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The Tampa Tribune - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Assurances that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave Craigslist's officials before eBay bought into the online classifieds company were never put in writing, the founder of Craigslist acknowledged Friday.
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Law.com - 1 hour 55 minutes ago
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster testified Friday that he would never have agreed to do business with eBay Inc. if he knew in 2004 what he knows now about how eBay executives do business. Buckmaster's testimony capped the first week of a closely watched corporate governance trial in which eBay claims that Craigslist unfairly diluted eBay's shares in order to strip it of a seat on the Craigslist ...
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MSNBC - Fri Dec 11, 8:50 pm ET
I don't know how to say this so I'm just going to say it; Pat the Patriot, beloved mascot of the New England Patriots and inspiration to Boston-area children since 1960, has been arrested in a prostitution sting. But it gets worse: Evidently Pat was caught answering a naughty ad on Craigslist.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 7:22 pm ET
Craigslist's chief executive said on Friday he was so alarmed by a "condescending" attempt by his counterpart at eBay to reassure him about their relations that he started maneuvering to remove the online auctioneer from his board of directors.
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FOX 6 Milwaukee - Fri Dec 11, 6:36 pm ET
A post on CraigsList lands a Cedarburg native in jail. 39-year-old Micah Stern now lives in New York City. But in Thursday, he was back in Cedarburg for a funeral. While he was in town, he got bored... and posted a graphic ad.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Fri Dec 11, 6:18 pm ET
A New York City man who was arrested at the Cedarburg McDonald's for allegedly using a Craigslist ad to seek sex with a boy was released from jail Friday pending his next court appearance. Micah Stern, 39, is accused of placing the Internet ad, which attracted the attention of an undercover state agent who posed as a boy and communicated with Stern. Stern, who had come to the Cedarburg area for ...
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CBS 5 Phoenix - Fri Dec 11, 5:20 pm ET
A man who sexually assaulted a woman he met through a craigslist ad and impersonated a police officer was sentenced Friday to 14 years in prison, according to the Superior Court's Web site.
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Nasdaq - Fri Dec 11, 5:17 pm ET
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NBC Bay Area - Fri Dec 11, 5:15 pm ET
Craigslist bosses on the stand today in Delaware.
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San Jose Mercury News - Fri Dec 11, 4:44 pm ET
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark testifies in the legal dispute between his company and eBay. Apple files a countersuit against Nokia. Target opens a temporary store in the heart of San Francisco. Plus: Silicon Valley tech stocks.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 4:30 pm ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Craigslist Inc. co-founder Craig Newmark said EBay Inc. had a right to get confidential information about the classified-advertising Web site as part of its purchase of a minority stake in the company.
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AuctionBytes - Fri Dec 11, 4:29 pm ET
Craigslist spoke to Yahoo, Salon.com, the venture arm of Bertlesmann in addition to Google and Warburg Pincus about purchasing shares of stock from disgruntled stockholder Phillip Knowlton in 2004. Craigslist also talked to Mr. Knowlton about acquiring his shares directly. The company had also received an inquiry from Kleiner Perkins, but they were unwilling to sign an NDA.
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Nasdaq - Fri Dec 11, 3:47 pm ET
GEORGETOWN, Del. -(Dow Jones)- EBay Inc. (EBAY) was allowed to compete with online classified Web site Craigslist under the terms of the contract both parties signed, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark said Friday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 2:58 pm ET
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark told a Delaware court on Friday he did not voice his objections to shareholder eBay Inc when the online giant launched a rival classifieds business.
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San Jose Mercury News - Fri Dec 11, 2:49 pm ET
Founder Craig Newmark testifies that eBay promises not included in contract