief of eBay— the $2.6 billion purchase of Internet phone service Skype in 2005 — has turned out to be a loser for the company. And her leading …
Read More »EBay's Korean Buy Good for Yahoo – Barron’s
Siliconrepublic.com EBay's Korean Buy Good for YahooBarron’sEBAY (TICKER: EBAY) announced this morning that it would launch a tender offer worth $24 a share to acquire 100% of Gmarket (GMKT), a competitor to IAC (Internet Auction Co.), eBay's Korean subsidiary. The transaction is expected to close in the second …ebay CEO: …
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Read More »EBay gets over identity crisis with Skype IPO – Computerworld
Novinite.com EBay gets over identity crisis with Skype IPOComputerworld, MABy Sharon Gaudin April 15, 2009 (Computerworld) Analysts today called Tuesday's announcement that eBay Inc. is looking to spin off Skype via an initial public offering a smart move by the online auction house as it tries to get its house back …
Read More »Weekly Wrapup: Social Media Monitoring, Future of Firefox, eBay Sells StumbleUpon, And More… (ReadWriteWeb)
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup, our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week, we look at the latest in social media monitoring tools, investigate how cloud computing is being used in scientific research projects, review some future Firefox concepts, check out the latest iPhone app usage stats, …
Read More »Camilla’s throne for sale on eBay (New Kerala)
London, Apr 18 : A pub landlady is all set to make a ‘Royal’ deal by auctioning Camilla’s throne – a toilet seat used by the Duchess of Cornwall – on eBay. More: continued here
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