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Billionaire Carl Icahn has been pressuring EBay to spin off PayPal, its online payment business, but EBay has said it's not interested in separating its fastest growing segment. EBay Inc. and activist shareholder Carl Icahn are escalating their war of words over PayPal.         More: continued here

Ebay Responds To Carl Icahn's 'Mudslinging Attacks' About Its BoardBusiness InsiderEbay responded that it would prefer to discuss the reasons about why the two companies should stay together with its shareholders in a "constructive and substantive" way, rather than through Icahn's "mudslinging attacks." Here's the full letter: New … More: …

Investor Icahn blasts eBay board, calls for company to spin off PayPalPCWorldInvestor Carl Icahn has ripped into the eBay board of directors and called for the company to spin off its PayPal unit in a colorful letter to eBay stockholders released Monday. Icahn, a long-time activist investor in tech companies. …

Icahn ups his bid in eBay brawlNew York PostThe billionaire investor used his sharp tongue to pick apart eBay on Monday — taking special aim at the auction house's powerful Silicon Valley director Marc Andreessen. Icahn blasted eBay director Andreessen, co-founder of venture capital firm … More: continued here

Icahn accuses eBay board members of conflicts of interestReuters UK(Reuters) – Billionaire investor Carl Icahn accused eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe of failing to spot – or ignoring – conflicts of interest on the company's board and called again for the spinoff of its fast-growing PayPal division. Icahn, who …

eBay Responds to Icahn, Says It's Keeping PayPalMotley FoolNEW YORK (AP) — eBay says it's sticking with PayPal, whether minority shareholder Carl Icahn likes it or not. The online auction site said Monday it continues to believe stockholders are best served by keeping PayPal as part of the company. eBay …

Yahoo Finance (blog) Why you should bid with Carl Icahn on eBayYahoo Finance (blog)No, the activist investor isn't bidding on a used iPhone 4s. Rather, Icahn now owns 2% of eBay's stock and wants the company to spin off its lucrative PayPal division. But that's not all. Icahn also wants …

eBay tells Carl Icahn that it is sticking with PayPalSan Jose Mercury NewsOn Monday, Icahn said in a blistering letter to shareholders that eBay's"complete disregard for accountability at eBay is the most blatant we have ever seen" and called out two directors and the CEO specifically for "lapses in corporate …

Icahn hits out at Andreessen over eBay roleFinancial TimesCarl Icahn has launched a stinging attack on Marc Andreessen, one of the heavyweights of Silicon Valley venture capital, accusing him of conflicts of interest in his role as a board member at eBay and demanding he step down from the post. …

Icahn ratchets up eBay rhetoric by slamming Andreessen, Cook for conflicts of …ZDNetActivist investor Carl Icahn didn't mince words in an open letter to eBay shareholders Monday, the company's board of directors of "certain material conflicts of interest, which we believe could put the future of our company in peril." …