EBay profit climbs on PayPal popularity

Headlines & Global News eBay Customers Affected by Security Flaw for MonthsHeadlines & Global News"This is not a new type of vulnerability on sites such as eBay," a spokeswoman for the company said in a statement. The company assured that they have a security team for the site, but the hackers used tactics capable of…

EBay forecasts sales and profit that miss some analysts’ estimates, as efforts to woo developers and strengthen payment services erode profitability More: continued here

Serious Money: eBay auction off PayPal — create bidding warBloggingStocks –2 minutes agoThe most valuable asset eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) has is PayPal, the dominant internet financial transaction facilitator. When I started imagining what might … More: continued here

The Open Mobile Summit opens in San Francisco today: John Donahoe CEO eBay to …MarketWatch (press release)John Donahoe CEO eBay Inc, Sanjiv Ahuja CEO LightSquared, Nicholas Negroponte founder of MIT's media lab and other industry luminaries are in town for the conference, which has become a landmark event in the mobile Internet calendar over the…

Lawyer wants to sell OJ evidence on eBayCNN International –2 hours ago"We are going to try to obtain an order from the court to authorize this stuff with evidence stickers attached (to be sold) on eBay, America's yard sale," … More: continued here

eBay said today it is launching its first-ever rewards program called eBay Bucks. Any eBay user who lives in the U.S. and is a registered member of the site can participate in the eBay Bucks program. eBay Bucks offers shoppers 2 percent back on most items purchased through the site with PayPal. Shoppers can earn…