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  2. How much do the Oscars cost? From $10 million gowns to ... - AOL

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    But the lucky winners of the Best Actor or Best Actress awards can command a 20% pay bump on their next project. Some Oscar “losers” still get a consolation prize in the form of the notorious ...

  3. StubHub - Wikipedia

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    StubHub was founded in March 2000 as a class project [7] by Eric Baker and Jeff Fluhr, both former Stanford Business School students and investment bankers. [8] One of its first major sports deals was with the Seattle Mariners in 2001. [9] In 2002, eBay was in talks to acquire StubHub for US$20 million, although the agreement had later "fallen ...

  4. Will You Have To Pay Taxes to the IRS When You Resell Tickets?

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    The short answer is yes — if you profited more than $400 from the sale. The $400 threshold is the federal filing threshold for self-employed income regardless of your IRS tax bracket. The ...

  5. Ticket resale - Wikipedia

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    Ticket resale is a form of arbitrage that arises when the number demanded at the sale price exceeds the number supplied (that is, when event organizers charge less than the equilibrium prices for the tickets). During the 19th century, the term scalper was applied to railroad ticket brokers who sold tickets for lower rates.

  6. eBay - Wikipedia

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    eBay was founded as AuctionWeb in California on September 3, 1995, by French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as a hobby to make some extra money. One of the first items sold on AuctionWeb was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser ...

  7. House passes TICKET Act in an effort to increase ... - AOL

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    The House passed the Transparency in Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act on Wednesday in an effort to increase price transparency for consumers. The TICKET Act would require sellers to list the ...

  8. Ticketbis - Wikipedia

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    Ticketbis is an online platform where users can buy and sell tickets to events. Founded in Spain in 2009 by Ander Michelena [1] [2] and Jon Uriarte, the company operates under the secondary ticketing market (or ticket resale market) alongside several others including industry giant StubHub. [3] [4] Ticketbis is currently present in 31 countries.

  9. Whoops, All the Oscar Nominees Have to Pay $63K in ... - AOL

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    Every year, Oscar nominees receive a "swag bag" of free stuff from an array of companies. But it turns out those "free" gift bags count as taxable income. Whoops, All the Oscar Nominees Have to ...