Saturday, November 2, 2013

Daily News: Reuters Technology News Headlines - Holocaust memorabilia found on eBay: UK newspaper report

Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 08:02 PM PDT

Holocaust memorabilia found on eBay: UK newspaper report 
Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 08:02 PM PDT
Photo illustration of an Ebay logo in Encinitas, CaliforniaEBay has removed from its listings around 30 items of memorabilia from the Nazi Holocaust, including clothes worn by concentration camp victims, after a newspaper investigation discovered they were on sale on the e-commerce website, Britain's Mail on Sunday said. The newspaper said its reporters found a range of items on the site over the past week, including what was presented by the vendor as a complete Auschwitz uniform worn by a Polish baker who perished in the Nazi death camp. The Mail on Sunday said it had alerted eBay and that the online auctioneer had removed 30 items from sale and offered to make a donation of 25,000 pounds ($40,000) to a suitable charity. In a statement, eBay said: "We are very sorry these items have been listed on eBay and we are removing them.
Full Story
Top
India asks IBM to pay $866 million in outstanding tax: reports 
Saturday, Nov 02, 2013 03:21 AM PDT
A worker is pictured behind a logo at the IBM stand on the CeBIT computer fair in HanoverIndian tax authorities have asked IBM's Indian unit to pay 53.57 billion rupees ($866.20 million) in outstanding income tax on fiscal 2009 revenue, media reported on Saturday. In an emailed statement, an IBM India spokeswoman confirmed the company had received a tax notice, but declined to comment on the amount of tax liability or the nature of the notice. India's Income Tax office issued the company a notice for under-reporting revenue for fiscal 2009 by the Indian unit, the Business Standard newspaper said, citing a tax official. "IBM does not agree with the tax department's claims and will aggressively defend itself through the appropriate judicial process," the IBM India spokeswoman said.
Full Story
Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.

No comments:

Post a Comment