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With eBay courting more big sellers, the online auction site may …Baltimore Sun, United States –2 hours agoBy Chris Kaltenbach Buying and selling on eBay used to be so easy and so much fun. It used to be that the online auction site's biggest strength was the … More: continued here

Wall Street Journal Blogs Daily Thread: Hilfiger Group Sales Up, Fashion Industry Donates to …Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY –15 minutes agoWWD EBay bans the sale of ivory. The move was prompted by an International Fund for Animal Welfare report linking eBay to over half of endangered species … More: continued here

ProPay brings forth eAuction accounts for eBay Power sellersThe Paypers (abonnement), Netherlands –8 minutes agoUS-based online payments services provider ProPay has made eAuction accounts available for eBay silver, gold, platinum, and titanium PowerSellers. … More: continued here

AFP EBay bans all ivory salesAFP –4 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AFP) — EBay announced a ban on all ivory sales as a conservation group released a report on Tuesday accusing the Internet auction house of … More: continued here

EBay to ban sale of ivory productsReuters UK, UK –4 minutes ago(Reuters) – EBay Inc will institute a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory products by January 1, 2009, after a conservation group investigation … More: continued here

Online auction site eBay Inc. said Monday it will institute a global ban on the sale of all ivory products starting next year. The ban, announced on the company’s blog eBay Ink, sought to ensure the protection of African and Asian elephants, eBay blogger Richard Brewer-Hay wrote. He said he …

Money is tight everywhere but that’s not why the Cook County Forest Preserve District is selling its old picnic tables on the auction site eBay. More: continued here

EBay to ban sale of ivory productsReuters South Africa, South Africa –3 minutes ago(Reuters) – EBay Inc will institute a global ban on the sale of all types of ivory products by January 1, 2009, after a conservation group investigation … More: continued here

County selling old picnic tables on eBayChicago Tribune, United States –15 minutes agoOn Monday, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County put 2000 of its picnic tables up for sale on eBay, for $15 apiece ($10 if sold to charities). … More: continued here

My colleague Felicity Barringer tells us that eBay will ban all transactions in ivory on its global e-commerce site starting next year. The announcement, made on the company’s eBay Ink blog Monday, comes as the Massachusetts-based International Fund for Animal Welfare prepares to issue a report condemning the Internet auctions …