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Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to eBay's fourth quarter 2013 earnings conference call. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to eBay's earnings release conference call for the fourth quarter and full year 2013. This conference call is also being broadcast on the Internet, and both the presentation …

E-commerce company not enamored of the activist investor's suggestion of spinning off the online payments provider. [Read more]         More: continued here

Shares of eBay soared in after-hours trading after the online auction website revealed that activist investor Carl Icahn is urging the company to break up. More: continued here

Apple's original Mac can fetch $1598 on eBayCNET (blog)Since then, the Mac, like other Apple products, floated around eBay's marketplace, losing value as other personal computers took its place, according to eBay, which released a few sales stats to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Mac this week.and more » More: …

Payment platform PayPal has been one of the biggest money-makers for eBay, but if activist investor Carl Icahn gets his way, the e-commerce platform would have to envision a future without one of its best sources of revenue: In eBay's fourth quarter earnings report, released Wednesday afternoon, the company announced …

Carl Icahn has taken a stake in Ebay Inc and is proposing a spin-off of the company's fast-growing PayPal division, but the e-commerce giant rebuffed the overture, setting the stage for a potential battle with the activist investor. EBay, which bought PayPal for $1.5 billion in 2002 and has considered …

EBay said Wednesday that earnings and revenue grew in the last three months of 2013, driven by a strong holiday season for its e-commerce site and its fast-growing payments business, PayPal.         More: continued here

New York Times Icahn Adds eBay To His Targets In TechnologyNew York TimesIn the news release accompanying results, eBay said that Mr. Icahn had submitted a nonbinding proposal to spin off its PayPal business and that he had nominated two of his employees as candidates for eBay's board. Mr. Icahn's …

eBay Earnings: What to WatchWall Street Journal (blog)When eBay delivers fourth-quarter earnings after the close of trading Wednesday, investors will be keen to see how the results stack up against the company's conservative guidance, and whether the PayPal online payments business continues its strong … More: continued here

EBay said Wednesday that activist investor Carl Icahn had taken a stake in the online retailer and was seeking a spinoff of its PayPal financial payments unit. In the company's quarterly earnings report, eBay said Icahn and his affiliated companies this month "acquired shares and derivative securities that give him …