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ComScore Media Metrix has release data on online auction web sites demonstrating that although eBay dominates the auction category, other auction sites are gaining more users. While 68.4 million people visited auction sites in February 2006, eBay drew 66.6 million of those users to its site alone.
The two top competitors behind eBay, BIDZ.com and UBID.com, [...]

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A former Midland woman whose “Operation Letters from Home” to American soldiers in foreign war zones was publicized in December 2004 has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in U.S. District Court and will be sentenced at 8 a.m. April 26.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John Klassen said Wednesday that Jennifer Ellen Gumm’s illegal activities were [...]

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The Fairfield Police Department plans to hold monthly auctions online.
The department has enlisted a company called Property Room to pick up items every month, clean and prepare them for sale and list them on eBay.
No date has been set for when the first items will be available. Property Room will split the proceeds [...]

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eBay is pleased with yesterday’s oral argument and appreciated the opportunity to address the Supreme Court in this important case. eBay argued that trial judges ought to have the discretion — expressly granted by Congress — to award money damages to patent owners, instead of injunctions, if the facts of a particular case [...]

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Hong Kong – The Chinese unit of US online auction service eBay Inc said it has launched an online store for China Paradise Electronics Retail Ltd (503.HK).
In statement, eBay said the online store, called Yongle, will boost the competitiveness of both companies.

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When Google began testing a payment system in February for Google Base, its virtual catalog product, Internet pundits assumed the company was moving ahead with efforts to go head-to-head with eBay, the online marketplace giant. Not so, Google executives claimed.
That’s standard operating procedure for team Google (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ), which [...]

eBay: Enigma Auction
An Enigma code making machine is up for sale on eBay. Current bids stand at €9,980 but the seller is hoping for a final price of €40,000.
The auction is due to end on 3 April.
The machine was made in 1941 but the serial numbers have been removed, making it impossible to tell who [...]

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Bobbi-Jo McKinnis didn’t realize she had become the victim of an apparent online thief until she tried to use her debit card at a local supermarket earlier this month.
McKinnis said the cashier told her the transaction was denied because of insufficient funds.
“As soon as I got out of the grocery store, I called [...]

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Aktieselskabet Af, a Danish clothing company, has filed suit against one of China’s largest e-commerce websites, eBay Eachnet in the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate Court.
The Company alleged that eBay Eachnet provided platform for selling forged goods and has demanded a public apology as well as 200,000 yuan (US$24,691) in compensation.

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World of Warcraft makers face a lawsuit from an eBayer selling an unofficial WoW game guide.
Brian Kopp, the author of “The Ultimate World of Warcraft Levelling & Gold Guide,” has filed a lawsuit against Blizzard Entertainment, Vivendi Universal, and the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), claiming that they were wrong to force eBay to remove [...]

In the United States, one of the country’s most prominent jewelers, Tiffany & Co., has filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against eBay Inc., claiming the Internet auctioneer was contributing to trademark fraud by failing to properly screen items sold on its service. After an investigation in 2004, Tiffany found 73 percent of 186 pieces of Tiffany-labeled [...]

Shares of eBay Inc. traded higher Tuesday after several analysts issued positive readings on the online auctioneer’s quarter-to-date listings and forecast more upside to the stock.
EBay shares rose $1.48, or 4 percent, to $38.63 in afternoon trading on Nasdaq, though the stock is down 14 percent for the year so far.
“We continue to recommend investors [...]

Gridlogix, Inc., a leading creator of XML Web Services-based integration solutions for remote control and automation systems, announced today the completion of the enterprise-wide integrated network for the eBay Denver data center, one of several regional mission-critical operations.
Using Gridlogix’s EnNET integration framework, Denver-based systems integrator Setpoint Systems successfully integrated eBay’s disparate control systems into a [...]