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The timing seems to be just right for EBay. Merchants and manufacturers are looking for the most efficient way to reach the consumer. And EBay is expanding its products to its online customers:
“EBay quietly began offering a service Monday to help large merchants sell thousands of fixed-price products through eBay.”
link: EBay launches [...]

Some airlines are changing fare restrictions. It isn’t in the spirit of holiday generosity. It is because the airlines are having trouble filling the seats - and empty seats means loss revenue - again:
“…In a scramble to fill seats, the nation’s airlines are dropping strict advance purchase rules that usually restrict last-minute travelers [...]

It is rare that the general public is privy to the private interchanges between corporate giants. However, because of an ongoing lawsuit, some confidential email exchanges between Microsoft and HP are now a matter of public record:
“…”I can’t be more clear than to say you not only let us down by reneging on your [...]

Earlier this year, Starbucks announced the closing of almost six hundred stores in the United States. This was a move to trim back those outlets that were not meeting the company’s financial criteria. In the face of a poor economy, Starbucks is reporting more bad news:
“Starbucks reported weak quarterly earnings and slightly higher [...]

The United Kingdom has been called the ‘Surveillance Society’. Citizens’ activities are monitored and kept in various data bases. It seems that many people in the UK will find that their internet service provider (ISP) has joined the surveillance movement:
“Six of the UK’s biggest net providers have agreed a plan with the music [...]

The old adage used to be that “the customer is always right”. Microsoft seems to have modified that into “we will tell the customer what is right”. In a supply and demand marketplace, Microsoft is ignoring the demand and controlling the supply. In fact, in the case of Windows XP, there will [...]

I am in the process of deciding what parts to buy and what I really need for a machine that will meet my data base / computing needs for the next three years. The parts have been recommended to me by a Lockergnome friend in Norway. He also recommends that I use XP [...]