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05 Apr 2010 21:24

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U.S.: Meg Whitman is a money-spending force of nature

  • $46M the amount the former eBay chairwoman has spent on her California gubernatorial campaign
  • 40% the size of the lead she has over her GOP primary challenger Steve “Steamrolled” Poizner
  • seven the number of months she has before the election; she leads Jerry Brown, too source
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10 Dec 2009 11:12

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Tech: eBay’s reason for wanting a piece of Craigslist? To block Google.

  • The deal hasn’t exactly been roses for them since. In the midst of a lawsuit with the free, indifferent-towards-money classified service, a top exec admitted this was part of the reason for acquisition. However, they also noted that another suitor was interested – but they were apparently hostile to Craigslist’s mission. eBay is run by idiots, apparently, because they launched a direct competitor to Craigslist, Kijiji, which suffers from the triple-threat of 1) being something nobody has ever heard of (with a confusing name to boot), 2) ruining current business deals and 3) being an also-ran in the market the company technically already owns. Brilliant! source
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17 Oct 2009 10:30

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Culture: Today’s a good day to tweet about #beatcancer. Here’s a tweet.

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01 Oct 2009 09:51

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Tech: Want to buy a Google Wave invite? Head to eBay, guys.

  • $51 bid for those too impatient to wait for the next wave source
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01 Sep 2009 10:34

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Tech: Skype is still a valuable company, based on eBay’s sale of it

  • $1.9 billion amount eBay sold 65% of Skype for this morning – it went to private investors
  • $2.75 billion the value of the VoIP company, based on the deal – more than many expected source
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10 Jul 2009 17:37

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Biz, Tech: GM takes a cue from Beanie Babies, plans to hawk stuff on eBay

OK, we kid, we kid, it is a viable business plan, but it is, pardon our pun, kind of a left turn for the company. source
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06 Jul 2009 17:05

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Culture, Offbeat: Didn’t win a ticket to Michael Jackson’s funeral? Try scalping.

  • $15,000 the reported amount people are bidding for tickets on eBay. Event organizers say they won’t be welcome.
  • $2.99 the starting bid for memorial service rejection e-mails on eBay. Weren’t there more than 1.5 million of those things? source
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12 Apr 2009 21:22

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Biz, Sports: One lucky Mets fan and Bernard Madoff hater got his eBay wish

  • $1040 the face value of two tickets for tomorrow’s season opener owned by jailed bad guy Bernard Madoff
  • $7,500 amount the tickets sold for on eBay; their value doubled in the final two hours of the auction source
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09 Feb 2009 22:54

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U.S.: Ex-eBay CEO plans California governor run, auctioning of seat

  • California faces challenges unlike any other time in its history – a weak and faltering economy, massive job losses, and an exploding state budget deficit. I refuse to stand by and watch it fail.
  • Meg Whitman • One of Silicon Valley’s most prominent conservatives. Whitman plans to run for governor of California in 2010. On a side note, how weird would it be to go from the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to someone who made her money auctioning off Beanie Babies? • source
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