MiamiHerald.com Is Someone Gaming Warren Buffett's Charity Auction?The Atlantic WireWarren Buffett's annual lunch auction already resembles a high stakes game of chicken between two eBay users. In less than 24-hours, user o***r and s***l ratcheted up the price of lunch for eight with the investment …News of the Day From …
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Sunday Papers: Royal Mail plans to cut 40000 jobs – money and other newsCitywire.co.uk* The Royal Mail is drawing up plans to cut one in four of its workforce — 40000 people — in the next five years. * Tote's sale to Betfred completes one of the longest-running privatisation sagas, …
Read More »EBay buys Magento to boost its e-commerce developer tools
In a move that could help eBay improve its tools for online store developers, it has acquired Magento, the maker of an open source e-commerce platform. More: continued here
Read More »eBay to buy Magento
The online marketplace company, continuing its acquisition tear, said today it wants to buy Magento, developer of an e-commerce platform used by more than 60,000 merchants and brands. More: continued here
Read More »Man jailed for 12 years in eBay scam that saw he and his wife live luxury … – Daily Mail
Man jailed for 12 years in eBay scam that saw he and his wife live luxury …Daily MailA businessman has been jailed for 12 years after he was convicted of stealing $1.5 million from more than 250 customers in an eBay scam. Darin French and his wife sold high-end home …
Read More »FedEx board hikes quarterly dividend to 13 cents
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — FedEx Corp. said late Monday its board raised the company’s quarterly dividend by a penny to 13 cents a share. The dividend will be paid July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 17. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and …
Read More »EBay to buy e-commerce platform Magento
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. said Monday it will buy Magento Inc., the creator of an open source e-commerce platform of the same name. EBay already owns a minority share in the company but will own 100% of the outstanding shares when the deal is closed. Financial terms were …
Read More »Ebay in China: neither fish nor fowl – Gerson Lehrman Group
Ebay in China: neither fish nor fowlGerson Lehrman GroupTen years ago, Ebay came to China and tried to develop its C2C business. The reason was clear and simple: “we've done great in States and other countries, we would have done the same great in China copying our international strategy and …
Read More »Post office job queue numbers high – Sunshine Coast Daily
Post office job queue numbers highSunshine Coast DailyAt first we didn't believe it, that is my colleague, who was writing the story, and a few others in the newsroom. Come on, 300 people was an awful lot of people vying for a job. Sadly, the information was true and the …
Read More »Buffett Lunch Bid Benefits Innovative San Francisco Charity – NewsyStocks.com
Reuters India Buffett Lunch Bid Benefits Innovative San Francisco CharityNewsyStocks.comEvery year, investing legend Buffett holds an Ebay auction where one person can win lunch with him and bring along seven friends. Last year's auction raised $2.6 million for San Francisco's Glide Foundation. This year's bidding is off to a fast …
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