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...collect unwanted items through a network of store locations and trade them on eBay for a share of the sale price - are now shipping as many as 5,000 items per week in the U.S. And with eBay business outside of the U.S. now soaring - international transaction revenue leapt 64% to $344 million in the last quarter, compared with 24% growth within the U.S. - the drop-off sector is taking off in Europe. Auctioning4u CEO Christian Braun began trading from his London home, but his company now ships 60 items a day, collecting goods from its five London stores...
Harvard scored a highlight-reel basket just before the halftime break. As Stehle’s full-court inbounds pass threatened to sail out of bounds, Rogus leapt to tap the ball back into play to sophomore reserve Brian Darcy, who banked in a jumper as the horn went off...Despite a career-high 15 boards from Cusworth, Harvard was outrebounded for the sixth time in its last eight games, 39-37. The team’s record is 4-4 over that span...Jason Norman fouled out with 5:50 left in the game. It was his first disqualification...
...Change of Tune Global music trade body IFPI cheered a rise in online music that people actually pay for. In the U.S and Europe, legal downloads leapt tenfold between 2003-4, to over 200 million...
...Blame Game Not for nothing do they call economics the dismal science. Consensus held that a plummeting dollar - making U.S. exports more affordable - and a drop-off in the price of oil would shrink the country's yawning trade deficit. Instead, it leapt to a record $60.3 billion in November, up from $56 billion a month earlier. How to explain the missed call? Moody's Investors Service labeled it "an atrocious month for U.S. exports," suggesting "ineffective business and government leadership may be to blame." But U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow found a handier target: America 's major trading partners...
...close to a deal to give 325 million in annual tax subsidies to France's video game publishers, on top of the 35 million it already hands out to promote innovation. The industry accounts for just 10,000 jobs and about 31 billion in revenues, but it has leapt to the center of national attention following the December purchase by U.S. giant Electronic Arts of a 20% stake in French rival Ubisoft. "There's a lot of creativity in France, and we don't want to end up as another sweatshop for video gaming like India or Morocco," says Romain...