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X Factor gatecrasher Calvin Harris attacks Simon Cowell

16.11.09
Chart act Calvin Harris claimed today that he crashed The X Factor stage to "make a mockery" of the competition and its "terrible" music.... more

eBay sells off Skype stake in $1.9 billion deal

01.09.09
Online auction specialist eBay has sold a 65% stake in internet telephone company Skype for $1.9 billion (£1.1 billion)... more

Widow auctions off burial site above Marilyn Monroe

18.08.09
The burial plot above Marilyn Monroe's is being auctioned off by a widow in America.... more

L’Oréal fails in High Court bid to blame eBay for fakes

22.05.09
Online “market place” eBay claimed victory in a High Court test case brought by cosmetics giant L’Oreal... more

A curse on these eBay fashion touts

27.04.09
I have a love-hate relationship with eBay. I love buying on it, I hate selling on it. Once, I tried to sell a pair of sunglasses... more

Watchdog bans eBay advert claiming 25 percent discounts

22.04.09
The Advertising Standards Authority has told eBay to stop claiming that it offers new goods 25% below store prices... more

Nuclear windfall as bidders vie for sites

20.03.09
The Treasury is expecting a windfall running into hundreds of millions of pounds after an eBay-style auction of new nuclear power station sites looked set to go into a second week... more

Web of woe as eBay is hit by online decline

22.01.09
Consumer: Turnover at eBay’s famous auction websites crashed 16% in the last quarter as recession-hit shoppers keep their wallets tightly shut... more

Revealed: the £2.6m council house family

24.12.08
A mother of eight living on housing benefit in a £2.6million home provided by her London council has said: "I'm not going to pretend it isn't great"... more

An Xbox on eBay has hijacked my life

22.12.08
It seemed a good idea at the time. Sell a few unwanted items on eBay, make a bit of extra money for Christmas how complicated could it be? Er Shopping on eBay in December is the retail equivalent of trying to buy a pint on New Year's Eve... more

Chef wants to spend Christmas cooking for you

01.12.08
One of London's leading chefs has put himself up for auction on eBay, offering to cook a Christmas Day lunch for the highest bidder.... more

Bankers' backlash

24.11.08
One City wife reveals a new ugly side of the downturn: unpaid bills, unreturned calls and fewer public shows of charity... more

Police to be trained by eBay in bid to prevent online fraud

07.11.08
Auction website eBay is to launch a training course for the Met to teach officers to spot online fraud... more

Buyer faces libel case over eBay complaint

23.10.08
A man who complained on eBay about a £155 mobile phone he bought via the site is facing a charge of libel from the seller... more

Competitive thrift – it’s the new spending

13.10.08
Today it’s all about being seen to buy less, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor... more

Software boss in jail after his ‘admission’

13.10.08
Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists... more

Hard times make life’s little treats so much sweeter

02.10.08
There is a special word to describe people awaiting a terrible fate but who still have a chance of escaping it — “previvors”. ... more

eBay tells sellers to request ID in clampdown on knives

29.08.08
Internet auction site eBay has joined the fight against knife crime by making it more difficult to buy weapons... more

Millionaire's lifestyle for sale on eBay

06.08.08
An eccentric millionaire has put his entire lifestyle up for sale on eBay... more

eBay springs a £232m surprise

17.07.08
Online auctioneer eBay has surprised Wall Street with a 22% increase in second-quarter profits through strong growth of its PayPal payments system... more

eBay must pay £32m to LVMH over fake goods

30.06.08
Auction website eBay has been ordered to pay luxury goods giant LVMH £32 million in compensation for handling fake Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Givenchy brands... more

EBay gets boost from PayPal and a sliding dollar

17.04.08
Online auctioneer eBay turns in a better first-quarter profit than expected... more

Ebay under attack over festival ticket sales

18.05.07
Music minister Shaun Woodward has criticised internet auction site eBay for failing to withdraw Radio One music festival tickets being traded... more

Laughing all the way to the Banksy

27.12.06
Prints by controversial graffiti artist Banksy originally sold for £100 are being auctioned on eBay for more than £400.... more

Fury as Diana tickets end up on eBay

13.12.06
The first tickets for the Diana memorial concert have already sold out. They were snapped up inside 20 minutes and many were put straight on eBay for hundreds of pounds.... more

Instant live CDs to beat the bootlegs

11.10.06
Pop band Keane are firing the opening salvo in a new battle against bootleggers. They are to sell CD recordings of their gigs only 10 minutes after they come off stage.... more

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