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Auction listing fees cut for casual sellers: EBay

May 13, 2009
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In order to attract more sellers who occasionally auction off items, the online marketplace, eBay is eliminating some upfront fees. EBay Inc. said on Tuesday that users will soon be able to offer up to five items for auction every 30 days without paying the fees that eBay usually charges to list goods. Those...

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Pigs may get “swine” flu from humans

May 6, 2009
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Humans currently have it. Pigs in US don’t. At least not yet, and U.S. pork producers are doing everything they can to make sure that the new H1N1 virus, known around the world as the “swine flu,” stays out of their herds. But farmers are said to be worried if their herds would get...

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Chrysler assets bidding approved by Judge

May 6, 2009
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A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved bidding procedures for the rapid sale of most of Chrysler’s assets, over objections from a group of lenders who called the accelerated timetable an “absurdity”. Judge Arthur Gonzalez, who is overseeing Chrysler’s bankruptcy case in Manhattan, said late on Tuesday, the proposed procedures were “appropriate and necessary” given that...

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