Under a deal struck last year, Adevinta will acquire eBay's Classifieds Group in return for $2.5 billion in cash and 540 million shares, valuing the transaction at around $13 billion at current stock market prices.










Unusual trades are often a sign of funny business, as in the case of the person who spent $530 million to buy an NFT from themselves. In Saturday's case, the cause was a simple, devastating "fat-finger error." That's when people make a trade online for the wrong thing, or for the wrong amount. Instead he accidentally listed it for 0.75. Delivered Tuesdays and Fridays.


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Explore movies, games, superheroes and more with CNET Culture. Here the owner, real name Max or username maxnaut, Listing's meant to list his Bored Ape for 75 ether, or around $300,000. One hundredth the intended price.

($1 = 0.8461 euros) (Reporting by Terje Solsvik, editing by Gwladys Fouche)

The Oslo-listed company's July-September revenue rose 1.6% year-on-year to 183.3 million euros ($216.64 million), in line with a preliminary Oct.
19 statement and beating the 16% drop seen in the April-June quarter.









That's based on driving habits more than technology. Given the batteries we have now, and what we anticipate, 40 amps should adequately meet the needs of the vast majority of users."

"A 40-amp charger is sized correctly for most residential locations, and 40 amps is going to be relevant for a while. "Forty amps seems to be the sweet spot," says Barry Woods, the director of vehicle innovation at ReVision Energy in Maine, and a board member for the trade group Plug In America.



OSLO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Norway's Adevinta, which is in the process of taking over eBbay's online classifieds business, saw a rebound in third-quarter revenue as advertising markets gradually recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Tuesday.



"Criminals involved in the forced sexual servitude trade are profiting from keeping people in terrible conditions that they cannot escape," head of financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC Nicole Rose said on Friday.


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It was bought instantaneously. The buyer paid an extra $34,000 to speed up the transaction, ensuring no one could snap it up before them. The transaction appears to have been done by a bot, which can be coded to immediately buy NFTs listed below a certain price on behalf of their owners in order to take advantage of these exact situations. 

The Bored Ape was then promptly listed for $248,000.

June 4 (Reuters) - Baltic Classifieds Group, owned by private equity fund Apax Partners, said on Friday it plans to list on the London Stock Exchange, targeting a free float of at least 25% of the online classifieds firm's issued share capital.



The CMA's review of the eBay-Adevinta deal is the latest probe of large digital mergers. The CMA said last month Viagogo must sell StubHub's international business after its $4.05 billion purchase of eBay's ticket-reselling business.

Spending cuts gave an extra boost to earnings margins in the third quarter, but Schibsted has again begun to ramp up recruitment and marketing for its Nordic Marketplaces, and thus expects a lower margin in the October-December quarter.

JOHANNESBURG, April 1 (Reuters) - Africa's largest company, Naspers Ltd, has hired a top Airbnb and former Amazon executive to lead its global online classifieds business, it said on Thursday, as the technology investor looks to shore up contributions from core businesses.











Sometimes compared to SoftBank and its Vision Fund website Prosus NV, owns stakes in a wide range of consumer internet companies, with returns from Tencent Holdings dominating its overall performance.