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  • June 2008

    • 'Sketchy' Plane Parts For Sale Online

      BusinessWeek  |  Jun 4, 08 10:20 AM CDT

      'Sketchy' Plane Parts For Sale Online

      (Newser) - Spare Boeing and Airbus parts of dubious origin have been found for sale on Internet sites such as Craiglist, BusinessWeek reports. The parts, including vital valves and gears, are being sold by at least 24 vendors—mainly in China and the US—without FAA approval or documentation that they've been inspected for airworthiness. More »

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      Boeing  • Airbus  • aviation  • Craigslist  • aircraft  • black market  • classified ads

    • Big-Box Wal-Mart Dipping Into Free Online Classifieds

      CNET  |  Jun 3, 08 2:58 PM CDT

      Big-Box Wal-Mart Dipping Into Free Online Classifieds

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is testing a new service, cNet reports: free online classified ads. The big-box retailer launched the site last week, in partnership with start-up Oodle.com, and offers more than 40 million listings, featuring seven categories, in major US cities. More »

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      Internet  • Wal-Mart  • Craigslist  • classified ads

    • Web Looks Different When You're Not Chained to Desk

      BusinessWeek  |  Jun 1, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Web Looks Different When You're Not Chained to Desk

      (Newser) - Mobile web surfers are turning conventional wisdom on its head by traveling to a different constellation of sites than those visited from workday PCs, BusinessWeek reports. The “Weekend Web” relies not on Google, Yahoo, and MySpace, but rather on Craigslist, eBay, the Weather Channel and MapQuest—and don't think tech-industry and marketing giants aren't noticing. More »

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      Internet  • Google  • Yahoo  • eBay  • Craigslist  • web surfing  • mobile devices

  • May 2008

    • Craigslist Countersues eBay

      New York Times  |  May 14, 08 9:40 AM CDT

      Craigslist Countersues eBay

      (Newser) - The battle between Craigslist and eBay heated up yesterday after Craigslist filed a countersuit charging the auction giant—which holds a 28.4% stake in Craigslist—with offenses ranging from unfair competition to trademark infringement, the New York Times reports. The action is in response to eBay’s lawsuit filed last month, and is being driven by eBay’s launch of its own classified listings, Kijiji.com. More »

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      Internet  • eBay  • civil lawsuits  • Craigslist  • competition

    • List Guy Craig Branches Out

      New York Times  |  May 12, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      List Guy Craig Branches Out

      (Newser) - Everyone knows Craigslist, but Craig himself is getting a little restless. Craig Newmark is spending more time and money on outside projects, the New York Times reports, even with his company in a high-profile tiff with eBay. Newmark, 55, says he spends half his time on customer-service issues, the other half on public-service projects and causes like Barack Obama's campaign. More »

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      Barack Obama  • eBay  • journalism  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • Craig Newmark

    • Craigslist Feared eBay Takeover

      New York Times  |  May 1, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Craigslist Feared eBay Takeover

      (Newser) - Why did eBay sue Craigslist last week? Craiglist's fear of a hostile takeover played a role, the New York Times reports. The relationship between the classified ads site and minority shareholder eBay began to sour after eBay launched rival site Kijiji. Craigslist’s directors smelled a takeover in the offing and reorganized their stock to reduce the auction giant’s holding from 28.04% to 24.85%. EBay lost its right to elect a director—and sued. More »

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      lawsuit  • eBay  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • Kijiji

  • April 2008

    • EBay Sues Craigslist as 'Family' Kerfuffle Gets Nasty

      New York Times  |  Apr 23, 08 3:15 AM CDT

      EBay Sues Craigslist as 'Family' Kerfuffle Gets Nasty

      (Newser) - The uneasy relationship between Craigslist and eBay, its competitor-turned-minority shareholder, has taken a turn for the worse. EBay has filed a lawsuit against Craigslist, accusing the classified ad site of "unfairly" diluting the auction giant's stake in it by 10%, the New York Times reports. Craigslist has fired back, calling eBay "unethical" and accusing it of aiming for a hostile takeover. More »

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      eBay  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • Craig Newmark  • Kijiji

    • Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 4, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Roomie Site Can't Match by Gender, Sex Preference

      (Newser) - Roommates.com is violating fair-housing laws by asking users their gender, sexual preference, and whether they have children, and using that information to match them,  a US Court of Appeals ruled yesterday. Judges said such questions would be illegal if a real estate agent asked them over the phone and don't "magically become lawful when asked electronically," the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • civil rights  • website  • housing  • discrimination  • Craigslist  • classified ads  • liability

  • February 2008

    • Craigslist Sex Ad Was Carjack Lure

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Feb 27, 08 3:36 PM CST

      Craigslist Sex Ad Was Carjack Lure

      (Newser) - A California man who responded to a Craigslist ad for a prostitute got hit over the head and carjacked instead. The 23-year-old went to a house listed in the ad and started to return to his truck when no one answered the door. Two armed men then took his money and keys, hit him with the butt of a shotgun, and drove away in his truck, the San Jose Mercury News reports. More »

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      crime  • prostitution  • prostitute  • Craigslist  • carjacking

