| Auction Giant eBay Visits Boomtown
Auction giant eBay is tweaking seller fees to encourage smaller starting bids and discourage sellers from listing huge numbers of similar items. Representatives from eBay have been calling individual sellers, reminding them to abide by fair-use policies. And eBay is taking a more active role in combatting the growing incidence of fraud.
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Why Does eBay Want StumbleUpon? To Promote Its Auctions
At first it didn't quite make sense to me why eBay would want to acquire StumbleUpon. eBay does auctions and sales. StumbleUpon does random entertainment. At least, that's the way I used the two sites. But then, of course, I remembered that StumbleUpon is basically just a huge database full of associated interests. It's kinda like Amazon. People who liked X also liked Y. Deploy that technology on eBay, and suddenly your users find all sorts of stuff for sale they never knew about. I imagine somewhere inside eBay there's a chart showing that a huge percentage of their site is basically untrafficked. StumbleUpon, if deployed correctly, would help. .
Dan Rooney, Sidney Crosby Snag Dapper Dan Awards
(KDKA) PITTSBURGH Athletes, coaches and other sports celebrities came out to attend the 71st annual Dapper Dan Dinner and Sports Auction.The event took place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney received the Lifetime Achievement Award.Sidney Crosby and Swin Cash were also honored as Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. .
Elementary school projected bumped back in Red LIon
The bidding process on a new elementary school in the Red Lion Area School District has been delayed from mid-May to early June, pushing the entire project back by months, project manager John Beddia told the school board Thursday. The delay is due to work planned to the adjacent property. The district has a joint agreement with that developer because plans for the new school call for using the adjacent property for access, said board president Chris Seitz. The district cannot receive bids until the adjacent property receives its site approval. With the delay of the bidding process, Seitz said it is "highly unlikely" that the new school will open in September 2009 as planned. The school was originally set to open in September 2008, but had to be pushed back because the acquisition of the property took longer than anticipated.
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