Read more eBay stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/884/ebay.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:57:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Virginia teacher fired after a YouTube clip surfaced of him using his posterior to paint is turning the other cheek—and auctioning off a portrait of comedian Stephen Colbert to benefit public schools. Stan Murmur uses what WTVR-TV calls “the anthropometric monotype method of painting. That means he sits...http://www.newser.com/story/71619/teacher-fired-for-butt-art-paints-colbert-for-charity.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 20:39:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71092/x-box-signed-by-sarah-palin-on-ebay-for-11m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn what can only be described as the deal of the century, eBay user dmorrill321, aka David Morrill, is currently selling an actual “60GB, perfect-condition” X-Box 360, signed by actual unemployed person Sarah Palin, for the low-low opening bid of $1,100,000—plus shipping and handling. It’s actually Morrill’s...http://www.newser.com/story/71092/x-box-signed-by-sarah-palin-on-ebay-for-11m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 14:03:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70973/big-business-to-swarm-dc-to-back-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than 150 business leaders plan to “swarm” Capitol Hill over the next two days in support of climate change legislation. Hailing from such disparate companies as eBay, the Gap, and PG&E, the executives say having a law in place would give them confidence in their long-term planning, and could...http://www.newser.com/story/70973/big-business-to-swarm-dc-to-back-climate-bill.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 12:58:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70614/whitman-skipped-voting-due-to-family-demands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWanna-be California governor and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman says she skipped voting for 28 years because of her family and her hubby's work. "I was focused on raising a family, on my husband's career, and we moved many, many times," she told reporters. "It is no excuse. My voting...http://www.newser.com/story/70614/whitman-skipped-voting-due-to-family-demands.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 5:51:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70452/meg-whitman-tests-medias-celeb-ceo-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFor years Meg Whitman has benefited from the sycophantic business media’s lionization of the CEO. Throughout the boom years, “CEOs were pretty much automatically rock stars,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age . “If they banked a billion or more, the thinking went, they must have been doing something right—right?”...http://www.newser.com/story/70452/meg-whitman-tests-medias-celeb-ceo-myth.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 15:09:18 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70070/buyers-scammed-for-millions-in-record-ebay-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagConsumers around the world were bilked out of millions of dollars for counterfeit golf clubs in the biggest-ever eBay scam, reports the Times of London. The clubs, as well as clothing, accessories and passes for an airline lounge, were auctioned online from 2004-2008 by a criminal network involving crooks from...http://www.newser.com/story/70070/buyers-scammed-for-millions-in-record-ebay-ripoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 3:30:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69952/airport-seize-your-stuff-look-for-it-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom knives to baseball bats to cake-cutters to corkscrews, and including at least one kitchen sink, the Transportation Security Administration confiscates around a million items from air travelers every month, CNN reports. Guns are turned over to law enforcement and shampoo bottles end up in the trash, but the rest...http://www.newser.com/story/69952/airport-seize-your-stuff-look-for-it-on-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 8:19:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69614/skype-sale-in-doubt-as-founders-sue-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe founders of Skype are suing eBay and the investor consortium buying the Internet phone company, accusing them of copyright violation, reports the Wall Street Journal . The suit is only the latest bump in eBay's disastrous ownership of Skype and may complicate the planned $2 billion sale. Janus Friis and...http://www.newser.com/story/69614/skype-sale-in-doubt-as-founders-sue-ebay.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 6:34:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69229/tech-tycoons-to-battle-for-californias-top-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEx-eBay boss Meg Whitman is the early favorite to win the GOP nomination for California governor but another tech billionaire is looking like an increasingly serious contender, the Wall Street Journal reports. Silicon Valley veteran Steven Poizner is currently third, behind former Congressman Tom Campbell, but his pockets are much...http://www.newser.com/story/69229/tech-tycoons-to-battle-for-californias-top-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Sep 2009 6:45:15 CDT