eBay's new dispute resolution process may anger sellers over refund reimbursement clause. eBay today announced it will take a more active role in resolving transaction disputes between buyers and sellers and start directing buyers to eBay directly, rather than sending complaints to PayPal, the company's online payment unit. The news comes during a time when eBay is currently shifting its marketplace focus from online auctions to more fixed-price sales, in attempt to keep pace with rival Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), and recently opened up a new seller system called Large Merchant Services for high-volume catalog sellers.…
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Intel sees a bottom in PC sales, but it's the rest of the stock market that benefits. The stock market rebounded on Wednesday, but chip stocks were left behind on a mixed outlook from Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Intel shares slumped 2.4% after the company called a bottom in the PC market but issued a cautious outlook for the second quarter.…
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Intel makes a bold call, but the company's guidance leaves room for doubt. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) called a bottom in the PC market late Tuesday, but investors acted like they didn't believe it. Intel posted first-quarter earnings and sales that were down significantly, yet still managed to beat expectations. But the biggest news was an accompanying statement by CEO Paul Otellini that read, “We believe PC sales bottomed out during the first quarter…
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Microsoft will continue to offer limited 'extended' support until 2014. Microsoft ends so-called "mainstream" support for Windows XP on Tuesday, April 14, 2009. After that date, the company will provide "extended" support for another five years until April 8, 2014. However, extended support only includes free security fixes along with paid per-incident support as well as support contracts. "During the Extended support phase Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will provide paid support (example: per-incident telephone/web…
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