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    By Jorgen Wouters

    | 2:00PM 2/18/2011
    A Romanian con artist who helped defraud consumers with fake listings on sites like eBay and Craigslist pleaded guilty before a U.S. District Judge to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy for his role in transferring and hiding the proceeds of an international crime ring. Adrian Ghighina, a...

    By Scott Carmichael

    | 5:00PM 2/07/2011
    On paper, Best Buy's new Buy Back program sounds pretty great: Use a product for a couple of months or years, then sell it back to the store when you want to upgrade to the "latest and greatest technology." That way, you can protect your investment and try out a new gadget. But is the program...

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 7:30AM 12/30/2010
    Facebook ruled the Internet in 2010. It was both the most-searched term -- accounting for 2.11% of all searches -- and the top-visited website, attracting 8.93% of all U.S. visits, compared to Google's 7.19%.

    By Dawn Fallik

    | 3:00PM 12/02/2010
    Trying to raise holiday funds by selling used electronics on Craigslist? You might be opening yourself to scam artists who want to Grinch your Christmas. "While the rest of us are pulling the decorations out of the attic, scammers are blowing the dust off of their tried and true holiday scams,"...

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 5:30PM 10/20/2010
    EBay shot past the high-end of its third quarter earnings estimates Wednesday, even as the e-commerce giant struggles to hold onto sellers and grow its gross merchandise volume.

    By Josh Smith

    | 3:00PM 10/20/2010
    Groupon and other group buying websites are great for scoring deep discounts on everything from a half-price dinner to a cheap skydiving outing. These amazing deal vouchers are often only available to purchase for 24 hours, which means that in the heat of the moment it's possible to buy a Groupon...

    By 24/7 Wall St.

    | 12:00PM 9/14/2010
    #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-754083{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-754083, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-754083{width:620px;height:439px;display:block;}Not so long ago, snagging a ticket to a concert or sporting event was as simple as...

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 9:52AM 9/10/2010
    Internet auction giant eBay won't have to swallow Craigslist's poison pill after all, a Delaware Chancery Court ruled on Thursday. The online classified ads giant illegally diluted eBay's equity stake in the company after eBay decided to enter the classified ad market itself.

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:30PM 9/07/2010
    Craigslist has blocked access to its racy adult-services ads and marked them as "censored" after 17 state attorney generals asked the company to remove the listings. Will the decision to block -- instead of remove -- the ads put Craigslist on the hook for refunds?

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 10:30AM 8/25/2010
    Craigslist received a joint letter from 17 state attorneys general demanding that its adult services ad section be shut down. It's the states' latest move against a part of the site that allegedly touts prostitution and child trafficking.