eBay, Gap and Symantec Help Climate Coalition Flex Its MuscleGreenBiz, CAGap Inc., eBay and Symantec joined the four-month-old coalition whose founding members include corporate heavyweights Levi Strauss & Co., Nike, Sun Microsystems, Starbucks and The Timberland Co. The group, organized by nonprofit Ceres, subscribes to a …Gap, eBay, Symantec Join BICEP …
Read More »eBay Is Open to Talks with Alibaba (AuctionBytes)
Despite past tensions between eBay and Alibaba under former CEO Meg Whitman when the two companies waged war in China, eBay’s new CEO John Donahoe is open to partnerships with the company according to Bloomberg . Alibaba’s founder and Chairman Jack Ma has been in the United States for the …
Read More »Zappos steps in behind leader eBay in traffic to apparel and beauty retail (InternetRetailer.com)
Consumers take their time with their make-up, but trek to eBay’s extensive web site the most often when searching for beauty and apparel goods, Nielsen Online reports. Mary Kay ranked No. 1 for time spent at such retail web sites, in February. More: continued here
Read More »Ebay bets with its head, not over it (e-Consultancy)
Back in the days when OffTrack Betting was popular in New York City, the ad tagline said “bet with your head, not over it.” It may be uncool to say, but eBay’s recent conservative retrenching is a solid strategy. A little boring, maybe, but at least the company is betting …
Read More »STOCKS NEWS US-EBay draws large buyer of protective puts – Forbes
STOCKS NEWS US-EBay draws large buyer of protective putsForbes, NYand helps to explain the rise in the VIX even with the SPX up,' he said. its shares rose 7.78 percent to $1.80. In the March contract some investors Interactive Brokers Group in a note. Optimism spread to the April contract where …
Read More »Suspect gets caught selling his employer’s equipment on eBay (KENS 5 San Antonio)
Pedro Martinez, 37, got caught with his hand in the cookie jar. An arrest warrant says he confessed to ripping off his employer, AT&T, to make a quick buck on eBay. Police arrested him Thursday on theft charges. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx Kinkos Execs Join Former eBay PowerSeller Bargainland – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes FedEx Kinkos Execs Join Former eBay PowerSeller BargainlandAuctionbytesMany eBay sellers and buyers know St. James as one of eBay's largest PowerSellers operating as Bargainland until he left eBay in late 2007. At the time, he said he felt eBay was moving away from volume liquidators in favor of the …
Read More »Alibaba Seeks to Work With Google, EBay, Ma Says – Bloomberg
Auctionbytes Alibaba Seeks to Work With Google, EBay, Ma SaysBloombergAlibaba is exploring relationships with companies such as Google Inc., EBay Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Ma said yesterday in an interview in New York. More than a dozen executives of Hangzhou, China-based Alibaba have visited US companies in …eBay …
Read More »Grass-fed Corn Flakes: from Food Bank to eBay? – San Francisco Chronicle
Grass-fed Corn Flakes: from Food Bank to eBay?San Francisco Chronicle, USAA reader pointed out that boxes of Kellogg's Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes with Phelps' photo are for sale on eBay. Although it is possible they were on the market before the story appeared, there is no doubting that there …
Read More »Pops & Drops: eBay, General Motors… – CNBC
Pops & Drops: eBay, General Motors…CNBC, Englewood CliffsFind out why shares of eBay and General Motors popped while ConocoPhillips and Steel Dynamics dropped. ISHARES MSCI Emerging Markets ETF popped 4%. The emerging markets ETF pops today as crude oil gains. Wal-Mart (WMT) popped 3%. … More: continued here
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