The Steve Jobs Action Figure Gold Rush

With Apple having forced In Icons to discontinue manufacturing its ultra-lifelike Steve Jobs action figure, hungry Steve Jobs fanatics have taken to eBay, hoping to get their hands on the doll while they still can. After facing lawsuit threats from Apple, which claims it owns any likeness to Jobs, the company making the latest Jobs figurine has opted to forgo an expensive legal battle. ...

Fed-up jobseeker bids to sell himself on eBay in attempt to land job

A FED-UP graduate who applied for 150 jobs but didn’t get a single interview has decided to sell himself on eBay in an attempt to find employment.

IDA-backed firms bring 485 jobs to four sites

THREE IDA Ireland-backed firms have announced 485 new jobs at locations in Cork, Kildare, Galway and Sligo.

Freelancer.com Becomes the eBay of Jobs: Rockets Through 2,000 Projects and 3,000 Users/Day

SYDNEY , Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Alexa, freelancer .com is the world's #1 outsourcing marketplace for web traffic, receiving over 0.3% of the world's Internet traffic. Freelancer ranks ...

Jobs giant: how Matt Barrie built a global freelancing empire

Matt Barrie, 37, is chief executive of Freelancer.com: a giant outsourcing marketplace connecting 3 million professionals from around the globe. Last year, the website racked up $US35 million in turnover. The site ranks in the world's top 250.