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New Zealand Herald The Most Important Question Peter Thiel Asks Any Startup Looking For MoneySan Francisco ChronicleAUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – Peter Thiel is the first outside investor in Facebook, the guy who sold PayPal to eBay for billions, and a Founders Fund partner. He told today's Ice Ideas conference audience …

Acquisition of mobile payments provider expected to bolster PayPal’s platform and reach. More: continued here

Mercadolibre: Investing in the eBay of Latin AmericaSeeking AlphaThe company's business model resembles eBay (EBAY) as it operates auctions and classified sales on its website while earning money through commissions and transaction fees. Mercadolibre also operates an online payment service similar to Paypal to help … More: continued here

Globe and Mail EBay Snaps Up 'Pay By Phone' Provider ZongWTAE PittsburghYou'll soon be able to, thanks to an acquisition deal eBay announced Thursday. The online auctions giant agreed to buy mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in cash. EBay plans to combine the Menlo Park, Calif., company's technology …

Globe and Mail EBay Snaps Up 'Pay By Phone' Provider ZongKGTV San DiegoYou'll soon be able to, thanks to an acquisition deal eBay announced Thursday. The online auctions giant agreed to buy mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in cash. EBay plans to combine the Menlo Park, Calif., company's …

Siliconrepublic.com eBay to Add Pay-By-Phone-Bill Tech via $240M Zong BuyPC MagazineeBay beefed up its payments business by agreeing to buy Zong, a company that specializes in allowing customers to pay for services through their wireless phone bill, for about $240 million in cash. Once a pure-play Internet market house …eBay …

PayPal is about to get a mobile upgrade. That’s because eBay just agreed to acquire a leading provider of mobile payment services to help augment its growing digital goods business. eBay will shell out $240 million for Zong. More: continued here

Biz Break: Apple celebrates app developers at 15 billion milestone; plus: eBay…San Jose Mercury NewsPlus: eBay (EBAY) keeps adding to its PayPal portfolio and the economy seems to be having a good summer. Apple celebrated its app developers this morning with an announcement that they have now sold more than …

Globe and Mail EBay Snaps Up 'Pay By Phone' Provider ZongKJCT8.comYou'll soon be able to, thanks to an acquisition deal eBay announced Thursday. The online auctions giant agreed to buy mobile payments company Zong for $240 million in cash. EBay plans to combine the Menlo Park, Calif., company's technology with …

The $240 million deal for Zong gives eBay a way to let customers charges purchases to their mobile phone bills. More: continued here