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Scam Wins Auctions On The Cheap
News Scam artists have figured out a way to win eBay auctions on the cheap. In a process known as "bid shielding," two people work in tandem -- one puts in a low bid, then the other puts in an outrageously high bid that scares off all other bidders.
[July 27, 1999, 14:48]
QXL Makes On-Line Auctions Easier With Windows XP And .NET
White Papers QXL Ricardo’s on-line auctions operate all day, every day in 11 European languages and 12 currencies. Leading European on-line auction community offers members faster, more convenient access. Their success depends on satisfying both buyers and...
[December 7, 2003, 23:00]
News Schmooze: Thumbs Up To 3G Auctions, Says NAO
News The National Audit Office might be delving into the realms of fantasy with its report on the 3G spectrum auctions, but in other respects it has reached an entirely new, and not entirely welcome, high-water mark for realism -- just look at the...
[October 19, 2001, 17:34]
Online Auctions: A BuyIT E-Procurement Guideline
White Papers Online Auctions are an important element of a global supply management strategy combining technology with knowledge of supply markets and practical experience of purchasing best practice. Savings and other benefits identified through Online...
[February 1, 2005, 23:00]
Credit Suisse Gets Cost-Effective Procurement With On Demand E-auctions
White Papers IBM Business Consulting Services recommended an e-auctions solution to address Credit Suisse's sourcing needs. Because this was a relatively new technology for Credit Suisse, IBM offered to provide e-auctions on demand.
[April 27, 2005, 0:00]
EBay Rehearses Song Auctions
News The company specifically stated that individuals buying music would not be allowed to re-list or resell any content they purchase through its auctions. In light of the many schemes being hatched by hackers that use the eBay name illegally, the...
[July 15, 2004, 15:55]
Yahoo! Defends Itself Over Nazi Auctions
News s Nazi auctions? puts its case to the High Court in Paris following attempts from anti-racist groups to have its American auction site blocked to French users. The case brought by the Union of Jewish Students and the International League Against...
[July 24, 2000, 16:21]
The European UMTS-Auctions
White Papers This paper reviews, and draws some lessons from, the UMTS-auctions that have taken place in Europe during 2000 and 2001. An outlook is provided to several other auctions in which the stakes may not be so high, but the design issues perhaps somewhat...
[July 19, 2005, 0:00]
Low Price Equilibrium In Multi-Unit Auctions: The GSM Spectrum Auction In Germany
White Papers The present paper gives an account of the events, describes the auction rules and market conditions, and provides a game theoretic explanation of low price equilibrium in simultaneous, ascending-bid multi-unit auctions.
[November 14, 2005, 23:00]
Hacker's Auctions Stir Up Controversy
News and Amazon confirmed that the sites canceled the auctions, believing the sale of the ID card was against the law. After Yahoo.com and Amazon.com canceled similar auctions of the card on their sites, Mitnick moved the auction to Dutchbid.com.
[December 1, 2000, 16:22]
Yahoo! Collecting Fees On Old Auctions
News Auctions billing systems have recently been upgraded. As a result, your account has been made current and you may have been charged for any previously uncollected balances you accumulated by submitting or featuring auctions on Yahoo!
[June 28, 2002, 9:29]
Is EBay Moving Beyond Auctions?
News The survey questions sellers about a few other methods, too: shorter auctions lasting only one day; sales in which the first person to bid on an item wins it; and a "buy now" option, i.e.bid $2.50 (£1.55) or buy now for $5 (£3.10).eBay spokesman...
[January 28, 2000, 9:45]
AOL Discs Heat Up On EBay Auctions
News In a series of auctions that closed over the weekend, sellers bid on a collection of the designer CDs. Proceeds from those auctions will go to charities designated by the celebrities. Karan, Spade and actress Elizabeth Hurley have chosen the Breast...
[October 24, 2002, 9:49]
BSA Alert Over Illegal Software On Online Auctions
News Online auctions selling illegal software worth more than $8m (£4m) have been detected and closed down during the first half of 2007. Anti-counterfeit software body the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which represents the likes of Adobe, Apple...
[October 3, 2007, 8:53]
Predicting The End-Price Of Online Auctions
White Papers Online auctions have become one of the fastest growing modes of online-commerce transactions.eBay has 94 million active members buying and selling goods at a staggering rate. These auctions are also producing large amounts of data that can be...
[May 10, 2005, 0:00]
Industry Cautious Over 4G Auctions
News Spectrum auctions for so-called 4G telecommunications will not raise anywhere near the amount of money that the Treasury made from 3G in 2000. That’s according to a variety of industry players, speaking following weekend reports that Ofcom’s...
[June 27, 2006, 11:15]
Leader In Automotive Auctions Shifts Into Higher Gear With New Desktop Standards
White Papers Carmel, Indiana-based ADESA Car Auctions is a leading automobile auction provider, employing nearly 11,000 people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. With a variety of computing environments in its geographically dispersed offices, the...
[May 7, 2008, 0:00]
Optimal Bidding Strategy For Keyword Auctions And Other Continuous-Time Markets
White Papers This paper models continuous-time mass bidding markets, such as key-word auctions and market-based resource allocation systems, as a stochastic dynamic system that fluctuates around an average value under the influence of its users.
[February 14, 2008, 23:00]
EBay Shuts Down Segway Auctions
News EBay cancelled two auctions for the new Segway Human Transporter on Thursday after Segway questioned whether the auctions were bogus, but the seller said that the sale was legitimate. The auctions, which went online earlier this week, had drawn...
[June 7, 2002, 9:23]
Mobile Operators Defensive Over 3G Auctions
News Mobile operators have reacted defensively to the prospect of spectrum auctions which could lead to renewed competition in the UK's 3G market. O2 has called for tight controls to be imposed on market entrants, while Orange and T-Mobile refused to...
[December 14, 2006, 12:40]
