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  Kids Go Wild for Zhu Zhu Pets

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:02 PM ET

  Jammin' Band Musical Microphone from Fisher Price, according to Toys R Us. (Am I alone in never having heard of any of this stuff?) PayPal and eBay are predicting the season's top items to be Twilight Barbie dolls, Beatles: Rock Band Limited Edition Premium Bundle and the "Transformers 2 Read More

  More like this in: Recession, iPhone, Pets, Amazon, Gifts, Kindle, Twilight, Craigslist, Toys, Barbie (Doll), Toys R Us
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  'A Global eBay for Caring'

  By Katherine Gustafson | Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:23 PM ET

  to reach out and do good in the world on a range of social issues, reports BBC News."The idea, is to create a world online Peace Corps or a global eBay for caring," Noble told the UK's E-Government Bulletin Live. With seed money from corporations secured, work has already begun on the site Read More

  More like this in: Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Activism, Copenhagen, Networking, DonorsChoose, TwitCause, GlobalGiving, Network for Good
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  Save Animals with a Light Saber Lunch

  By David Jenison | Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:00 PM ET

  rescue organization is auctioning off several lunches with different celebrities. Starting Nov. 5, Precious Paws will launch the 10-day auction on eBay in which individuals can bid on lunch for two with celebs like Hamill, Anthony Michael Hall, Susan Olsen and Eric Roberts, among others.Fo Read More

  More like this in: Bon Jovi, Celebrities, Animal Rescue, Star Trek, Star Wars, Guitars, The Eagles, Def Leppard
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  Summer Interns Green Fortune 500 Companies

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:28 PM ET

  internships under the Environmental Defense Fund's Climate Corps program. Under the program, interns work for Fortune 500 companies like Dell, eBay, Sony Pictures and even the Houston Rockets for 10 weeks, with one main goal: Research green initiatives that can help save the company som Read More

  More like this in: Energy, Climate change, Business, Emissions, Planet, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Greenhouse Gas, Dell, Corporations, GRIST, Sony Pictures
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  eBay WTF of the Day - Denim Disaster

  By Annie Scott | Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:00 AM ET

  obviously did with this 90s-denim-meets-school-librarian-meets-goth-homemaker debacle. See if you can make one crazier than this. Then sell it on eBay. I dare you. And I'll find it. WTF!Photo vi Read More

  More like this in: Fashion, Life & Style, Fashion
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  eBay Bids Up Bloom Energy Fuel Cells

  By John Casey | Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  to install five fuel cells from Bloom Energy that will generate up to 500 kilowatts of power." According to the San Jose Business Journal, eBay is "on a mission to reduce its overall carbon footprint by 15 percent by 2012 ... It’s using technology from the first green tech investmen Read More

  More like this in: Volkswagen, Google, San Francisco, Clean Energy , Bloom Energy, Technology, Social Responsibility, Good Ideas, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge, Green Tech, Energy, Environment, Activism, Development
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  Sports, School Interests Dominated Web Activity in September

  By Judy Mottl | Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:19 AM ET

  visitors, AOL in fourth place with 100 million and social network leader Facebook holding onto fifth place with 95 million. Also in the top 10 were eBay, Amazon and Ask Network. Noting it was the back-to-school season, the report also stated that top interests on the Web were education an Read More

  More like this in: Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, Television, Amazon.com Inc., Technology, Education, Sports
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  eBay WTF of the Day - Halloween FAIL

  By Annie Scott | Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  indelicate ... a piece of poop with wings.Ugh. There. I said it. You know you were thinking it, too. WTF, $5 poop costume?Photo vi Read More

  More like this in: Google, Halloween, Life & Style, Fashion, Family
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  Artist Sells Possessions for £1

  By Courtney Rubin | Tue Oct 6, 2009 12:18 PM ET

  son, her goldfish – or her kitchen knives, which she's leaving out because English law bars the selling of those on online auction sites such as eBay.)"My life has sometimes felt empty, void of anything important," she writes on her Web site. "I look around at what I have got to show for m Read More

  More like this in: London, Daily Mail, Art, VW, Trafalgar Square, World, Life & Style, Europe, Events, Culture
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  eBay WTF of the Day - It's Not the Bag ...

  By Annie Scott | Mon Oct 5, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  not the bag ... ... it's the naked mannequin torso over which it's unceremoniously draped. We've talked (at length) about "non-parts" before (see eBay WTF of the Day - Mannequin Crotch Wracket), but this is just an outlandish abuse of a bust. This "Cool & Unusual Vintage Handbag Hippie Boh Read More

  More like this in: Beauty, Life & Style, Fashion