An employee of the New York State Department of Education allegedly stole hundreds of historic documents and artifacts from the New York State Library and sold some of them on eBay Inc., New York state’s attorney general said.
The items included a signed 1823 letter from Vice President John C. Calhoun, The Davy Crockett Almanack, [...]

HammerTap.com, the leading eBay research provider, releases the latest software version of HammerTap3, which includes three new analysis reports that make eBay research even easier for sellers.
“In the past it has been difficult to understand how to apply eBay research to your listings,” says Brian Clark, HammerTap’s CTO. “Starting with this release, we are simplifying [...]

eBay announced on Monday, that its PayPal online payment service unit will acquire Fraud Services, a privately held Israeli company, for $169 million.
Based in Tel Aviv, Fraud Sciences is a venture-capital-backed startup formed in April 2006, specializing in online risk assessment. Fraud Sciences’ technology is designed to ferret out fraudulent credit card purchases by verifying [...]

Excluding charges related to stock-option expenses and other items, the company earned $611 million, or 45 cents a share. Growth was led by its non-auction businesses, including its retail-like fixed price shopping sites. Cash, cash equivalents and investments leapt to $5.04 billion at the end of 2007 from $3.50 billion at the end of 2006. [...]

EBay shares fell on Thursday after the online auction company issued a disappointing forecast for the year, based in on upcoming changes to its fee structure and a cautious outlook for consumer spending.
The forecast came as part of the company’s report for the fourth quarter late Wednesday, in which earnings jumped 53% on strong sales [...]

eBay Inc, plans to cut the fees it charges sellers on its auction site, according to a presentation of the company’s quarterly results on Wednesday.
Responding to complaints by its key network of auction sellers, eBay will reduce the upfront fees sellers must pay to insert new listings on its auction sites along with reductions in [...]

Dodge and the Victory Junction Gang Camp have partnered to auction the 43rd 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8(R) on eBay beginning Feb. 12, 2008. The auction timing coincides with Petty Enterprises celebrating 50 years of racing at Daytona International Speedway.
“As a long-time friend of the Pettys, Dodge is delighted to be able to auction the No. [...]