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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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 Teacher Fired for Butt Art 
 Paints Colbert for Charity 

Stan Murmur's auctioning portrait to benefit Va. public schools

Oct 13, 09 8:39 PM CDT

X-Box Signed by Sarah Palin on EBay for $1.1M

Man tries for third time to unload weird, expensive souvenir

Oct 7, 09 2:03 PM CDT

Big Business to 'Swarm' DC to Back Climate Bill

Bucking conventional wisdom, eBay, Gap, others push for action

Oct 5, 09 12:58 PM CDT

Whitman Skipped Voting Due to 'Family Demands'

But that's no excuse, admits former GOP favorite for Calif. gov race

Sep 30, 09 5:51 AM CDT
Analysis

Meg Whitman Tests Media's
Celeb-CEO Myth

Calif. voters to decide
if ex-eBay honcho was
really a rock star

Sep 28, 09 3:09 PM CDT

 Buyers Scammed 
 for Millions in 
 Record EBay 
 Ripoff 

Customers paid big bucks for counterfeit products

Sep 23, 09 3:30 AM CDT

 Airport Seize Your Stuff? 
 Look for It on eBay 

TSA's confiscated items end up being sold via state agencies

Sep 22, 09 8:19 AM CDT

 Skype Sale in Doubt  
 as Founders Sue eBay 

Techies alleges copyright violation costing them $75M a day

Sep 17, 09 6:34 AM CDT

Tech Tycoons to Battle for California's Top Job

Silicon Valley vet Steve Poizner preparing to take on Whitman in GOP primary

Sep 12, 09 6:45 AM CDT

 Dinner With 
 Sarah Palin: 
 eBay Bids 
 Start at $25K 
   

Charity auctions meal with GOP star

Sep 9, 09 3:19 PM CDT

 EBay to Unload Skype for $2B 

Private investors bring end to auction site's troubled ownership

Sep 1, 09 5:38 AM CDT

$4.6M Bid Falls Through for Crypt Above Monroe's

Current resident gets
to stay a bit longer

Aug 26, 09 7:00 PM CDT

 GM Launches EBay Car Sales 


Aug 11, 09 4:51 AM CDT

 Strangest eBay Auctions Ever 

Used handkerchiefs, sisters... the possibilities are endless!

Jul 31, 09 6:06 PM CDT

 Jackson Memorial Tix Hit eBay 

One listed for $20K; most under $1K

Jul 6, 09 8:01 AM CDT

 How You 
 Can Shop 
 —and Help 
 the World 

A list of retail strategies to do good while you buy

Jun 24, 09 7:34 PM CDT


 Casey Anthony 
 Yearbook 
 Sells for $500 

EBay seller picks up yearbooks 'randomly' at estate auctions

Jun 4, 09 8:19 AM CDT

 Jon's Affair Bed May Hit eBay 

Also, reality star cries "just friends" yet again

Jun 1, 09 11:35 AM CDT

Scammer: I Forged Author Signatures

'Autographed' first editions brought big bucks in eBay fraud

May 20, 09 3:10 PM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Up 70 on Mixed Earnings 

Apple, eBay do well in first quarter; UPS, SunTrust banks post losses

Apr 23, 09 3:16 PM CDT

 EBay to Spin Off Skype 
 in IPO Next Year 

Company aims to end 'marriage from hell' through stock offering

Apr 15, 09 5:00 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

3
Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

20
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

11
Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

8
Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

12
Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

19
Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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