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...effect. Meanwhile, eBay has rolled out its standard support system for big-time sellers in China. Education sessions are available once or twice a month at "eBay University," and what seller Wu Lin, who runs a full-time business selling clothing on the site, calls "excellent customer service" helps maintain customer loyalty. "If I have a question, they answer it," she says. eBay has finally introduced its secure online-payment system?PayPal. Alibaba-Taobao started its version, Alipay, earlier this year?something that has benefited it significantly in all overseas markets. Wu says she has "looked at Taobao...
...apparent suicide. Opposition parties claimed that the shooting, in which Chen and Lu were lightly injured, was staged in order to win sympathy votes and ensure Chen's subsequent victory?a result that sparked protests across Taiwan. The end of the inquiry is unlikely to silence critics, who maintain that questions remain unanswered about the attack. ARRESTED. XIE CHUNREN, 56, Chinese-born U.S. citizen; on suspicion of spying for Taiwan; by Chinese authorities; in Sichuan Province. Arrested upon his arrival from the U.S., Xie has remained under "residential surveillance" at a state-run guesthouse since May 31, according to Jerome...
...circumstances that forced me to leave did not change my identity," says Badr leader al-Amri. He's proud of his cooperation with the Revolutionary Guard to battle Saddam but says it extended only "to the limit of our interests." An informed Western observer thinks that while those groups maintain a "shared world view" with Tehran, much as Brits and Americans share each other's, they are now trying to balance their interests with those of their backers and are eager to wield power in Baghdad in their own right. "I think you'll never break a lifelong relationship," says...
...base 50% over the past six months, lets customers access e-mail on a variety of operating systems and mobile devices; Cingular and Sprint have already signed on. Jittery investors have driven RIM's stock down 15% this year. Still, BlackBerry season isn't over. RIM is trying to maintain its dominance by licensing its software to mobile-phone makers using different operating systems. "This isn't game breaking," says RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie. --By Laura A. Locke
...contracts are transferred, the union seeks to maintain employment for all of its custodians...