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Icahn wants eBay to set PayPal free
Jan 23, 2014
Carl Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal, separating the online auction site from the digital payment service. eBay’s CEO wants to hang onto PayPal.
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar plans new media company
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Jeff Tyler
Oct 17, 2013
The founder of eBay gets into the news business, even recruiting Glenn Greenwald, who brings with him a trove of unpublished security documents from Edward Snowden.
Can you buy fine art online?
Aug 6, 2013
Amazon launches a fine art Marketplace, but will any reputable dealers use it?
Why you shouldn't sell historic art on eBay
Jul 29, 2013
eBay sellers who listed a piece of the original Schindler's list received no bids for the historic document.
So goes tech earnings, so goes the economy?
Jul 18, 2013
Intel and eBay are forecasting choppy waters for the second half of the year. Google and Microsoft will release their latest business reports later today.
Yard sale or online auction: The best way to get cash for clutter
Jul 5, 2013
Summer is the perfect time to get rid of your unwanted items, but is it more lucrative to sell stuff online or at a traditional a yard sale?
The consequences of an online sales tax
Apr 22, 2013
Online sales taxes are up for debate again and big guys like eBay are crying foul. What are the real consequences of an online sales tax for retailers?
For public good, not for profit.
The guy who tried to sell his Google Glass? He just wanted to pay his student loans
Apr 18, 2013
The bidding reached $95,000 before the seller, who says he was hoping to pay off student loans, removed the glasses from auction.
Big Data creates big industry for storing data
Apr 4, 2013
Every purchase, online web search and even cellphone call generates data that companies hope to use to boost sales. But storing all that data is becoming a big expense, and it has spawned a multibillion-dollar industry.
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The Aftermath of Aaron Swartz's Suicide; Using PayPal at the Pump
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Molly Wood
Jan 17, 2013
The death of a freedom of information campaigner and accused hacker is prompting a bid to change federal law on computer abuse and fraud. Aaron Swartz, 26, killed himself on Friday as he awaited trial for breaking into MIT’s computer system to make public subscription-only academic journals in a database called J-Stor. Professor James Grimmelmann […]