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eBay - Money for Old Rope?


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Subjects: Business Studies, Global Issues, Law, Sociology, Technology

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 30 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2005
Available in French: No

eBay, the original star of Silicon Valley's dotcom boom, is still going strong, growing at a rate most national governments would be proud of. Earning over £500 million a year, the ‘person-to-person' trading website has over 100 million registered users, and has a significant presence in more than 30 countries. It's estimated that in the UK today, 10,000 people earn all or some of their income trading on the site. But eBay's very success makes it vulnerable. This programme investigates how eBay faces future problems likely to stem from factors outside of its control, not its economic performance. As part of the unregulated ‘black economy', it is government intervention, rather than the market, that could clip eBay's wings.

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