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Classified ad Web site Craigslist is denying online auctioneer eBay's allegation that it unfairly diluted eBay's stake in it and says its board was acting to protect the company. via Atwater Signal

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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority today warned investors about a new scam involving online job classifieds that fraudsters use to carry out identity theft and financial fraud. via Earth Times

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The source of all the fuss? craigslist filed a countersuit against eBay, challenging the latter's allegations that craigslist discriminated against eBay as a shareholder , and alleging that eBay used its ... via MarketingVOX

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“In the months leading up to the launch of its competing Kijiji site ... eBay used its shareholder status to plant on Craigslist's board of directors the individual responsible for launching and/or operating Kijiji”

Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com on Monday filed a countersuit against business rival eBay , alleging eBay had used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal corporate trade secrets. via Reuters UK

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Online local community site, Smalltown , is starting to think bigger picture. Today, the service launches a new site, Webcards.com , to simplify advertising campaigns over multiple platforms. via VentureBeat

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“We've had bouts here and there, but we always got by. This time it's different.”

The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out." ... via Deseret Morning News

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“You'd think [Craigslist] would want to get rid of the tweakers and keep good-quality, licensed business people who are productive members of society”

Doug Kelley was perplexed when Craigslist ads for his Sacramento carpet-cleaning business started disappearing from the popular Web site. via Fredericksburg.com

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“I feel like Sam could have gotten more for her iPod”

Need some green? Go online. That is what some local people are doing for quick cash for bills and gas. via WBOC-TV Salisbury

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“And we say, 'Hey, not interested.' Because once you are living well, and maybe providing for your future, what's the point in more?”

Jim Buckmaster, CEO and part owner of Craigslist.org, poses for a photograph outside his San Francisco Sunset District house Monday. via SiliconValley.com

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Despite some traction by sites like Yelp - ' ok, specifically Yelp - the hybrid IYP/ratings-and-review segment remain something of a question mark in the industry. via The Local Onliner

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“Moving out ... House being demolished. Come and take whatever you want, nothing is off limits.”

Valued at $5-billion with more than 30 million users monthly, online classifieds giant Craigslist is quickly gaining a bad reputation as a haven for thieves, fraudsters, pimps, rapists and even would-be hit ... via Canada.com

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“We are continually updating our systems to combat 'black hat' software of every kind.”

Doug Kelley was perplexed when Craigslist ads for his Sacramento carpet-cleaning business started disappearing from the popular Web site. via Boston Herald

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Police are pushing prostitutes and their johns out of Burnsville. In the past year, the Burnsville Police Department has conducted nine prostitution stings, nabbing 52 prostitutes, customers and pimps. via Twincities.com

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“My grandmother raised me, so it hurt”

The for-sale listings on the online hub Craigslist come with plaintive notices, like the one from the teenager in Georgia who said her mother lost her job and pleaded, "Please buy anything you can to help out." ... via Daily Herald

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Maybe the companies should have kept their distance, because the investment has led to the public airing of dirty laundry. via E-Commerce Times

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“Craigslist is the freakin' Wild West.”

A carpet cleaner who uses free Craigslist ads is suing a competitor for allegedly sabotaging his ads on the online classified service, according to the Sacramento Bee . via Cleaning & Maintenance Management Online

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“Sadly, we have an uncomfortably conflicted shareholder in our midst, one that is obsessed with dominating online classifieds for the purpose of maximizing its own profits.”

You can cut the stench of those politics with a sickle eBay has released full details of its lawsuit against craigslist , an online classifieds site in which it owns a 28.4 percent stake. via MarketingVOX

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Doug Kelley was perplexed when Craigslist ads for his Sacramento carpet-cleaning business started disappearing from the popular Web site. via McClatchy DC

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“Sadly, we have an uncomfortably conflicted shareholder in our midst, one that is obsessed with dominating online classifieds for the purpose of maximizing its own profits.”

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told Meg Whitman last summer that it wasn;t comfortable with the stake, and would "wish to explore options for our repurchase, or for otherwise finding a new home for these ... via Paid Content

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