  • January 2008

    • Woman Seeks $5K Hit Man on Craigslist

      Associated Press  |  Jan 27, 08 5:32 PM CST

      Woman Seeks $5K Hit Man on Craigslist

      (Newser) - A Michigan woman posted a job on Craigslist last year to murder her lover's wife, the FBI announced yesterday. Ann Marie Linscott, 49, put up a generic "freelance" ad but asked responders to "eradicate a female living in Oroville, California" for $5,000. "I've seen some screwy things, but I've personally never heard of anything like this," an FBI agent said. More »

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      Internet  • California  • crime  • FBI  • Craigslist

    • Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 18, 08 8:44 PM CST

      Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      (Newser) - Internet mainstay Craigslist is giving $1.6 million to help the University of California-Berkeley set up a faculty chair devoted to new media, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The gift will help create a setting "where scholars and students can explore the powerful effect of new media and think rigorously about how new media will continue to change our lives," Berkeley's chancellor said. More »

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      California  • university  • donation  • Craigslist  • UC Berkeley  • endowment  • new media

  • December 2007

    • New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0

      Wired  |  Dec 31, 07 4:14 PM CST

      New Web Trend Sparks David vs. Goliath 2.0

      (Newser) - Some call it “scraping,” others call it “importing.” Either way, it’s a controversial process pitting independent software developers against the titans of the cyber world: Techies compile, or scrape, loads of data from search engines and social networking sites and pool the data on their own websites, Wired reports. Some companies, relishing the increased traffic, love the service. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Facebook  • eBay  • Amazon.com  • Craigslist  • data  • spiders

    • 4 Charged as Craigslist Pimps

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 21, 07 4:00 PM CST

      4 Charged as Craigslist Pimps

      (Newser) - Four Chicago-area men were charged today with running a Craigslist prostitution ring that included girls who were high school freshmen and sophomores. The perps are accused of pimping at least 11 women under the popular site’s “erotic services” section, the Chicago Tribune reports. “If you’re looking for exploitation at its absolute worst, this is it,” said a county sheriff. More »

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      Craigslist  • child prostitution  • runaway

    • Feds Bust Sham Craigslist Marriage

      Los Angeles Times  |  Dec 7, 07 1:55 PM CST

      Feds Bust Sham Craigslist Marriage

      (Newser) - It was a match made not in heaven but on Craigslist, and the Russian bride and American groom are charged with staging a sham marriage to get her a green card. The woman posted not-so-subtle ads: "Green Card Marriage—Will Pay $300/Month. Total $15,000," the LA Times reports. She got a taker, along with the attention of customs officials. More »

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      marriage  • Craigslist  • green card  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  • October 2007

    • Banker Disses Net Gold-Digger as 'Crappy Deal'

      Reuters  |  Oct 11, 07 6:27 PM CDT

      Banker Disses Net Gold-Digger as 'Crappy Deal'

      (Newser) - A 25-year-old woman who sought a filthy-rich husband on Craigslist got an economics lesson from an eligible banker, who described her plan as "a plain and simply crappy deal." "Your looks will fade," he told her, "and my money will likely continue into perpetuity." The ad and reply have widely circulated online, Reuters reports. More »

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      Craigslist  • investment bankers  • online dating

  • September 2007

    • World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

      New York Times  |  Sep 5, 07 3:38 PM CDT

      World's Oldest Profession Goes Digital

      (Newser) - The women of the night have taken to the virtual streets of Craigslist.org, the Times reports, sometimes flying across the country to meet clients and trade money for sex. On Long Island, Nassau County authorities have made over 70 arrests since last year, part of a nationwide crackdown using decoy ads on the website to catch prostitutes and their customers. More »

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      prostitution  • Craigslist  • cybersex  • police crackdown

  • August 2007

    • 25 Essential Websites

      Time  |  Aug 20, 07 9:01 AM CDT

      25 Essential Websites

      (Newser) - You find a restaurant on Citysearch, buy movie tickets on Fandango, and then go home and Google the guy you shared a cab with. Was there a time before the Internet? Here are the first 10 of Time' s 25 can't-live-without websites: Amazon.com BBC.co.uk Citysearch.com More »

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      Internet  • list  • Google  • Facebook  • eBay  • Amazon.com  • website  • Craigslist  • BBC  • ESPN  • Digg

  • July 2007

    • eBay Takes on Craigslist

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 4, 07 4:12 PM CDT

      eBay Takes on Craigslist

      (Newser) - With no fanfare, eBay has launched a challenge to Craigslist, the colossus of the online classified ad market. Kijiji classifieds, which have already been successful abroad, quietly expanded into the US last week. Kijiji knows what it's up against: eBay bought 25% of Craigslist in 2004 to get an inside perspective on the industry, and isn't planning on selling. More »

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      Internet  • eBay  • online advertising  • Craigslist  • online auction  • Kijiji

  • June 2007

    • iPhone Frenzy Inspires Profiteers

      Washington Post  |  Jun 28, 07 5:00 AM CDT

      iPhone Frenzy Inspires Profiteers

      (Newser) - Apple and AT&T aren’t the only ones cashing in on the iPhone craze. The Washington Post reports on strategies—both high-tech and low-brow—being deployed to profit on tomorrow's release. Many of those camping on lines around the country are being paid for their trouble; offers on Craigslist have been running as high as $1,000. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • iPod  • AT and T  • Craigslist

  • March 2007

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