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Jack Ma: English teacher turned Internet billionaire
After being knocked back by American venture capitalists in 1999, Jack Ma -- a cash-strapped entrepreneur -- convinced friends to give him $60,000 to start Chinese online retailer Alibaba.com.
May 21, 2012 |
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Irish PayPal expansion to create 1,000 jobs
US online payments giant PayPal is to create 1,000 new jobs in Ireland in a major expansion of its operations in the eurozone member, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Tuesday.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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HP fires second CEO in 2 years; Whitman in charge
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard has performed another extreme act of corporate remodeling, firing its CEO Leo Apotheker after just 11 months and replacing him with billionaire businesswoman and political aspirant ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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EBay targets mobile users, hoping to seem hip
(AP) -- EBay's name is synonymous with auctions, but that's created an image problem for the online marketplace.
Sep 14, 2011 |
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Penny auction sites could cost a chunk of change
(AP) -- An iPad for $88.07? An Xbox for $15.33? Sold!
Jun 24, 2011 |
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EBay sells a piece of papal history
The online auction site eBay, with a plethora of things up for sale, recently put on the block a bit of papal history, the identity card of Albino Luciani, who later became pope John Paul I.
Jun 21, 2011 |
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eBay wins preliminary EU court backing in L'Oreal fight
US online auction site eBay won preliminary backing from Europe's highest court Thursday in a copyright battle with French cosmetics giant L'Oreal.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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'Data geek' brings algorithms to online charity auctions
Jon Carson, chief executive of charity auction site BiddingForGood, describes himself as a "data geek with a social bent."
Nov 15, 2010 |
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EBay 2Q profit rises 26 pct on PayPal, marketplace
(AP) -- EBay Inc. reported healthy second-quarter earnings Wednesday as more people transferred money through its PayPal payment service and shopped on its main website.
Jul 21, 2010 |
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eBay enlists China and US post services to battle Taobao
US auction site eBay announced a partnership Friday with China Post and the US Postal Service in a new bid to re-establish itself in China, where the market is dominated by homegrown rival Taobao.com.
May 28, 2010 |
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India slowly gets to grips with ecommerce
Vipul Modi is a busy high court lawyer in India's financial capital Mumbai. Like many people, he uses the Internet to buy rail and airline tickets as well as pay his utility bills.
May 16, 2010 |
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eBay to pay damages to duped Austrian gold buyer
Online auction giant eBay is to pay more than 16,000 euros in damages to a user who never received the gold bars bought on its site from a fraudulent seller, following the first such court ruling.
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Demise of coral, salamander show impact of Web
(AP) -- The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats to rare species, fueling the illegal wildlife trade and making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, ...
Mar 21, 2010 |
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PayPal plans to double staff in Asia by year's end
(AP) -- PayPal, the online payments unit of Internet auction site operator eBay Inc., plans to double its staff in Asia to 2,000 by the end of the year.
Mar 17, 2010 |
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British Cold War nuclear bunker up for sale on eBay
A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).
Feb 28, 2010 |
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