EBay has set its shareholder meeting for May 13 as its proxy fight with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn goes on. Icahn has made a case for spinning off 20 percent of PayPal, eBay's fast-growing …
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Online auction leader eBay Inc warned in an annual report on Friday that it faces difficulty getting former customers to return, adding to the normal challenge of attracting new users to its sites. More: continued here
The Consumerist » I Sent eBay Buyer A Pair Of Sunglasses, They Sent Me Back …The ConsumeristSomeone bought a pair of sunglasses from Nataly on eBay. That happens. Usually it's a good thing. The problem for Nataly was that the buyer claimed to be unhappy and wanted to return the sunglasses, even though she had…
The organization behind Wikipedia is getting a $2 million commitment from a philanthropic investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. More: continued here
Baseball Nation eBay Item of the Day: Great Graphics Get GandersBaseball NationThere was a time in our history that everywhere one looked, one was confronted with funny little men advertising this or that. In this case, the funny little man is a ballplayer pimping the quick trip across the Hudson River to and from New…
Daily Mail Bride-to-be puts ring on eBay'after turning fiance gay'Daily MailA bride-to-be has put her £4,700 diamond engagement ring on eBay after she 'turned her fiance gay'. The woman put the 18ct white gold ring – which features a diamond 'the size of Gibraltar' – on the auction site after her husband-to-be apparently left ……
Forbes Inside The Secret eBay Lab Changing Real-World ShoppingForbesWhen one thinks of eBay EBAY +0.49%, however, the mind does not often have wild visions of engineers building futuristic devices in dimly lit, heavily fortified rooms. For the most part, the San Jose based e-commerce company has lacked the classified … More: continued here