Online auction site eBay.ie has announced the appointment of John McElligott as the new managing director.

Struggling furniture chain MFI was today given shareholder backing for the sale of its 200 stores for just £1.
More than 99% of shareholders voted in favour of the sale of its loss-making retail arm to private equity firm Merchant Equity Partners for the nominal fee.
The retail business has struggled from supply chain problems and made [...]

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The first set of 10 .mobi domain names will be made available via auction at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East domain conference in Hollywood, Florida, on October 27, 2006.
The 10 .mobi domains to be auctioned are “celebs,” “cheaptickets,” “flowers,” “fun,” “gossip,” “hot,” “laugh,” “party,” “stockquotes” and “wow.”
The dotMobi Premium Names list is a compilation of commonly [...]

A painting from a highly-acclaimed portrait series by Louis le Brocquy is expected to fetch the highest price at a major sale of post-war Irish art which goes on display today.
Study of a Head from Memory is estimated to reach up to €74,000 at the Sotheby’s inaugural auction of contemporary Irish works, art dealers believe. [...]

eBay is set to challenge Amazon and other online shopping malls with the UK launch of Ebay Express, a more regulated environment for professional merchants who want to sell goods at a fixed price.
Most of the goods sold on Ebay still involve the online auction process for which the American internet giant is best known. [...]