Carl Icahn says he is prepared for a proxy fight to win two seats on the board of eBay Inc. and push the company to split off its PayPal unit. In an interview Thursday night, Mr. Icahn said he expects eBay to resist the proposal, as eBay executives and directors …
Read More »Should You Buy eBay After Earnings? – Motley Fool
Should You Buy eBay After Earnings?Motley FooleBay (NASDAQ: EBAY ) has recently reported solid financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2013. In addition, activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a position in the company and is pushing hard for eBay to spin off its high-growth PayPal segment. More: continued …
Read More »Goldman Sachs Said to Advise EBay as Icahn Intensifies Campaign
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is working for EBay Inc. (EBAY) as it faces calls from Carl Icahn to split off its PayPal unit, people with knowledge of the matter said, the investment bank’s latest assignment with a technology company facing an activist investor. More: continued here
Read More »How Long Can eBay Try to Be the Next Amazon?
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn's proposal to split eBay's fast growing PayPal business from the company's online auction marketplace may boil down to one question: Can eBay still convince Wall Street it is the next Amazon ? For eBay management and shareholders that may be the …
Read More »Rare Nintendo World Championships Cartridge Lands on eBay – PC Magazine
Huffington Post Rare Nintendo World Championships Cartridge Lands on eBayPC MagazineEBay user muresan doesn't need that golden touch, though, to make bank off of his copy of the NES World Championships cartridge. The listing racked up nine bids totaling $6,100 as of press time, with more than one day left …
Read More »Should eBay Investors Love Carl Icahn’s PayPal Spinoff Plan? – DailyFinance
Should eBay Investors Love Carl Icahn's PayPal Spinoff Plan?DailyFinanceEarnings aside though, the real firework that has heads once again turning toward eBay was the announcement that activist investors and corporate antagonist extraordinaire Carl Icahn has set his sights on eBay as the target of his next major corporate …Should eBay Spin-Off …
Read More »Carl Icahn opens an eBay position and proposes a PayPal spinoff
Activist investor Carl Icahn opened a new position in eBay (EBAY) and proposed a spinoff of the company's PayPal business. Although eBay dismissed the suggestion, shares went up around 7%. More: continued here
Read More »Goldman Sachs Said to Advise EBay as Icahn Intensifies Campaign – Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs Said to Advise EBay as Icahn Intensifies CampaignBloombergGoldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) is working for EBay Inc. (EBAY) as it faces calls from Carl Icahn to split off its PayPal unit, people with knowledge of the matter said, the investment bank's latest assignment with a technology company facing …
Read More »Former PayPal Exec: Here’s Why PayPal Should Split From eBay – Business Insider
Former PayPal Exec: Here's Why PayPal Should Split From eBayBusiness InsidereBay is very against spinning off PayPal because PayPal is the big money-maker for the company. But as Yammer CEO and ex-PayPal COO David Sacks told Bloomberg, eBay could focus more on its own growth problems if it didn't have …
Read More »Super rare NES game hits eBay, current high bid is $5500 – GameSpot
Super rare NES game hits eBay, current high bid is $5500GameSpotAn extremely rare NES game has attracted bids of over $5,000 through a new eBay auction. Only 116 copies of Nintendo World Championships were manufactured and were distributed in 1990 only to winners of a special competition. The game is …
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