e-gold is...
e-gold is an electronic currency, issued by e-gold Ltd., a Nevis corporation, 100% backed at all times by gold bullion in allocated storage.
Other e-metals are also issued: e-silver is 100% backed by silver, e-platinum is 100% backed by platinum, and e-palladium is 100% backed by palladium. However, the most popular e-metal (by an overwhelming margin) is e-gold.
e-gold is integrated into an account based payment system that empowers people to use gold as money. Specifically, the e-gold payment system enables people to Spend specified weights of gold to other e-gold accounts. Only the ownership changes - the gold in the treasury grade vault stays put.
here to stay
e-gold is always as good as the gold it's backed with - this year, next year, a thousand years from now
Saturday, November 24, 2007
eBay Foundation
Giving back to the community is simply a part of eBay"Meg WhitmanPresident and CEOeBay Inc.
Giving back to the community has been an essential part of eBay since the very beginning. In 1998, with a donation of 107,250 shares of pre-IPO stock, eBay created a charitable fund known as the eBay Foundation™. Today, eBay Foundation remains an important part of eBay and serves as the primary vehicle through which eBay contributes to community organizations. Annually, eBay Foundation provides grants to numerous non-profit groups that are working to make local communities better places to live and work.
eBay also believes that individuals are the backbone of any community. Active involvement is critical to make a community grow and flourish. That is why eBay Foundation encourages and supports philanthropic and volunteer efforts of eBay employees through matching gifts, volunteer grants, and the Champion A Charity program. This program enables eBay employees to recommend non-profit organizations for Foundation funding. Last year, eBay Foundation also began a special initiative that allowed eBay users to recommend a non-profit organization for funding during the December holiday season.
Since its inception, eBay Foundation has contributed more than $8 million to non-profit organizations. The Foundation recently received the Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Silicon Valley Chapter. In addition, the San Francisco Business Times recognized eBay Foundation as one of the Bay Area's top corporate philanthropists.
Please direct questions related to eBay Foundation's giving programs to:
eBay Foundation60 South Market StreetSuite 1000San Jose, CA 95113ebayfdn@cfsv.org
Giving back to the community has been an essential part of eBay since the very beginning. In 1998, with a donation of 107,250 shares of pre-IPO stock, eBay created a charitable fund known as the eBay Foundation™. Today, eBay Foundation remains an important part of eBay and serves as the primary vehicle through which eBay contributes to community organizations. Annually, eBay Foundation provides grants to numerous non-profit groups that are working to make local communities better places to live and work.
eBay also believes that individuals are the backbone of any community. Active involvement is critical to make a community grow and flourish. That is why eBay Foundation encourages and supports philanthropic and volunteer efforts of eBay employees through matching gifts, volunteer grants, and the Champion A Charity program. This program enables eBay employees to recommend non-profit organizations for Foundation funding. Last year, eBay Foundation also began a special initiative that allowed eBay users to recommend a non-profit organization for funding during the December holiday season.
Since its inception, eBay Foundation has contributed more than $8 million to non-profit organizations. The Foundation recently received the Outstanding Corporate Grantmaker Award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Silicon Valley Chapter. In addition, the San Francisco Business Times recognized eBay Foundation as one of the Bay Area's top corporate philanthropists.
Please direct questions related to eBay Foundation's giving programs to:
eBay Foundation60 South Market StreetSuite 1000San Jose, CA 95113ebayfdn@cfsv.org
About eBay
eBay is The World's Online Marketplace®, enabling trade on a local, national and international basis. With a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small businesses, eBay offers an online platform where millions of items are traded each day.
Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new opportunities and innovate together. eBay Inc. does this by providing the Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications. Since its inception, eBay Inc. has expanded to include some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others. eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Company Narrative
Despite differences in language, culture and economic status, people around the world are united in their fundamental need to connect, discover and interact.
