WSAU eBay Paid-Search Exec Lands at Google, Whitman Joins VC Kleiner PerkinsAuctionbyteseBay lost its Vice President of Advertising and Internet Marketing to Google in December. Matt Ackley, whose responsibilities included developing and managing eBay's strategic partnerships with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, is now Head of …Ex eBay CEO Meg Whitman …
Read More »Apple WWDC pass prices double on eBay – Mobile Burn
Fox News Apple WWDC pass prices double on eBayMobile BurnA number of eBay auctions list conference passes at more than $3000, with some auctions climbing as high as $4000 within two days of the event selling out. Originally, conference passes were priced at $1599, but that price died just hours …
Read More »EBay’s $2.4 Billion GSI Deal Would Help it Compete with Amazon
eBay’s announcement Monday that it would buy e-commerce giant GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion represents a bold move by the online marketplace operator to accelerate its evolution from Internet auctioneer to a global Internet bazaar for big-name brands and retailers. More: continued here
Read More »Link to eBay may give big boost to Boston’s Rue La La
EBay’s minority stake in Rue La La could help give the Boston flash-sale site access to millions of potential new customers and turn the start-up into a profitable business. More: continued here
Read More »eBay Raises ProStores Fees, Eliminates eBay PowerSeller Discounts – Auctionbytes
Auctionbytes eBay Raises ProStores Fees, Eliminates eBay PowerSeller DiscountsAuctionbyteseBay raised fees for its ecommerce web-hosting service ProStores as of March 29, 2011, citing "rising per store costs." Prostores is also terminating discounts it had extended to eBay Stores subscribers and PowerSellers. …and more » More: continued here
Read More »BMR Updates Outlooks on Rovi, Cree, eBay, Entropic, and Apple – PR Newswire (press release)
BMR Updates Outlooks on Rovi, Cree, eBay, Entropic, and ApplePR Newswire (press release)Does eBay's purchase of GSI Commerce look like a good long-term move? — What is behind Entropic's recent weakness? What could be a big catalyst for the stock in the near term? — Should Apple investors worry about …
Read More »Meg Whitman Finds a Job – New York Times (blog)
International Business Times Meg Whitman Finds a JobNew York Times (blog)By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF Meg Whitman, eBay's former chief executive and who lost her bid to become California's governor, has a new job. She has joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, as a part-time …
Read More »EBay’s Lowest-Value Takeover Target Generates Losses: Real M&A – BusinessWeek
MiamiHerald.com EBay's Lowest-Value Takeover Target Generates Losses: Real M&ABusinessWeekMarch 30 (Bloomberg) — While EBay Inc. struck its cheapest deal for GSI Commerce Inc., wringing profits out of the money- losing Internet company that gets less operating income from sales than nine out of 10 US …Link to eBay may give …
Read More »WWDC 2011 Tix Being Scaled at eBay – Hot Hardware
Waleg.com WWDC 2011 Tix Being Scaled at eBayHot HardwareThat said, you might expect to see some eBay scalping, and you'd be right. At the time of this writing, there are 9 auctions for WWDC tickets on eBay. To be clear, the official price for a single ticket was $1500. One …
Read More »Police officers ‘sold stolen goods on ebay’ – Evening Standard
Police officers 'sold stolen goods on ebay'Evening StandardThree police officers are being investigated for allegedly selling stolen property on internet auction site eBay. A statement from Merseyside Police said the officers had been arrested and suspended on suspicion of theft and misconduct in a public …Policemen arrested in theft probeBBC …
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