Devata For Sale: The Profaning Of Hindu Culture On Ebay

Several merchants n the popular auction site Ebay recently decided that Hindu deities would be the next Djinn and many followed suit. This is unfortunate, because just like the Ebay Djinn (which turned thousands of years of Islamic culture on it's head), the faux Devatas are...

Tech titans plan to save the planet

president of eTech entrepeneurs Larry Brillant of Google and Jeffrey Skoll founding president of eBay are bringing their money and expertise to bear to fight what they see as urgent threats to the planet.They are putting their money where their mouths are with a start up...

EBay, Skype, Goldman, Morals And Principles

EBay is finally making plans to unwind itself from Meg Whitman’s appalling and astronomically expensive decision to acquire Skype. At the time of the acquisition’s announcements, the financial media, while showing surprise, did little to clarify why such a transaction...

Ebay Seeks Skype IPO

Online trade giant Ebay is unloading Skype, the ubiquitious VOIP/chat client. Ebay is not selling Skype, but is, in a sense, auctioning parts of it off in an IPO (initial public offering) to take Skype public....

Naomi Campbell walks the runway for Mumbai attack victims

Supermodel Naomi Campbell, infamous for physically and verbally abusing her personnel on numerous occasions, is now fueling her unbridled energy into helping out a good cause.  Campbell walked the runway in...

The "Hope Diamond" Of Haunted Items Hits Five Grand On Ebay

An unusual blue antique ring has generated a massive amount of interest on the popular auction site Ebay, where as of this writing, the haunted gem has garnered over five thousand dollars. The seller claims the...

Obama Graces 'Savage Dragon' Comic Book Cover

From out of the "strange news" file comes word that a "Savage Dragon" comic book, the cover of which features a flag-waving President Barack Obama smacking terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, sold for $202.50 on...

Is It Safe to Shop On Ebay? What's Going On?

March 10, 2008Alida Antonia CorneliusIs it safe to shop on ebay? This past week I purchased a couple of harnesses for my pup. I like the old type with the real metal buckles and not the new plastic kind. My...

L'Oreal takes legal action against five eBay companies

L'Oreal has started proceedings against eBay in France, Belgium, Germany, Spain and the UK because they continue to sell fakes of their brands continue. The company has said the action is to as to 'protect its brand...

eBay launches 'eBayGreenTeam' to help the environment

Internet giant eBay officially launched 'eBayGreenTeam.com' yesterday, which is a site dedicated to a single message of being green, and using sustainable and vintage goods. "“We want to push the envelope,” says...

Nazi-eBay: Hitler's hair and bones for sale

Irving, 70, has turned to selling Nazi relics after he was forced into bankruptcy in 2002 following a failed libel action. " Controversial historian David Irving has set up a website selling Nazi memorabilia which...

Cave Dwelling Family Can't Refinance, Selling Home on eBay

UPDATE MARCH 8th:  I'm happy to report that things are looking up for the Sleeper family -  it looks like they'll be getting private financing to keep their family "cave", after all.  Here's an...

Tap Dancing News Update 1/30/9

All the news that's fit to tap. Feel free to hum along.

Woman Auctions Worlds Oldest Baseball Card

    This story may make you re-think throwing out all those old dusty boxes that you find in your attic. Last year, Bernice Gallego was going through a box of antiques and came across a baseball card that she thought may be worth something. So naturally she put...

Big Bopper's 'Big' Casket a Macabre Marketable on eBay

"Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime in the next few weeks - almost...

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