SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — EBay Inc. reported a 17% rise in earnings – excluding last year’s sale of Skype – for the fourth quarter on a strong rise in PayPal revenue with smaller improvements in the core marketplace business. For the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, eBay reported net income of $559 million, or 42 cents a share, compared to net income of $1.36 billion, or $1.02 a share, for the …
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