News tagged with ebay
Yahoo! shakes up board to give firm new life
Yahoo! on Tuesday announced a boardroom shakeup to breath fresh life into a pioneering Internet firm that has been struggling to re-invent itself and appease disappointed investors.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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HP awards new CEO Whitman with $16.5M pay package
Hewlett-Packard Co. ushered in Meg Whitman as its CEO with a $16.5 million compensation package that hinges on the one-time politician's ability to lift the stumbling technology company's stock price during the next two years.
Feb 04, 2012 |
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EBay reports higher 4Q earnings, revenue (Update)
(AP) -- EBay reported on Wednesday that its net income grew sharply in the fourth quarter, helped by a gain from the sale of its remaining investment in Skype. Its results beat Wall Street's expectations, ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Small businesses see mobile payments as chance to lower costs
Urban Bean manager Liz Abene started hunting for a new way to process card payments after the coffee shop's transaction fees skyrocketed. It was costing $60 a month, she said, just to have the credit card equipment on the ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Gadget Watch: ATM turns your old phone into cash
(AP) -- The International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is all about the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other devices. But what about the old gadgets? Don't they get any love?
Jan 13, 2012 |
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Yahoo dangled $27M pay package to get new CEO
Yahoo dangled a $27 million pay package to lure its newly hired CEO Scott Thompson away from PayPal.
Jan 07, 2012 |
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PayPal tests in-store payment system at Home Depot
(AP) -- EBay's PayPal service is testing out a payments system in brick-and-mortar Home Depot stores.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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New Yahoo CEO can't afford to dawdle on to-do list
(AP) -- When he takes over as Yahoo's CEO next week, Scott Thompson will be under more intense scrutiny than he faced the past three years while crafting PayPal's online payments service into one of the crown jewels in eBay ...
Jan 05, 2012 |
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How much is Yahoo worth? The case for buying
(AP) -- It's losing business to Google and Facebook. Its stock has gone nowhere since 2008. It just announced its fourth CEO in five years. It's enough to make investors replace the exclamation point in the logo with a question ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Thompson brings tech background to Yahoo
Scott Thompson isn't an obvious pick to lead Yahoo, but he brings to the struggling Internet company expertise in technology and operations.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Groupon acts locally with $10 credit offer
(AP) -- Groupon is thinking locally. The online deals site is offering a $10 credit to the first 150,000 people who purchase a local Groupon by Dec. 24.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Internet pioneers oppose US online piracy bills
The founders of Craigslist, eBay, Google, Twitter, Yahoo! and other Internet giants expressed concern to the US Congress on Wednesday over legislation intended to crack down on online piracy.
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Web giants, film companies at odds over anti-piracy bills
Film director Penelope Spheeris' new comedy, "Balls to the Wall," had barely premiered in Europe when bootleg copies started popping up on the Internet, throwing its U.S. release into jeopardy. A Spheeris assistant sent out ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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British sprinter turns to eBay for Olympic bid
A British athlete on Wednesday put himself up for auction on online giant eBay in a desperate attempt to attract sponsors in the run up to London's 2012 Olympic Games.
Dec 07, 2011 |
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StumbleUpon overhaul opens more avenues to explore
StumbleUpon is adding more avenues to meander through its online content recommendation service.
Dec 06, 2011 |
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EBay
eBay 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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