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ETFs that have a decent allocation to eBay (EBAY) are in focus following some sluggish earnings guidance. More: continued here

Wall Street Journal EBay to Take $3 Billion Tax ChargeWall Street JournalThe online marketplace reported first-quarter profit above forecasts, but the tax charge and a weak outlook for the current quarter sent the company's shares tumbling. "We are an acquisitive company and we need to ensure we have the resources …

By laying the groundwork for the unusual step of repatriating $9B in international profits, eBay is giving itself financial flexibility. More: continued here

EBay Posts First-Quarter Loss Tied to Tax on Foreign ProfitNew York TimesEBay reported a first-quarter loss on Tuesday as a result of a large tax charge on foreign earnings, but its revenue rose in part because of its thriving PayPal payments business. PayPal, which eBay bought for $1.3 billion in …

eBay Inc. (EBAY) shares slumped post its earnings report, despite the fact that the company's earnings were ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. More: continued here

Business Insider Revenue: $4.26 billion (analysts expected $4.23 billion)Business InsiderIt's been an interesting quarter for eBay, as the company dealt with a very public back-and-forth with activist investor Carl Icahn, who accused several board members, including Marc Andreessen, of not having eBay's best interests in mind, and urging … More: …

Ebay's Q1: Posts a loss but meets targets anyway; enterprise revenue upZDNetBy Rachel King for Between the Lines | April 29, 2014 — 20:25 GMT (13:25 PDT). fd-vortex-money. Shortly after resolving (at least for the time being) its spat with power investor Carl Icahn, eBay handed its first quarter earnings …

NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Maybe, in light of eBay's earnings-wrecking $3 billion repatriation charge, investors should focus a bit more on the hundreds of billions of dollars in unrecognized tax liabilities that Apple , Google , Microsoft , Hewlett-Packard , and Cisco have created by keeping foreign profits abroad. EBay: …

Thriving online payments business wants to capture some of the offline market. More: continued here

NEW YORK (TheStreet) – EBay , on Tuesday evening, posted a mixed first quarter earnings report. While revenue growth at the e-commerce giant's payments, marketplace and enterprise divisions is generally in the high teens, the company gave second-quarter guidance that was a bit weak. EBay: We Are Not Announcing Any …