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Holiday shopping, PayPal help eBay 4Q profit rise (AP)

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AP – EBay Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter earnings rose as its PayPal payments business grew and holiday shoppers gravitated to its online auctions and “Buy It Now” offerings. The company also logged a large gain from the November sale of its Skype telecommunications business.

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[ More ] January 21st, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

W.H. taps former Microsoft, eBay exec as new cyber czar (AP)

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AP – The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country’s computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate 80 percent of those critical systems.
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[ More ] December 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Whitman pledges not in Craigslist contract (AP)

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AP – Assurances that former eBay CEO Meg Whitman gave Craigslist’s officials before eBay bought into the online classifieds company were never put in writing, the founder of Craigslist acknowledged Friday.
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[ More ] December 12th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Craigslist Blocks Yahoo Pipes

If you are a program developer, maybe you should take a note about this. The web seems to be converging on several companies, like Facebook and Google, which are becoming more powerful and increasingly unrivaled. Yet, even these companies can’t afford to close off everyone else and have a very healthy ecosystem of companies and [...]

[ More ] December 1st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Internet News |

EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion (AP)

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AP – EBay has completed its sale of Skype for about $2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.
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[ More ] November 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Wi-Fi for travelers becomes Web marketing lure (AP)

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AP – Google, Yahoo, eBay and Microsoft, competitors on the Web, all have the same idea for marketing themselves this holiday season: temporarily providing free Wi-Fi access in airports, airplanes and public places.
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[ More ] November 11th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders (AP)

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AP – EBay Inc. has settled a legal skirmish with the founders of Skype that threatened to complicate eBay’s plans to sell most of the Internet phone service to a group of investors for $2 billion.
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[ More ] November 7th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay (AP)

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AP – Most people know eBay Inc. for its online marketplace, where deals abound on everything from gadgets to antique furniture. But soon, eBay’s biggest business will likely be PayPal, the online payments service that has been growing steadily even as the economy has stumbled.

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[ More ] November 5th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

EBay 3Q net income falls, but revenue rises (AP)

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AP – Despite a 29 percent decline in third-quarter net income, eBay Inc. saw stronger revenue in its marketplaces businesses, suggesting that efforts to revitalize its main Web site are gaining traction among bargain-hungry shoppers.

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[ More ] October 22nd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

GM’s trial program selling cars on eBay set to end (AP)

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AP – General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new cars through California dealerships, as it shifts focus to broader, national marketing programs.
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[ More ] September 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

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