SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Shares of eBay Inc. rallied Thursday on speculation that the e-commerce giant was planning to spin off PayPal. EBay was up more than 5%, the best performer on the S&P 500 . According to a report in The Information, eBay has told candidates for the chief executive post at PayPal that the company was considering spinning off the payments business as early as next year …
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Ebay to stop mobile ads; 'We don't need the money' exec saysBizjournals.comEven though mobile ads are starting to be a big money-maker for mobile app companies, with the U.S. market expected to hit $4 billion this year, eBay's decision actually makes a lot of sense. Unlike many tech companies, it makes its money the old…
Online shoppers jump the gun seeking bargainsSan Francisco Chronicle, USA –4 minutes agoEBay is promoting only bargain items this holiday season, in contrast to last year when it pushed the best holiday gifts, said Jim Griffith, eBay's… More: continued here
TameBay eBay revamp Daily Deals pagesTameBayeBay have revamped the Daily Deals page, it's now a much shorter landing page with just three categories of deals to pick from – Electronics, Fashion and Home & Garden. There's a fourth temporary category – Back to University – which suggest this is … More: continued here
EcommerceBytes Point: It's Okay to End eBay Auctions EarlyEcommerceBytesDo you think it is fair for a seller to end an eBay auction early once a bid has been placed? Readers Bob and Karen think so. In Point/Counterpoint, EcommerceBytes asks readers to present different perspectives on an issue of interest to online … More: continued here
OctaFinance.com eBay Coverage Initiated at Morgan Stanley (EBAY)Dakota Financial NewseBay logo Investment analysts at Morgan Stanley started coverage on shares of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) in a note issued to investors on Thursday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. The firm set an “equal weight” rating and a $29.00 price target on the …eBay Stock Receives Price Target Cut at BarclaysTheStreet.comeBay Downgraded…
Ebay may begin accepting Bitcoin payments via its Braintree platformPCWorld (blog)Several large and notable companies have started accepting Bitcoin in recent months including Dell, Dish, Expedia, and Overstock. But the crypto-currency may be on the verge of snagging its biggest supporter yet: eBay. The online commerce giant is … More: continued here