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Source: CNN
James Bond’s car — really, the James Bond car –will be going up for auction in January. Cars custom-built for Al Capone and Hank Williams, Jr. will also be for sale at the same event.
The 1964 Aston Martin DB5 driven by the character James Bond in the movies Goldfinger and Thunderball will be sold [...]

Source: ChinaView
Who is the most welcomed chief executive officer in the eyes of the South Korean CEOs at the ongoing APEC Forum? A poll showed that Meg Whitman, CEO of online auction pioneer eBay Inc., is expected to draw the biggest attention during the APEC CEO Summit next week.
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, opened [...]

Source: BBC News
The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins paid £350 (about $609 US) for a copy of his own band’s new album on eBay a month before its release to stop it being leaked. The CD was sent to a small number of record company figures and journalists around the world but found its way onto [...]

Source: The Seattle Times (Seattle, Washington)
Google, targeting the online auction market dominated by eBay, is seeking to patent a system that creates Internet ads automatically and makes it easier for people to sell products on the Web.
Google Automat will let advertisers enter details of items they want to sell and automatically create an ad “in [...]

Source: 10News (San Diego, California)
Some consumers are discovering that when they bid on eBay, they’re opening a portal to problems.
Tina Schimke and her husband, Dwayne, began having trouble with eBay when they placed a bid on a bike from what looked to be a legitimate seller, San Diego television station KGTV reported. “He had quite [...]

Source: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland)
This fall, the federal government finished improvements to Firstgov, its Internet sales portal, which directs users to more than 100 web sites hawking items to the public – from archived American folk music recordings to Lamborghinis once driven by drug lords.
Each federal agency’s links direct users to different sites, some [...]

Source: The Independent (London, England)
A leading fashion designer was forced to watch helplessly as a stolen collection of her hand-made clothes was sold for a fraction of its value on eBay. Jessica Ogden said she had notified both eBay and the police that her stolen clothes were being openly sold, but neither took action. [...]

Source: TVNZ (New Zealand)
A teenager who swindled eBay customers out of thousands now wants to advise the internet auction site on how to tackle online criminals. Phillip Shortman, 18, of south Wales, was sentenced to 12 months’ detention in May this year after duping customers out of $113,400 NZ (about $78,123 US).
Shortman’s crimes funded a [...]

Source: 9News (Denver, CO)
For $600,000, a 40- to 60-year-old man can buy a house in a trendy Denver, Colorado neighborhood that comes complete with a bride.
Deborah Hale, 48, has set up a web site offering to sell her home to a compatible man who wants to spend his life with her. “I’m trying to [...]

Source: South Bend (Indiana) Tribune
Here’s a bright idea: a Hurricane Katrina memorial light switch cover. It’ll cost you 10 bucks. No? How about a Katrina relief bracelet, or several hundred, in as many colors as a box of Lucky Charms? Not so much?
Maybe a can of Anheuser-Busch drinking water. The can says “Not for sale,” [...]