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eBay is in talks to acquire a minority stake in GMarket, a South Korean online auctioneer. The talks are with Interpark Corp., the Korean portal that owns 37 percent of the company. More: continued here

OfficialWire FRAUD ALERT: eBay Seller Cashes-In On Vacant PropertiesOfficialWire, NY –3 minutes agoUsing eBay and perhaps other methods to lure-in unsuspecting victims, Harris sells houses that he is not (nor is his company) the legal owner of, … More: continued here

stv.tv Pants on eBay as wife gets back at cheating husbandScotsman, United Kingdom –4 hours agoAN AUSTRALIAN woman took revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover's knickers up for sale on the auction site eBay. …Wife Tries to Sell Husband's Lover's Underpants on EBayFOXNewsBuy evidence of my …

AuctionBytes Blog eBay Continues Testing View Item PageAuctionBytes Blog, MA –3 minutes agoeBay is continuing its testing of the new View Item page after making some modifications. (See Thursday's Newsflash article.) Interestingly, eBay is … More: continued here

South Korea: Ebay Seeks Stake in GmarketNew York Times, United States –1 minute agoBy AP The online auction company eBay said it was in talks to buy a minority stake in the South Korean online marketplace operator Gmarket. … More: continued here

Holy auctions, Batman!Los Angeles Times, CA –2 hours agoTerapeak, a Canadian company that sells EBay auction data to online power sellers who want to pick the best times and days to sell their Hummel figurines, … More: continued here

eBay's biggest challenge is AmazonSan Jose Mercury News,  USA –2 hours agoBy Elise Ackerman Walt Kolenda, also known by the handle "Auction Wally," began selling antiques and collectibles on eBay 10 years ago. … More: continued here

City Toilets going cheap on eBaySeattle Post Intelligencer –1 hour agoLess cost effective than good-old-fashioned-hire-someone-to-clean-them toilets, the five steel pods – previously at Victor Steinbrueck Park near Pike Place … More: continued here

Odessa Meteorites Getting Thousands on Ebay 8-13-08KOSA, TX –25 minutes agoBy Beau Berman Odessa’s meteor crater draws thousands of visitors per year but now pieces of the meteor are drawing thousands of dollars on Ebay. … More: continued here

eBay is in talks to buy a minority stake in South Korean competitor Gmarket and is in discussions with Interpark to buy its 37 percent stake. The companies are waiting for approval from the Korea Fair Trade Commission, eBay spokesman Jose Mallabo said. “There can be no assurance that the …