Archive for July 31st, 2006
Scammers are using bots to create bogus eBay accounts that boast trustworthy profiles in a new scheme to rip off buyers, a security company said Monday.The scam, said Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Fortinet, is a new twist on an old con where criminals set up bogus auctions, rake in the proceeds, and then scram, never intending to [...]
EBay Stock Forcast Still Negative
I started writing about eBay for Blogging Stocks in mid-June, only a month and half ago, when eBay was still over $30 a share. It’s now trading under $24.I kept noticing this downtrend, aware of investors concerns, but never 100% sure why the sentiment was so negative. Especially after Q2 earnings report. I thought that [...]
EBay Cracks Down on Policy Violators
EBay’s enforcers cracked down last month on Julie Ann Brown, a marketing professor who sells prayer cards and Victorian paper in her spare time.She had violated a policy against bidding on one of her own items, or “shill bidding,” an incident she acknowledges took place but said was an accident that should be outweighed by [...]
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur
Rhonda Abrams at Gannett News Service: This year, millions of Americans will start businesses or become self-employed. Many will have run their own businesses before, but for the majority, it will be their first time owning a business. So they have to learn how to think like an entrepreneur. I’ve run my own businesses for [...]
Six Figure Business Setting up Pajama Parties
Unusual Businesses Ideas That Work Blog: Women want to network with other women while wearing pajamas, getting spa services and shopping—at least this is what Melody Biringer, 41, found out when she founded Crave Party. Inspired by a pajama party at a friend’s home, Biringer got the idea to create fun business networking events for [...]
New Canadian Small Business Blog
D&B Canada (formerly Dun & Bradstreet) and Creative Weblogging today announced the launch of a new blog to serve Canadian small business owners. The blog, Small Biz Unplugged at www.smallbizunplugged.ca, is dedicated to supporting the Canadian small business owner with information on everything a small business owner in Canada would be dealing with. Topics include [...]
EBay opens up 15 Million Share Tied to Skype
EasyBourse Friday registered about 15 million shares of common stock for sale from time to time by certain selling stockholders. The shares were originally issued to the selling stockholders in connection with eBay’s acquisition of Skype Technologies SA, a Luxembourg-based Internet phone service company, last October. The online auction company said it won’t receive any [...]
PayPal and eBay Are Targeted 75% of the Time
 Money Control Tech Blog Sophos has revealed that over 75% of all phishing emails are targeting users of PayPal or eBay. Experts at SophosLabs scanned all phishing email messages received in the companyâs global network of spam traps during 2006, and have revealed that 54.3% were attempting to steal information from users of PayPal. The [...]
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