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CHICAGO (AP) — The Cook County Forest Preserve District plans to sell more than 150 used toboggans on eBay. The last of the district’s toboggan slides, at Swallow Cliff in Palos Park, were dismantled last year in a cost-cutting move. More: continued here

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc. , the world’s largest online retailer, topped sales and profit estimates yesterday after its biggest holiday season ever, outpacing EBay Inc. More: continued here

eBay will hold its annual meeting of stockholders in San Jose, California, on April 29, 2009. For the past seven years it held its annual meetings in the month of June, in conjunction with its eBay Live community conference. More: continued here

A Gainesville couple has found a buyer after offering almost all their possessions for auction on eBay to pay their children’s medical bills. More: continued here

Ever rent a toboggan at Swallow Cliff Forest Preserve? Now that the toboggan slides there have been removed, the old rental toboggans are being sold on eBay for $20 each — $10 to nonprofit groups. Hundreds of six- and eight-foot wooden toboggans are available, all of them 6 to 12 …

By CAROL CHRISTIAN Today staff A bottle of water pulled off eBay for containing hazardous materials has been reposted on the auction site, […] More: continued here

San Francisco Chronicle Amazon.com Soars After Sales and Profit Top EstimatesBloomberg –40 minutes agoAt EBay, holiday sales fizzled, with quarterly revenue dropping for the first time in the company’s history. Amazon’s size and customer service gave it an …Amazon.com shares soar on rosy outlook, holiday salesReutersAmazon's Amazing Fourth QuarterBusinessWeekAmazon tops estimates, …

Examiner.com Part One eBay Alternatives: Don't believe the hype!Examiner.com –2 hours agoSometimes the alternative sites and the Stepford Sellers at these sites will do and say anything to make themselves look like the "next" eBay. …eBay Alternative Site: eCrater marketplaceExaminer.comall 2 news articles More: continued here

Couple Sells Everything on eBayNews/Talk 750 WSB, Atlanta –3 hours agoBut, in the end, they decided they didn't need any of it, so off to eBay it went. The Peters say they'll use $15000 to pay their bills and the rest will go …Gainesville couple offers belongings on eBayColumbus Ledger-EnquirerCouple Sells Everything …

Nurse sentenced over eBay fraudBBC News, UK –6 minutes agoA nurse who admitted being showered with gifts funded by her boyfriend's eBay fraud has been sentenced to 150 hours of community service. … More: continued here