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Most internet start-ups died long before they got old enough to earn a living. But eBay skipped adolescence entirely--heading straight to profitability--thanks largely to Meg Whitman, 46, a seasoned marketing executive who in 1998 began overseeing the online curiosity that rapidly morphed into the world's most successful e-commerce company. Valued at $32 billion, eBay handles transactions worth $59 million a day, or $684 a second. Mom-and-pop shops peddle their wares alongside IBM, Kodak and Sears--and many stake their livelihood on the digital marketplace. "I think there's a minimum...
...Pole Position FOXSports.com invited aspiring journalists to bid on eBay for the chance to cover NASCAR racing for its website, just two years after parent company News Corporation fired more than 200 online journalists...
...Cambridge resident reported that she attempted to purchase a computer through eBay. She said she sent a check that was cashed, but she never received the computer...
...Opening bid on eBay for a collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia, including one of his teeth...
...reassuring, but neither is a doctor shortage." A Michigan reader echoed the idea: "I'm all for taking the lawyers out of the equation. In advance of nonemergency, non-life-threatening surgeries, let patients insure themselves. Those who choose not to would take the same risk as eBay buyers who don't pay shipping insurance...