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By Pete Najarian, co-founder of OptionMonster NEW YORK (OptionMonster) — EBay popped after an upgrade this week, and the bulls are looking for more gains. OptionMonster’s tracking systems detected a quick stream of buyers in the July 30 calls for $1.50 and $1.52 early Thursday, with about 4,000 contracts purchased. …

Buffett lunch auction likely to set new recordSan Jose Mercury NewsThe price of a private lunch with revered investor Warren Buffett might top last year's winning bid of $2.6 million and set a new record for the most expensive charity item ever sold on eBay. But even if it doesn't …

eBay Buys Magento, But Problems LoomMediapost.comWhat has eBay done with all the money they made off of their Skype sale? Well, some of it has been ploughed into buying the rest of LA-based Magento, an e-commerce platform offering open-source software that helps merchants … More: continued here

West Sussex County Times EXCLUSIVE: Child's school place for sale on eBayWest Sussex County Times (press release)A CHILD'S school place has been put up for sale on eBay following a parent's ongoing battle with the Pupil Admissions Office. Paul Day, of Eversfield, Southwater, has used the online market place to …

EBay is hunting for acquisitions to speed up its development of image recognition and augmented reality features as the online retailer and auctioneer seeks to capitalize on the potential of mobile phones to help consumers make impulse purchases. More: continued here

American Express Taps Former Skype CEO To Lead US Consumer ServicesWall Street JournalEBay Inc. (EBAY) had acquired Skype in 2005 for $2.6 billion in cash and stock, but sold a 70% stake in 2009 as it proved a bad fit. "In Josh we have found an executive with a track …

The Civil Wars holding eBay auction to benefit AlabamaSalt Lake Tribune (blog)In support of the recent tornado devastation in Northern Alabama, The Civil Wars (performing at The State Room in late June) have launched “Auction for Alabama” on eBay. The special online auction will last through Saturday, June 18 at …

Ex-Skype CEO to Head AmEx Consumer ServicesBloombergAmEx has been hiring executives with backgrounds in technology as the firm girds to compete for online and mobile payments with rivals including Visa Inc. (V) and EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s PayPal. Last year, American Express brought in former Sprint Nextel …American Express Announces New …

ePayments Week: eBay's eCommerce platformO’Reilly RadarEBay's announcement this week that it would buy the 51% of open source ecommerce platform provider Magento that it doesn't already own moves eBay closer to its goal of having an end-to-end commerce …EBay shares rise after analyst upgradeBusinessWeekPayPal Restructures Developer Program to Include eBay …

Upgraded Stocks: CRZO, DLB, EBAYTomRollins.comThe company has a 52 week high of $ 35.35 and a 52 week low of $ 19.06. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 10.01M. Volume traded in the last session was at 22.68M, 2.27 times the average volume. eBay upgraded to Outperform at Pacific …