NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) – A former Mariners’ Museum archivist was in federal court on charges that he stole museum pieces and sold up to 1,400 of them on eBay – including documents from a mother and son who survived the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. More: continued here
Monday marked the start of a week-long eBay boycott organized by sellers outraged at the auction site’s recent fee and policy changes – an effort whose success will be hard to gauge until later in the week. More: continued here
Google.org, Nonprofits Launching $17 Million Indian Investment CoCNNMoney.com –12 hours agoGoogle Inc.'s (GOOG) Google.org, the Soros Economic Development Fund and Omidyar Network, founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, said Tuesday they will …Google, others team to invest in IndiaBusinessWeekSoros Economic Development Fund, Omidyar Network and Google.org …PR Newswire (press release)all 58 news articles More: continued here
Industry body goes after eBayLegalbrief (subscription), South Africa –3 minutes agoeBay has been slow to respond to concerns about pirated software being sold, prompting the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) to file nine … More: continued here
eBay CEO Whitman '77 resigns, considers politicsPrinceton University The Daily Princetonian, United States –2 minutes ago22 that she would step down from her post as CEO of eBay, Inc., at the end of March, reports began to circulate that Whitman planned to enter the realm of … More: continued here
New Auction Site Provides Refuge for Fleeing EBay Sellers and …Associated Content, CO –3 hours agoOn the heels of the resignation of former EBay CEO, Meg Whitman, EBay stock has experienced what some consider to be a drastic decline according to to the … More: continued here
Royal Mail defends the printed statementThewisemarketer.com (subscription), UK –3 hours agoAccording to Abi Wood, head of financial sector marketing at Royal Mail, "Many companies are actively encouraging customers to deal with them online, … More: continued here
CozyBug(R), the online marketplace for big stuff, today announced free storefronts for eBay sellers More: continued here
Canyon Country Post Office Victim Of Weekend Break-InKHTS Radio, CA –6 hours agoKHTS has learned that a break-in occurred some time between Saturday night and Tuesday morning at the Canyon Country Post Office. … More: continued here
Slippery Brick eBay sellers start weeklong boycottCNET News.com, CA –4 hours agoYou might see fewer items on eBay this week. Sellers angry over higher fees and other policy changes are launching a weeklong boycott of the auction site in …eBay sellers protest fee hikes9NEWS.comEbay sellers begin week-long boycottKOMOThousands of major eBay sellers boycott site over fee increasePalm…