News tagged with auction
EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.
India says will start 3G auction in January
Oct 25, 2009 |
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India said Saturday a long-delayed auction of radio bandwidth for third generation (3G) telecommunications services will start in January and will be open to foreign companies.
PayPal opening doors to outside developers
Oct 21, 2009 |
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PayPal plans to throw open the doors of its software platform to enable outside developers to build innovative tools using the online financial transaction service.
EBay fined again for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A French court on Friday ordered online auction site eBay to pay 80,000 euros (118,000 dollars) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said.
Verizon Wireless Plans to Offer 4G Capability Next Year
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In today's world, we want our information to travel faster. This is especially true as smart phones take over and we become used to using smaller devices to accomplish more while we are away ...
US to auction rare T-Rex skeleton
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 13, 2009 |
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A rare Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton, among the most complete specimens in the world, is to go on the auction block in Las Vegas in October, the auction house Bonhams & Butterfields has said.
General Motors to try selling new cars on eBay
Jul 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- As part of its turnaround plan, General Motors Corp. said Friday it plans to experiment with auctioning new cars on eBay, expanding on an existing partnership covering certified used vehicles on the online marketplace.
Game theory and machine learning offer better bidding strategies
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May 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining techniques from game theory and artificial intelligence, computer scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a better way to find the best bidding strategy in a simulated auction ...
eBay has unexpected, chilling effect on looting of antiquities, archaeologist finds
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May 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Having worked for 25 years at fragile archaeological sites in Peru, UCLA archaeologist Charles "Chip" Stanish held his breath when the online auction house eBay launched more than a decade ...
EBay wins approval for South Korean acquisition
Apr 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ebay Inc. has won regulatory approval to acquire online marketplace Gmarket, South Korea's antitrust watchdog said Thursday.
eBay to take controlling stake in SKorea site for 1.2 bln dlrs
Apr 16, 2009 |
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US online auction giant eBay will take a controlling stake in South Korea's biggest online marketplace Gmarket in a deal worth up to 1.2 billion dollars, the two companies announced on Thursday.
EBay admits more work ahead for marketplaces unit
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EBay Inc. has been struggling to improve its online marketplace, and the company acknowledged Wednesday that it still has a long way to go. But eBay also highlighted the strength of its PayPal unit, predicting its ...
Einstein doctorate up for auction
Mar 06, 2009 |
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The doctorate certificate that Albert Einstein obtained from the University of Zurich in 1906 will come up for auction in June, auctioneers Fischer Galerie said Friday.
Brain imaging study provides new insight into why people pay too much in auctions
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Auctions are an old and widely used method for allocating goods that have become increasingly common with the advent of internet auctions sites such as Ebay. Previous economic research has shown that in an auction people ...
