Skype Journal reported on Tuesday that Skype underwent a reorganization in which all marketing functions will be moved to London, and 14 staff have yet to find another job at Skype or another eBay company
Word of the reorg spread when writer Om Malik picked up the news on his blog, and said changes included the "axing of the entire business development part of the company" except for a handful of country heads (http://gigaom.com/2006/11/29/skype-fires).
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Monday, December 4, 2006
Protest sees school up for sale on eBay
Campaigner behind ‘prime piece of real estate’ spoofAN anti-city academies campaigner revealed last night (Thursday) why she had put up Islington Green School for sale on eBay auction website in a spoof offer.
Teacher Molly Doyle placed a £2,000 starting price on the Prebend Street school, where there are plans for a city academy backed by £2 million sponsors the City of London and City University. So far, one bidder has met the reserve price.
She said: “I have listed Islington Green School on eBay as a means to highlight the disgusting policy of this government in attempting to privatise the education system by basically selling it to the highest bidder – or any bidder for that matter. ”
Read more http://www.thecnj.co.uk/islington/120106/news120106_10.html
Teacher Molly Doyle placed a £2,000 starting price on the Prebend Street school, where there are plans for a city academy backed by £2 million sponsors the City of London and City University. So far, one bidder has met the reserve price.
She said: “I have listed Islington Green School on eBay as a means to highlight the disgusting policy of this government in attempting to privatise the education system by basically selling it to the highest bidder – or any bidder for that matter. ”
Read more http://www.thecnj.co.uk/islington/120106/news120106_10.html
Barrett tree goes on eBay
An artificial Christmas tree belonging to Pink Floyd songwriter Syd Barrett was offered on internet auction site eBay - less than 24 hours after it fetched £800 at a sale of the reclusive star's belongings.
Read more http://www.utvlive.com/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=11444&pt=e
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One PS3 Sold Every Six Seconds on eBay
According to figures from Terapeak Marketplace Research, on November 18th, PS3s were selling on eBay at a rate of one every six seconds. More than 2200 PS3s were sold between 8 am and 10 am PST on November 18th, with more than 35,000 units listed on the online auction site between November 16th and the 22nd.
If you weren't an auction winner, don't feel too bad; you would've paid more than double the list price for your shiny new console. The average sold price of a PS3 on November 18th was $1,243, with the average price for the time period between the 16th and the 22nd ranging just a bit higher at $1,276.
Read more http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155609
If you weren't an auction winner, don't feel too bad; you would've paid more than double the list price for your shiny new console. The average sold price of a PS3 on November 18th was $1,243, with the average price for the time period between the 16th and the 22nd ranging just a bit higher at $1,276.
Read more http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155609
Indiana 1976 championship ring is being auctioned on eBay
ring commemorating Indiana’s 1976 NCAA basketball championship is being auctioned on eBay.
The anonymous seller said Thursday he obtained the ring through the estate of the late Harold Andreas, who was one of Bob Knight’s assistant coaches in 1976, the last time a Division I team finished unbeaten.
“I am the only one to have owned the ring other than Andreas,” the seller said. “I am not a sports collector, nor an eBay-selling freak.”
Read more http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/16141102.htm
The anonymous seller said Thursday he obtained the ring through the estate of the late Harold Andreas, who was one of Bob Knight’s assistant coaches in 1976, the last time a Division I team finished unbeaten.
“I am the only one to have owned the ring other than Andreas,” the seller said. “I am not a sports collector, nor an eBay-selling freak.”
Read more http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/sports/16141102.htm
Med school's antique cadaver found — on eBay
When the University of Maryland's medical school opened 200 years ago, doctors had one big problem: They needed dead bodies, and there was no good way to get them.
In those early years, the school turned to grave robbing. More than a few corpses got yanked out of fresh dirt in nearby cemeteries and wound up on the dissection table for anatomy lessons.
Read more http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16012298/
In those early years, the school turned to grave robbing. More than a few corpses got yanked out of fresh dirt in nearby cemeteries and wound up on the dissection table for anatomy lessons.
Read more http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16012298/
eBay Selling Strategy: Creating International-Friendly Listings
Earlier this month, AuctionBytes Newsflash reported that 70 percent of visitors to eBay.com are from outside the U.S. (See "International Visitors Drive eBay Traffic," http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m11/i10/s02). More and more international buyers are turning to eBay.com for their purchases because of the variety of items, better prices, and exchange rate. This means that sellers on eBay.com who make their listings international buyer-friendly are more likely to get sales from this market.
Read more http://auctionbytes.com/cab/abu/y206/m12/abu0180/s02
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