EBay, Icahn End Proxy Battle

KOMO News EBay looks to complement PayPal with Zong purchaseSan Francisco ChronicleEBay agreed to buy closely held Menlo Park mobile-payment provider Zong Inc. for $240 million in cash to complement its PayPal service. The deal, which should close in the third quarter, will help PayPal expand its mobile payment offerings, …EBay's Zong Deal: Mobile Payments…

EBay, IBM, Qualcomm fuel broad tech gainsMarketWatchEBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) rose more than 8%, to $43.78, and reached levels not since in several years following the online retailer's second-quarter results late Wednesday. EBay's earnings more-than-doubled from a year ago as the company recorded strong …and more » More: continued here

Daily Mail HMRC hits eBay sellers but halts late filing finesContractor UKOne hundred pounds seems to be exercising the taxman – for being the sum that both puts eBay users on his radar, and the fine he hits other taxpayers with but is now waiving on appeal. In fact, users of the auctioneer with only…

EBay Inc. is rolling out its eBay Bucks shopping reward program to all U.S. users of its online marketplace. More: continued here

eBay Suspends Cash-Back Affiliate ProgramsAuctionbytesEcommerce heavyweight eBay is suspending the cash-back programs that it pays out to affiliates as a trial run to determine the extent of revenue the firm was making through those affiliate programs. The news comes as the latest signal … More: continued here

Germany’s national railroad and eBay are cooperating to offer a million train tickets at drastically discounted prices. The companies say that online bidding of some Deutsche Bahn tickets will begin as low as 1 euro . More: continued here