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EBay Inc. is taking advantage of record low interest rates to raise domestic funds it may use to reward shareholders while avoiding U.S. repatriation tax on the 87 percent of its cash held overseas. More: continued here

EBay Skirts Cash Repatriation With Bond Issue: Corporate FinanceBusinessweekWhile EBay has more than doubled in value (EBAY) since July 2009 by funneling money into its payments business, Chief Financial Officer Bob Swan said in a February 2011 investor presentation that overseas earnings inhibited its ability to distribute …and more » More: …

Rare Pixar Image Computer Selling on eBay for $25000PC MagazineQuick, there are only three days left to drop $25000 on a rare Pixar Image Computer, which cropped up on eBay this weekend. The "museum-quality historical artifact," which was originally developed in the 1980s by Lucasfilm's computer division, carries … More: …

EBay (EBAY) Trims 3Q Outlook due to Debt OfferingPT NewsOn Thursday, EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) slightly dropped its third-quarter and complete 2012 earnings outlook to mirror the effect of its public $3 billion debt offering. The e-commerce seller is providing various series of senior unsecured notes valued …Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Declares 2 …

IBM and eBay Shares Surge on Strong Earnings – S&P 500 Index Rallies to Two …Investor’s Business DailyNEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Jul 23, 2012) – The Standard & Poor's 500 Index recent rally have seen it reach a new two-month high. A string of better-than-estimated earnings and speculation that the …

Street Fight TaskRabbit raises $13M, adds former eBay exec Rob Chesney to boardVentureBeatAnd the company didn't waste any time doing just that: Joining TaskRabbit's board of directors are former eBay vice president Rob Chesney and Bruce Gibney, who was quoted above. (Chesey's appointing is perhaps more interesting, as TaskRabbit is …

Weekly Internet Summary: Sina, Amazon & eBayTrefiseBay had two major announcements to make this week. The first was its acquisition of Card.io, a San Francisco-based start-up that provides technology for developers to capture credit card information by using the camera on a smartphone. The second was … More: continued here

Unusual Options Activity Review: EBAY, ZNGA, AVP, NTAP, CHK, LM, N, DDS …The Options InsiderThe top trades surfaced early when an investor sold 16000 July 42 calls on EBAY at $2 to buy 32000 Aug 45 calls for $1. The 1X2 diagonal spread traded at even money and was apparently …

Scott Thompson on Life After YahooBusinessweekIn January he left his post as head of Ebay (EBAY)'s PayPal unit to become the new chief executive officer of Yahoo! (YHOO). In May activist shareholders revealed that an entry on his résumé claiming that he had a bachelor's degree in computer science … …

MyBroadband EBay's biggest bidding war? It's stock price – MarketWatchMarketWatchSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Remember back in the late '90s, when the concept of online auctions was new, people cleaned out their attics, put their old junk online, let strangers get into bidding wars and a company called eBay Inc. made …