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As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$ 2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [ 2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
In 2008, after the break up of his marriage, Usher listed his "life for sale" on eBay. He gained world-wide notoriety. [5] [6] The final price was $309,292. [7] His stated goal for the eBay auction was a "fresh start," so, following the sale, he travelled across the world in pursuit of a series of 100 goals, scheduled to be done in 100 weeks.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [ 1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003.
Years active. 1943–1979. Clare M. "Mac" MacKichan (/mækˈkiː.kæn/, March 10, 1918 – February 10, 1996) was an automotive designer and executive with General Motors (GM). He is best known for designing or overseeing the design of several significant models for the Chevrolet division in the United States and Opel in Germany.
The Chevrolet Corvette is a line of American two-door, two-seater sports cars manufactured and marketed by General Motors under the Chevrolet marque since 1953. [ 1][ 2] Throughout eight generations, indicated sequentially as C1 to C8, the Corvette is noted for its performance, distinctive styling, lightweight fiberglass or composite bodywork ...
Pohjanmaa. -class corvette. The Pohjanmaa class is a series of four multi-role corvettes [ 7][ 9] currently under construction for the Finnish Navy as part of the Squadron 2020 ( Finnish: Laivue 2020) project. Together with the existing four Hamina -class missile boats, the four new surface combatants will form the backbone of the Finnish Navy ...
1. 1. "The Wild West". San Bernardino, California. November 9, 2010. ( 2010-11-09) Ton and Allen head to auctions in the desert town of San Bernardino. Ton scores a deadly 19th century British Pepper-box handgun and tests it at the gun range. Allen wins a unit for $1 and finds a fully functional pre-WWI train set .
eBay v. Bidder's Edge, 100 F. Supp. 2d 1058 (N.D. Cal. 2000), was a leading case applying the trespass to chattels doctrine to online activities. In 2000, eBay, an online auction company, successfully used the 'trespass to chattels' theory to obtain a preliminary injunction preventing Bidder's Edge, an auction data aggregator, from using a 'crawler' to gather data from eBay's website.