A small, uninhabited town in Texas has been sold on the internet auction site, eBay, to a buyer in Italy for a little over £1.45m.
The town, called Albert, is about 100km (62 miles) outside San Antonio and features a schoolhouse, a dancehall and a bar.
The town’s current owner, Bobby Cave, said he was checking the [...]
A worker has been sacked after an investigation into stock being sold on internet auction site eBay.
Darren Turner, boss of Cartridge World, based in Rawtenstall and Accrington, took the action after police gave a 27-year-old employee an adult caution.
Police said the employee, from Haslingden, had stolen 81 Epson printer cartridges worth £1,500 from the Whalley [...]
Wedginald, the cheddar cheese watched by millions over the internet, has tipped the scales at £1,145 in an eBay auction.The proceeds from the sale, won by a wine maker from New Zealand, have been donated to BBC Children in Need.The 20kg cheddar was produced by West Country Farmhouse Cheesemakers, and surfers from around the world [...]
A lawsuit by jeweler Tiffany & Co against eBay brought under trademark law is set to open on Tuesday and could affect online auctions of luxury products.
Tiffany sued eBay in 2004 in Manhattan’s U.S. District Court, claiming the online auctioneer had aided violations of jeweler’s trademarks by letting counterfeit items be sold on its Web [...]
A student has put herself up for auction on eBay – to raise money for a charity expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.
Leah Levin-Martin, 18, who appears on the website clad only in black underwear,wants people to bid for a date with her to raise money for ChildReach International, which funds health and educational projects abroad.
With [...]
After recent speculation regarding a takeover of QXL Ricardo, it has been reported by Polska, that eBay has started buying a stake on the open-market. Polska cites traders involved in executing the purchase as the source of this claim.
For eBay, an acquisition of QXL would not only represent the opportunity to further penetrate high-growth Eastern [...]
