The Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society has announced the line-up for its Fifth Annual Stallion Breeding Auction, which begins today.
Eleven of North America’s premier standardbreds will be available to bid on now through Wednesday, February 28. All proceeds from the auction will benefit the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society, which has successfully placed more than 320 retired [...]

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Free auctions Canada announced the decision that it would be best for both parties, buyer and reputed seller, to use Moneybookers and believes it’s a step forward for the online auction website. Carl owner of Free Auctions says “I personally believe in giving a cheap alternative is a great solution for the online marketplace. [...]

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E-shipper is changing the way that businesses do their day to day shipping and warehousing. E-shipper General Manager Rick Wray states that traditional freight forwarders and warehouse operators will soon find that they cannot compete in the new online world if they don’t keep up with technology and new client demands. Wray indicates that [...]

TheStar.com Executives at EBay Inc. are touting security as their top priority in 2007 after an internal survey showed that online scammers may be denting the company’s reputation.
The San Jose, Calif.-based online auction company began a program last year to safeguard members’ identities by concealing their user names on expensive listings. That measure could make [...]

eBayyer A rare copy of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s signature is now for sale on eBay, but one museum expert doubts it’ll fetch much despite its historical importance.
Montreal publisher Robert Davies, who knew Trudeau from their days together at the political journal Cité Libre has listed the item [...]

Marsh & McLennan has agreed to sell Putnam for $3.9bn (€2.9bn) to Power Corp of Canada as part of chief executive offier Michael Cherkasky’s effort to retool after a share trading scandal.
The price to be paid by Montreal-based holding company Power Corp of Canada is at the higher end of most estimates and could be [...]

eBay and PayPal (an eBay company) announced a joint effort to increase buyer protection on the eBay North American auction sites. PayPal will be offering $200 of protection with no processing fee on all PayPal transactions for tangible goods in the U.S (excluding Live Auctions and vehicles). In Canada, all PayPal transactions for tangible goods [...]

EBay will expand customer service in the U.S. and Canada while reducing some of the fees it charges sellers, the online auction company says.Within the next 90 days, EBay will limit automated e-mail responses to customer queries and increase its telephone support, says Bill Cobb, EBay president of North America, in a message posted on [...]

Within hours of the theft of a Toronto woman’s snowboard, she discovered a photograph of it online — brazenly advertised for sale on popular auction website eBay.
That led to the arrests Thursday of two 17-year-old males from Richmond Hill, Ont., who were charged with possession of stolen property.

A hockey stick believed to have been carved between 1852 and 1856 was sold at auction for $2.2 million and will be displayed at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The hickory stick is purported to be the oldest hockey stick. The oldest stick now on display in the Hall of Fame is from 1881