eBay Appoints 3 New Executives Ahead of PayPal Spin-off – Analyst Blog

EBay completes sale of SkypeWashington PostSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc said on Thursday it had completed its sale of its Skype unit, as it had vowed to do before the end of the year. … More: continued here

From the Department of Oh No, She Didn't: Whitman Defends eBay's Skype DebacleAll Things Digital (blog)If spinning is an intense political skill, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is doing her very best at trying to create a silk purse out of a …Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Defends Skype BuyGigaOm (blog)Whitman's dealmaking becomes campaign issueThe…

Online auction company eBay has agreed to sell approximately 65% of its Skype communications arm for $1.9bn to an investor group including Silver Lake, Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. More: continued here

EDINBURG – Arnoldo Amador is convinced that eBay has everything. He should know – the Web site is his livelihood. Amador, 52, makes a living by buying used or broken food processing equipment off the auction Web site, he said. More: continued here

Online retail giant eBay said Thursday it had reached a deal with activist investor Carl Icahn, who had demanded a spinoff of the payment division PayPal. Icahn, who had been leading a campaign to split up the e-commerce giant, reached a deal with eBay that calls for the naming of a new independent member of…

Online auction site eBay Inc. was fined $2.5 million by a Paris court on Monday for failing to stop the sale of famous perfume brands. More: continued here