Archive for March 22nd, 2006
UK Man Puts Dental Appointment on eBay
WestLothian: A man has put his dental appointment on an internet auction site to highlight the state of NHS dentistry, it has emerged. Richard Barrie, 29, has tried for five years to get an NHS dentist since moving from Dundee to Thornton in Fife. After relentless phone calls, he finally landed two registration consultations and [...]
KUTV: If you’re like millions of Americans you’ve bought or sold something on eBay. For those who sell, Bill Gephardt says sometimes they get a surprise from the Internal Revenue Service. Online auctions sellers fall into two groups, people selling personal belongings or businesses going on-line to sell their stuff. The Internal Revenue Service tells [...]
globeandmail: Most working days, law professionals in the New York offices of Torys LLP sit at computers and scour the Internet for cheap designer goods. Shouts of “Bingo” ring out when unbelievable deals are spotted. The lawyers and paralegals are not searching for bargains, it should be explained, they are trolling for litigation work. “If [...]
The Hub: Random antiques, sports equipment, dirty magazines – you name it and Jacob Plaunt, 20, of East Lansing, could probably help you sell it. Well, not the dirty magazines. As assistant manager of iSOLD It, he’s helped customers sell pretty much anything and everything. If you’ve seen “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” then you get the [...]
ComputerWorld: EBay and Amazon.com this week announced extensions to their content syndication capabilities, the latest example of e-commerce players using this popular technology to facilitate the flow of product information to potential buyers in order to help spur sales. EBay now lets its Web-site visitors create content-syndication feeds for searches they conduct on its online [...]
Chuck Huckaby: Well, actually YOU have to do the writing, but Blurb can publish your book on demand. Here’s how they’re trying to reinvent publishing. $30? Amazing. Most “self-publishing� packages I’ve seen run even higher than the $300 quoted here. A good package with decent services can easily run $1500. They used to say “freedom [...]
Finance Companies: An Alternative to Bank Loans
MSNBC: A recent study sponsored by the SBA’s Office of Advocacy found that finance companies are indeed big backers of small businesses, ranking as the second-most important institutional suppliers of credit to small firms. According to the SBA study, vehicle and equipment loans and capital leases are especially popular finance company offerings. Their willingness to [...]
Entrepreneur Almost Daily: In today’s society, where more and more Americans are locked in debt, it seems that fewer and fewer people actually own something… MSNBC.com had an article yesterday about this growing trend. Companies are finding success leasing anything from designer handbags to high-end golf clubs to luxury sports cars for lease terms ranging [...]
