(Reuters) – EBay Inc is considering a spinoff of PayPal, its fast-growing payments unit, as soon as next year, tech news website The Information reported, citing sources. Shares of the online retailer jumped nearly 4 percent to $55.48 at midday. EBay told potential candidates for the position of PayPal chief executive officer, a post that David Marcus vacated in June, about a possible spinoff of …
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eBay Inc. today announced that executive David Marcus has been named President of PayPal, effective April 2. PayPal is the leading online payments provider serving millions of merchants and customers around the world with a faster, safer way to pay and be paid. More: continued here
China Daily The eBay of the East: Inside Taobao, China's Online MarketplaceTIME02, 2011 In 2005, when the scrappy Chinese e-commerce company Taobao was locked in battle with eBay for control of the lucrative China market, Jack Ma, the former English teacher who founded Taobao parentcompany Alibaba, confidently predicted that …DCM Partner: Taobao Discount Model Not…
Rajiv Dutta Joins VUDU Board Of DirectorsBiloxi Sun Herald, USA –7 minutes agoPrior to PayPal, Dutta was President of Skype, the world's fastest-growing Internet communication company and an integral part of eBay's focus on ecommerce, … More: continued here
Grazia eBay Ups Their Fashion Cred With Alexander WangRacked NYGet ready to be broke: this Friday, the eBay Vault is hosting a 24-hour Alexander Wang leather goods event. In case you want to hold a Wang but find the price of a Rocco daunting, he's created leather wallets and accessories that can do double-duty as…
Ninemsn Man to sell life in internet auctionABC Online, Australia –2 hours agoBy Barbara Miller The auction will go live on eBay in six months time. (File photo) (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) Ian Usher, from Perth in Western Australia, …Man sells his life on ebayInquirerMan selling life on eBayMarie Claire.co.ukMan to sell life on eBayTeleTextShortNews.com – Telegraph.co.ukall 213…
Modesto Bee Meg Whitman surpasses $80 million in spending on California governor's raceMcClatchy Washington BureauThe former chief executive officer of online auction firm eBay has said she's prepared to spend as much as $150 million of her own wealth on her campaign. …Republicans spending furiously in Calif. gov raceSan Jose Mercury NewsImmigration pushes Meg Whitman…