| Buy.com Deal With eBay Angers Sellers The golden era of the small seller on eBay, hawking gewgaws and knickknacks from the basement or garage, is coming to a noisy and ignominious end. nytimes.com |
Donations With Dividends, Like Cruises and Puppies Idealists who think charity should be driven purely by altruism are offended by what has been called transaction-based philanthropy. nytimes.com |
A Novelist’s Catalog of Lives on the Block Leanne Shapton’s book tells the story of a hopeful young couple’s four-year relationship almost completely through their things, many of which end up unceremoniously, and improbably, under the gavel. nytimes.com |
For Housing Crisis, the End Probably Isn’t Near Two auctions, one in Washington and one in Miami, suggest that real estate prices have not bottomed out. nytimes.com |
China Gains in Tangled Bidding at Iraq Oil Auction Oil and gas companies were demanding far more for their services than the Iraqis were ready to pay. nytimes.com |