An eBay manager makes enough money gambling online to leave a $110,000-a-year job. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine.

Reuters - Barry Bonds' 715th home run ball, which lifted the San Francisco Giants slugger past Babe Ruth on all-time home run list, sold for $220,100 on Thursday in an eBay Inc. auction.

Moon rocks are so hard to come by that scientists turn to online auctions for study materials. And they're paying a pretty penny. By Kristen Philipkoski.

AP - The subject of Barry Bonds never gets old to some people. New Seattle internet startup company Mpire and Bay Area online marketplace eBay are co-hosting the 10-day, internet auction for Bonds' 715th home run ball, the one that sent the San Francisco Giants slugger past Babe Ruth and behind Hank Aaron on the career homers list. Bidding began Monday afternoon.

AP - The subject of Barry Bonds never gets old to some people. New Seattle internet startup company Mpire and Bay Area online marketplace eBay are co-hosting the 10-day, internet auction for Bonds' 715th home run ball, the one that sent the San Francisco Giants slugger past Babe Ruth and behind Hank Aaron on the career homers list. Bidding began Monday afternoon.

USATODAY.com - Web search leader Google (GOOG) Thursday posted a rise in quarterly profit that beat expectations and showed the company dodged the slowing growth trend that has hurt rivals Yahoo and eBay.

Reuters - Google Inc. said on Thursday second-quarter net profit more than doubled as the Web search leader dodged a trend of slowing growth that has hurt rivals Yahoo and eBay .

Showing that the company dodged the slowing growth trend that has hurt rivals Yahoo and eBay, web search powerhouse Google Inc. on Thursday posted an industry-leading 110 percent rise in quarterly profits. Second-quarter net income rose to $721 million, or $2.33 per diluted share, compared with...

Reuters - Web search leader Google Inc. on Thursday posted an industry-leading 110 percent rise in quarterly profits that showed the company dodged the slowing growth trend that has hurt rivals Yahoo and eBay.

AP - Matthew McConaughey is selling a sports car on eBay to raise money for hurricane relief. The 36-year-old actor is donating all proceeds from the sale of his 1971 Corvette Stingray convertible to Oprah's Angel Network for Katrina and Rita recovery efforts, according to details on the Web site http://www.oprah.com

The online auction house pleases investors by announcing they'll charge higher merchant fees for stores operating on the site. The idea is to return focus and traffic to the auctions.

Online auctioneer eBay Inc. on Wednesday said it would raise the fees charged on its online stores that have started diverting visitors from its auction sales. CEO Meg Whitman said the company is working to focus more on its profit motive and online auctions....

AP - It has been clear to investors for some time that eBay Inc. has been losing the luster that turned the online auctioneer into an e-commerce bellwether. Now, CEO Meg Whitman is finally acknowledging things have been off kilter and is hoping to set things right by raising fees on the online stores that had been diverting traffic from eBay's auctions.

Reuters - Web auction leader eBay Inc. on Wednesday reported a 14 percent drop in second-quarter profit that met expectations, but its stock rose 6 percent as it announced its first-ever share buyback.

Internet auction firm eBay is to start its first ever buyback scheme of up to $2bn shares over two years to bolster its position.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is giving the chance for one lucky person to have a cup of tea with him. The person to make the highest offer on internet auction site eBay will have the chance to spend time with Mandela and the widow of Walter Sisulu, a leading light in the fight...

AFP - Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton teamed up to raise funds for African children with heart problems by offering a chance of tea with the struggle hero -- up for auction on eBay.

The fan that caught Barry Bonds' 715th home run ball, is planning on cashing in on his good fortune. San Franciscan, Andrew Morbitzer, plans to auction off the historic ball on EBay.

AP - The fan who caught Barry Bonds' 715th home run ball while waiting for a beer and peanuts will sell the history-making ball on Internet auction site eBay.

USATODAY.com - Tech companies such as Microsoft, Apple and eBay are plunging deeper into the telecom business as phones and phone systems become more like computers. The market for one kind of back-end phone gear alone is supposed to jump from $2.7 billion in 2005 to $8.4 billion in 2010.