According to comments from John Donahoe, who took over popular online auction site eBay at the end of last month, the company will consider selling off its Skype internet phone subsidiary at the end of this year if it fails to find ways to use the fast-growing service to support …
Read More »eBay considering selling off Skype – TechWhack (press release)
Sioux City Journal eBay considering selling off SkypeTechWhack (press release), India –2 hours agoJohn Donahoe CEO of eBay has been quoted as saying that the company is considering selling off their Skype division if they fail to find a user for it to …EBay weighs selling SkypeSydney Morning HeraldEbay to mull Skype …
Read More »eBay considering selling off Skype (Addict 3D)
eBay considering selling off SkypeJohn Donahoe CEO of eBay has been quoted as saying that the company is considering selling off their Skype division if they fail to find a user for it to support their core e-commerce business.Ebay had paid around USD 3.1 billion for Skype and later on …
Read More »EBay should ban Wimbledon touts – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk EBay should ban Wimbledon toutsTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom –3 hours agoUnder proposals being announced tomorrow by Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Andy Burnham, the auction site eBay and specialist ticket exchanges like …Fury at 'ban' on eBay tickets for Wimbledon and the AshesDaily MailFans to have protection from toutsGuardianall 6 news articles …
Read More »Sellers revolt as eBay goes corporate – Times Online
Sellers revolt as eBay goes corporateTimes Online, UK –2 minutes agoFOR more than a decade, eBay has functioned as a global jumble sale where browsers can buy and sell everything from bric-a-brac to a Gulfstream jet. … More: continued here
Read More »Then Again, eBay Claims It’s Still Hunting For Skype Synergies (Addict 3D)
Just a month ago, the guy in charge of Skype finally admitted that eBay had given up trying to find the mythical “synergies” between eBay and Skype as the few they had suggested turned out not to exist. More:
Read More »eBay welcomes alleged cyber criminal’s arrest (Accountancy Age)
Online auction site eBay has welcomed the arrest of the Romanian cyber-criminal known as Vladuz. eBay had accused Vladuz of attempting to defraud users by accessing administrative accounts, but claimed his efforts were unsuccessful. More: continued here
Read More »Police arrest man after stolen goods are listed on eBay (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Two days after someone stole four computers from his Maplewood office, a St. Louis businessman was offered a chance to buy them back. Actually, anyone shopping on eBay had the same opportunity. More: continued here
Read More »EBay Mulling Skype Sale (Slashdot)
MaineCoasts writes “The Financial Times reports that eBay’s new CEO is evaluating a sale of Skype if new ways cannot be found for the fast-growing service to support its core e-commerce business. EBay reported earlier this week that Skype had a 61 percent increase in first-quarter revenue over the same …
Read More »Thief’s £100,000 stamp collection on eBay (Daily Telegraph)
One of Britain’s leading philatelists is to put his stamp collection on eBay to pay back £70,000 he plundered from church funds. More: continued here
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