People seek fulfillment of these fundamental needs in their day-to-day activities. As we explore, learn, shop, share and talk with each other, we are also aspiring toward a more emotionally satisfying experience as human beings.
eBay's original vision was to create the world's first global economic democracy. We saw a "people's market" in which anyone in the world could sell or buy just about anything for a fair price. And today on the eBay marketplace, trust, honesty and efficiency are rewarded more than size or status.
But over the past 10 years, the Internet has expanded, and so has humankind's relationship with it. More and more of our day-to-day activities are conducted online. The Internet continually enhances our ability to connect with the world around us.
And eBay Inc. now plays an even larger role in our lives, as well. It's no longer just about fairness. It's about fostering that human connection through "Social Commerce," which we define as "a powerful combination of commerce, communication and community that enhances traditional buying and selling."
eBay Inc. will make Social Commerce a global reality. We will continue to expand economic opportunity by fostering an emotionally satisfying experience for people around the world to explore, learn, shop, share and talk with each other. We will do this by managing and growing some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others.
We will continue to innovate and integrate the technologies and policies that make these day-to-day activities even more trusted, fair and efficient than they are today.
Hundreds of millions of people who use eBay today are already experiencing this new way to connect. eBay Inc. will make it so easy and rewarding to engage in Social Commerce that we believe hundreds of millions of more will participate. And this next generation will bring with them new products, ideas and opportunities for everyone.
Ultimately, eBay Inc. will raise the expectations—and aspirations—of people around the world as they seek to connect, discover and interact with each other.
eBay Headquarters:
eBay Inc.2145 Hamilton AvenueSan Jose, CA 95125
PayPal Headquarters:
eBay Park North2211 North First StreetSan Jose, CA 95131
Skype Headquarters:
2 Stephen StreetLondon W1T 1ANUnited Kingdom
Founded in 1995, eBay Inc. connects hundreds of millions of people around the world every day, empowering them to explore new opportunities and innovate together. eBay Inc. does this by providing the Internet platforms of choice for global commerce, payments and communications. Since its inception, eBay Inc. has expanded to include some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others. eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Company Narrative
Despite differences in language, culture and economic status, people around the world are united in their fundamental need to connect, discover and interact.
People seek fulfillment of these fundamental needs in their day-to-day activities. As we explore, learn, shop, share and talk with each other, we are also aspiring toward a more emotionally satisfying experience as human beings.
eBay's original vision was to create the world's first global economic democracy. We saw a "people's market" in which anyone in the world could sell or buy just about anything for a fair price. And today on the eBay marketplace, trust, honesty and efficiency are rewarded more than size or status.
But over the past 10 years, the Internet has expanded, and so has humankind's relationship with it. More and more of our day-to-day activities are conducted online. The Internet continually enhances our ability to connect with the world around us.
And eBay Inc. now plays an even larger role in our lives, as well. It's no longer just about fairness. It's about fostering that human connection through "Social Commerce," which we define as "a powerful combination of commerce, communication and community that enhances traditional buying and selling."
eBay Inc. will make Social Commerce a global reality. We will continue to expand economic opportunity by fostering an emotionally satisfying experience for people around the world to explore, learn, shop, share and talk with each other. We will do this by managing and growing some of the strongest brands in the world, including eBay, PayPal, Skype, Shopping.com, and others.
We will continue to innovate and integrate the technologies and policies that make these day-to-day activities even more trusted, fair and efficient than they are today.
Hundreds of millions of people who use eBay today are already experiencing this new way to connect. eBay Inc. will make it so easy and rewarding to engage in Social Commerce that we believe hundreds of millions of more will participate. And this next generation will bring with them new products, ideas and opportunities for everyone.
Ultimately, eBay Inc. will raise the expectations—and aspirations—of people around the world as they seek to connect, discover and interact with each other.
eBay Headquarters:
eBay Inc.2145 Hamilton AvenueSan Jose, CA 95125
PayPal Headquarters:
eBay Park North2211 North First StreetSan Jose, CA 95131
Skype Headquarters:
2 Stephen StreetLondon W1T 1ANUnited Kingdom
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