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...which civilizations interacted in cooperative or competitive ways”—in a semester)? The answer is not too hard to guess when that professor might receive a hefty bonus and/or ego-boost and global brandname as Harvard marketers hawk his course everywhere from eBay to East Podunk College...

Author: By J. hale Russell, | Title: A Hard Sell | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

...supermarkets. This is the first time Campbell's has deviated from its red-and-white label since it was introduced in 1898. And with a run of 300,000 cans, each with a copy of Warhol's signature, just wait. Pretty soon tomato soup will be for sale on eBay. --By Kate Novack

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style: Tomato Soup With a Side Of Pop Art | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...femininity that women are supposed to be self-effacing about their work. It's striking how often women of accomplishment bend over backward to deny that they are responsible for their achievements. I got a call this week from a woman who had heard Meg Whitman, the CEO of eBay, speak at a conference. The woman said Whitman began her talk with a long disclaimer about her success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conversation: Thwarted Dreams | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...mail scamming, known as phishing, is on the rise. Phony messages requesting account information and passwords are nearly 800 times as prevalent now as they were last fall, says cybersecurity firm MessageLabs. Consumers should be wary of messages purportedly from Citibank, eBay, PayPal, Wachovia, Visa or Bank of America, as some are scams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: Gone Phishing | 5/3/2004 | See Source »

...still responds directly to e-mails from buyers and sellers. A mother of two, Whitman knows that some of eBay's biggest customers are people who never thought they would touch a computer. She pays homage to them on Oprah as well as at trade shows. If a new eBay feature is unpopular, she'll pull it. When users complained about not being able to use the electronic payment service PayPal for eBay transactions, she bought PayPal for $1.5 billion. Which explains why they chant her name. And why this self-effacing star is the envy of just about everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meg Whitman: Host of eBay's Passionate Party | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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