Archive for May 25th, 2006
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Why are eBay stores a best kept secret?
Joplin Globe: Itâs not just an auction site any more. You can buy and sell with the traditional bidding format, but another option is the eBay store. This realm is one of the best kept secrets around â not because eBay is trying to keep it secret, but because buyers just arenât familiar with the [...]
eBay President Bill Cobb on Yahoo – eBay Partnership
eBay: I’d like to share an important piece of news with our Community. eBay and Yahoo! have signed an agreement to work closer together in ways that will benefit both of our communities of users. I want to explain some of the details of this agreement and how they’ll benefit both buyers and sellers in [...]
DNA Money: eBay India, the Indian arm of auction site eBay.com, one of the most popular shopping websites, on Wednesday released some trends of its consumers. According to Ambareesh Murty, director – category management – eBay India, the most searched item by keyword on the site is ‘trains’, even though the company doesn’t sell any [...]
Yahoo and eBay Form Partnership
Seattle P.I.: Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that appears aimed at thwarting the recent expansions of online search engine leader Google and Microsoft. Shares of both companies rose after the news. Under the multiyear partnership announced Thursday, the Silicon Valley companies will draw upon each other’s strengths in online [...]
States Getting Into VC Business
The Entrepreneurial Mind: In yet another example of socialized entrepreneurship, a majority of the states across the US (44 to be exact) report on their attempts to get into the VC business. While possibly well intentioned, this is bad policy. Studies have clearly shown that governmental efforts to guide investment have little long-term economic impact. [...]
Merger between eBay, Yahoo, Google or Microsoft?
Blogging Stocks: Sure, it’s fun to speculate that Internet titans Google, eBay, Microsoft, or Yahoo! could merge in some way. And maybe eBay and Yahoo! is the most likely of any of the possible combinations, as this article posits. But I take all the talk about such mega-deals with a grain of salt. Here’s why: [...]
Are You Cut Out to Be a Consultant?
Startup Journal: Now’s a good time to jump into self-employment as an independent consultant — at least for some professions. In the continuing effort to comply with laws such as Sarbanes-Oxley and the health-privacy act known as HIPAA, companies increasingly turn to independent contractors. Plus, companies now see independent pros as a way to fill [...]
A Blueprint for Franchise Success
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