New postmaster sworn in at Holland Post OfficeHollandSentinel.com, MI –2 minutes agoPost Office Operations Manager Sylvia Taylor, right, administers the oath of office to new Holland Postmaster DeWayne Lents, left, during a ceremony … More: continued here
A major independent U.S. oil producer said Wednesday that it has ended negotiations with Iraq to develop an oil field. A spokeswoman for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Paula Beasley, gave no reason for the decision but said in an e-mail to The Associated Press… More: continued here
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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
A major independent U.S. oil producer said Wednesday that it has ended negotiations with Iraq to develop an oil field. A spokeswoman for Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Paula Beasley, gave no reason for the decision but said in an e-mail to The Associated Press that “we do not intend to pursue additional interests at this time.”…
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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