Archive for April 6th, 2007
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) opened at $34.20. So far today the stock has hit a low of $33.85 and a high of $33.65. As of 1:15, EBAY is trading at $33.65, down $0.07 (-0.2%). After hitting a one year high of $40.82 in April 2006, the stock has been met with resistance just above $34 [...]
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against eBay
Michael Malone filed an antitrust class-action lawsuit against eBay this week under the Sherman Act, alleging eBay “utilizes its nationwide monopoly of the on-line auction market to monopolize the available forms of payment that sellers can use on eBay.” eBay controls which payment methods sellers may advertise in their listings, and this year, it eliminated [...]
Bid On eBay to Get Your Sponsor On A F1 Racecar
If you are a fan of F1 racing with deep pockets, you can get your name or company name on one of the highest tech racing cars on the planet. The Dutch Cross Media Agency has paired with eBay to offer one of the strangest eBay auctions I have ever seen. What they are auctioning [...]
Northwest Asian Weekly: When Cause Haun decided to start a children’s shoe company, her goal was to earn an extra couple hundred dollars a month to help pay for airfare to China. Little did she know that her line of hip, comfortable and affordable shoes would grow rapidly, experiencing 400 percent growth between 2005 and [...]
Online Jewelry Business Attracts Customers From All Over
Des Moines Register: Ankeny resident Karen Bender takes her handmade, home-based jewelry business one step further than similar ventures. Not only can she customize pieces, but she also creates personal designs. Her products are available at home parties as well as online. Bender talks with the Ankeny Register about her new business. Q. How many [...]
Women Boost Business With Dinner
OpenPR: Local entrepreneur Mom Carrie Lauth announces that she is priming up for the exciting launch of her monthly networking dinners for women in business. These exclusive events are designed as a way for women to expand their connections and resources, gain new customers, and make friends. Bestselling business and success author Harvey Mackay states [...]
NY Times: Will there be another puzzle craze after sudoku? Perhaps kakuro? What about nurikabe? If so, chances are it will spring from a Japanese company called Nikoli, run by the self-proclaimed godfather of sudoku, Maki Kaji. Few Americans had ever thought of Japan as a source for puzzles until a little more than two [...]
LA Times: The smell of success, Chris Reed hopes, is the sharp, spicy aroma wafting through his Los Angeles microbrewery. For now, it’s just the smell of ginger. Reed is founder and chief executive of Reed’s Inc., which produces a line of natural sodas. And he’s a fan — some might say a fanatic — [...]
Entrepreneur Statements to Venture Capitalists (What They Say vs What They Mean)
Most of our funding is in place. (We’re waiting for our other contacts to “get back to us”.) Our CEO has a solid record. (He’s done time.) We have a “first mover” advantage. (We have 65% market share … in Bangledesh.) We’ve got a solid lock on the technology. (We only have to figure out [...]
Inventor Creates Flexible Cake Icing
MCT News Service: Imagine a wedding dress made entirely of icing. Michele Hester did – complete with elaborate lace bustier and sleeves, flouncy skirt and a huge bow that looks like satin. It’s all made of sugar and eggs, a concoction she calls SugarVeil that’s more commonly used for elaborate cakes and other edibles. And [...]
Willy Wonka-esque Flavored Coupons
Entrepreneur: Many dismissed the flavored wallpaper scene in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory as childhood fantasy, but for Adnan Aziz, it was a revolutionary idea with real-life potential. In January 2005, he partnered with seasoned entrepreneurs Jay Minkoff, 48, and Josh Kopelman, 35, to launch First Flavor in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Together, they refined [...]
The stockbroker’s secretary answered his phone one morning. “I’m sorry,” she said, “Mr. Bradford’s on another line.” “This is Mr. Ingram’s office,” the caller said. “We’d like to know if he’s bullish or bearish right now.” “He’s talking to his wife,” the secretary replied. “Right now I’d say he’s sheepish.”
Vets Band Together To Line Up Business
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Navy veteran-turned-publisher Chris Hale is taking on a new fight — persuading corporate America to “Buy Veteran.” The co-owner of such titles as the Veterans Business Journal, G.I. Jobs and Military Spouse will launch the National Veteran-Owned Business Association, or NaVOBA. The mission of the new organization is to change the buying habits [...]
California News Wire: The world’s first spiritual perfume – Virtue – was premiered this week by IBI, a niche fragrance company in Orange, CA. Based upon an inspired Biblical formula, the perfume is designed to be a reminder of God, Christ, spiritual self and soul. “We turned to the Bible to seek inspiration about which [...]
