Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Amid the mountains of baseball cards and cookie jars up for grabs on eBay's Net bazaar, one offer stood out this spring: "Team of 16 employees from major ISP willing to leave as a group," the posting read. "Total minimum bid would be $3,140,000." To even the most avid online collector, this seemed far-fetched--not to mention medieval--as if a package deal of techies could be bartered like a set of Limoges china or Star Wars lunch boxes. Surely it had to be a hoax...
Since the talent market launched a month ago, some 35,000 customers, from programmers to Elvis impersonators, have filled out their profiles, eagerly awaiting an offer they can't refuse. Unlike traditional auctions, though, bids aren't binding--there is more to picking a new boss than simply finding the right salary. So once the auction period ends--anywhere from one to five days--an accepted bid sets the stage to close the deal. "It gives you a starting point," says David Braverman, of Woodmere, New York, who runs a marketing agency and, after a week on the site...
...strong third place for Elizabeth Dole could vault her back to first-alternative status, especially if Bush comes out with something the press deems disappointing. For Dan Quayle and Gary Bauer, it?s a bid for the remaining attentions of the religious right. For Lamar Alexander, who?s down to the change in his couch after concentrating on the Hawkeye State, a good showing could be a reprieve from bankruptcy, and a poor one likely a death blow. John McCain, meanwhile, skipped the event completely, calling it a "scam," and in the run-up to the vote...
There are about 100 day-trading firms in the U.S. Clients open accounts with minimums of about $50,000 and are allowed to use fully equipped trading posts, which include a telephone; monitors displaying the bid-and-asked-prices of stocks and other data; financial and general news wires; and a direct link to markets where a trader can make dozens or even hundreds of trades in a day. The same tools are generally available at home or in the office via the Internet, though they are less easily managed and access is slower. The day-trading firms make money...
...have done better to put Ken Starr behind the tree, armed with his final report. The Whitewater Special Prosecutor announced Monday that he?s moving rapidly to wrap up his investigation of the Clintons, and plans to have his final report out before the first lady makes her Senate bid. At one time, Hillary?s spin doctors may have welcomed Starr?s swansong as an opportunity to revive the image of their candidate as a target of some unending right-wing conspiracy, but a New York electorate fatigued by scandal is unlikely to be particularly sympathetic to the idea...