Chicago sues eBay over concert ticket taxes

May 20, 2008 By AMANDA FEHD, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- The city of Chicago is suing eBay and its subsidiary StubHub for failing to collect city amusement taxes on concert and sporting event tickets sold through the Web sites.

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