eBay stockholders! There's MORE to COME, thunders Carl IcahnRegisterActivist investor Carl Icahn is continuing his campaign to get eBay to spin off PayPal, writing yet another letter to shareholders that said he hadn't even begun to fight to get his way. "Stockholders, please stay tuned. There is more to come …
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HLNtv.com Pee-wee's beach cruiser bike makes a fortune on eBayUSA TODAYPee-wee Herman's memorable beach cruiser bike from the 1985 movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure sold for $36,000 on eBay. The seller said the shiny red bike comes with an autographed photo of actor Paul Reubens, a picture of him signing the …
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The First and Deputy First Ministers have hit out at those behind two letter bombs found in Royal Mail sorting centres, which are believed to have been addressed to prison officers at Maghaberry Prison. – Video available More: continued here
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The Province Hockey stick billed as oldest in the world for sale on eBayCBC.caDescribed as an artifact synonymous with Canadian culture, a curved piece of maple purported to be the world's oldest hockey stick is up for sale on eBay. The stick is believed to be about 180 years old. …
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HLNtv.com Pee-wee's 'Big Adventure' bike sells for $36K on eBayToday.comIt didn't go for "a hundred million, trillion, billion dollars," but Pee-wee Herman's awesome red retro beach cruiser bike that co-starred with him in 1985's "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" has sold on eBay. It fetched $36,600, not quite near the sum Herman …
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