Half a Billion for a Freebie
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Plus, an optimistic outlook at Lowe's, and Yahoo! doesn't get it.
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A surprising number of items on eBay are available for just one cent. So where is the profit? (Hint: Watch those shipping charges.)
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No, Facebook isn't a $15 billion company. Yes, Microsoft is smart.
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Comment is free: Robert Peston: The world of the super-rich non-dom is a truly absorbing place. Here, a Â£30k levy is a fleabite
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Public money paid to private firm iSoft Plc, the beleaguered NHS software provider, has been given two large chunks of cash totalling close to Â£82m over the last two years, the government has admitted.â¦
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A rundown of funds selling at a discount to the cover price.
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Following up on yesterday's piece about Demo-like conferences. Eric Norlin proposes that the economics are still out of whack. The people providing the value, the people attending the show, should get in for free. The demoers should pay. He has a point. In my HyperCamp proposal, that is how it works. The premise is that in 2007 everyone who attends is as much press as anyone else (everyone's a blogger) so what's the justification for some people getting in as press (i.e. free of charge) and others paying $2500.
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Shares of Travelzoo, a travel site famed for giving out free stock, climbed more than 1,000 percent in the past year. But now that the company has withdrawn a deadline for cashing in free shares, few have claimed their now-valuable stock. By Joanna Glasner.
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PayPlay.FM is offering its 1.3 million indie songs in DRM-free MP3 format for $0.88 each.
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Chemicals maker to repurchase $2B of its shares.
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5% on a money market account? It was fun while it lasted.
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An investment product worthy of a spitball.
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Making your first million really isn't as hard as it seems.
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(Corrects dollar amount in first paragraph from $10 million to $40 million)
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Like any prize, the value is counted as income; winners must pay up to $7,000 or forfeit the car. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Leave it to Uncle Sam to spoil the party.
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Hefty valuations = a bet on the future.  That future is clearly open source + SaaS, based on the multiples people are willing to pay.
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An Australian pleads guilty to fraud after posing as a dispossessed Nigerian to cheat people of their money. Also: eBay penalizes its own con men & hellip;. Microsoft's legal woes not quite over & hellip;. and more.