EBay
hideeBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide. A majority of the sales take place through a set-time auction format, but subsequent methods include a substantial segment of listings in the "Buy It Now" category. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in thirty other countries. eBay Inc. also owns PayPal, Skype, StubHub, Kijiji, and other businesses.
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EBay completes sale of Skype for $2 billion
Nov 20, 2009 |
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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.
Twitter to overhaul user list seen as partisan
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Social-networking site Twitter plans to end a service that links prominent message posters with new users, a service that was criticized in California because of perceived unfairness toward GOP gubernatorial ...
EBay settles lawsuit filed by Skype founders
Nov 06, 2009 |
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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.
A growing PayPal could soon overshadow parent eBay
Nov 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
PayPal courts outside developers
Nov 04, 2009 |
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PayPal has opened its software platform to outside developers in a move designed to unleash a flood of creative uses for the online financial transaction service.
EBay 3Q net income falls, but revenue rises
Oct 21, 2009 |
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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 ...
MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...
GM's trial program selling cars on eBay set to end
Sep 29, 2009 |
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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 ...
Saying sorry really does cost nothing
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Economists have finally proved what most of us have suspected for a long time - when it comes to apologising, talk is cheap. According to new research, firms that simply say sorry to disgruntled customers ...
EBay fined again for selling fake Louis Vuitton goods online
Sep 18, 2009 |
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A French court on Friday ordered online auction site eBay to pay 80,000 euros (118,000 dollars) to Louis Vuitton for selling fake luxury perfumes, LVMH said.
Skype founders file another suit over eBay sale
Sep 18, 2009 |
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The founders of Skype fired another salvo Friday against online auction giant eBay's plans to sell the Web communications service.
EBay calls on EU to change luxury brand rules
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- EBay Inc. called Thursday on the European Union to change antitrust rules that allow luxury manufacturers to choose who can sell their branded goods online.
Skype founders file lawsuit against eBay
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A company owned by the founders of Skype has filed a copyright infringement suit against the Internet phone service and parent eBay Inc. - an action that could crimp eBay's plans to sell Skype for about $2 billion ...
eBay to sell Skype to investor group, to retain 35 pct stake (Update)
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Online auction giant eBay announced Tuesday it has agreed to sell 65 percent of its stake in Skype to a group of investors in a deal that values the Web communications service at 2.75 billion dollars.
New generation of coupons means users clip less
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Electronic coupons, arriving by cell phone, Twitter, e-mail and Facebook, are helping generate an old standby's comeback and bringing in new, younger customers.
