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eBay Layoffs: Fewer Than 60, Company Says
5:47AM Ryan Tate | eBay has quantified the layoffs we’ve been writing about, saying the online auction company’s upcoming restructuring will “impact fewer than 60 positions”, in the words of a spokesman, with details provided internally within the week. More »
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eBay Layoffs Rumoured For Thursday
7:40AM Ryan Tate | eBay has already confirmed it is planning a round of layoffs. Now a company tipster tells us the internal reckoning is slated to come on Thursday. More »
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Layoffs Loom At eBay
6:56AM Ryan Tate | Two weeks ago, eBay announced a restructuring. As any Silicon Valley trouper knows, that means layoffs will soon follow. And that, in fact, is what’s happening. More »
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How eBay Surrendered Its ‘Religion’
10:59AM Ryan Tate | Here’s an extraordinary video of eBay CEO John Donahoe bragging about how the company has sidelined what was once a core competency: Online auctions. Why solve a hard business problem when you can run away from it? More »
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Jealous Geeks In $US2 Billion Wrestling Match Over Skype
3:22AM Ryan Tate | How did a group of private investors snag Skype for $US2 billion+ when big public corporations like Google were too scared to bid, thanks to lawsuits? With stolen computer nerd sorcery, allegedly. More »
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Let The Bizarre Ted Kennedy Memorials Begin
4:41AM Brian Moylan | When any beloved public figure dies, everyone comes out to share their grief and some come out to make some money. And along with those come plenty crazies. Get ready, Teddy, now is your turn. More »
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MJ-Related Pancake Painting A Little Too Intense For Ebay
2:34AM Hamilton Nolan | Speaking of important Michael Jackson news, pancake-painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has some! He painted a moving portrait of “Joe Jackson with a Michael Jackson memorial ticket and a pancake upon his head.” Ebay is censoring it! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
12:31PM Jess McGuire | Discovering that one can purchase Silver Logies on eBay has strangely saddened me, you know? Because I always thought that if I was ever to get one of my very own, it could only be through hard work and years of sacrifice/waitressing at cafes. Now that I know that it’s possible for me to get my paws on the prestigious award simply by outbidding someone called xxX_toowoomba_princess74_Xxx, I may stop studying Stanislavski altogether.
Bunney Brooke’s 1974 Silver Logie for best actress was auctioned off on eBay yesterday for $2225 after 24 hours bidding.
Wait, is it Bunney Brooke or Bunny Brooke? Either way, I liked her. I remember watching her on E Street (she played Vi Patchett) when I was a kidlet. More »
Second Hand Silver Logie Worth Exactly $2225
12:31PM Jess McGuire | Discovering that one can purchase Silver Logies on eBay has strangely saddened me, you know? Because I always thought that if I was ever to get one of my very own, it could only be through hard work and years of sacrifice/waitressing at cafes. Now that I know that it’s possible for me to get my paws on the prestigious award simply by outbidding someone called xxX_toowoomba_princess74_Xxx, I may stop studying Stanislavski altogether.
Bunney Brooke’s 1974 Silver Logie for best actress was auctioned off on eBay yesterday for $2225 after 24 hours bidding.
Wait, is it Bunney Brooke or Bunny Brooke? Either way, I liked her. I remember watching her on E Street (she played Vi Patchett) when I was a kidlet. More » 
Michael Jackson’s DNA-Laden Underpants An EBay Exclusive
3:10AM Seth | “Boys pants, half-off.” That’s the punchline to one of our favourite Michael Jackson jokes. (”Why did Jackson go to Wal-Mart?”) But now you really can own a pair of Jackson’s underpants, via the creepiest eBay auction since Courtney Love’s Papsmearpalooza For Charity. From Page Six: More »
