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EBay Inc is fighting the proposal by activist investor Carl Icahn to spin off PayPal because it views the payments service as crucial to long-term growth prospects of the e-commerce company. The marketplaces business, eBay's biggest, is growing at a slower rate than both PayPal and eBay rival Amazon.com Inc. PayPal, estimated to be worth…

E-commerce giant’s solid sales growth has fueled a run-up that puts its stock on par with Apple’s in terms of gains this year. That raises the bar for Wednesday’s earnings report. More: continued here

eBay is discontinuing Dutch Auctions on May 6, 2009, but says it remains committed to Auction-style listings. More: continued here

Mirror.co.uk One Directioner Niall Horan's Half-Eaten Toast Sells For $100KMTV.comDigital Spy reports the toast was put up for auction on eBay by the Australian broadcaster behind the morning program "Sunrise." The One Direction guys visited the show yesterday and were asked to try some traditional Down Under cuisine, including the …One Direction's Niall Horan's half-eaten…

Daily Mail Woman auctions love-rat's Christmas presents on eBayNEWS.com.auA WOMAN is selling unopened Christmas gifts from her ex-boyfriend on eBay after discovering he was a love-rat. …For sale: eight unopened presents from my cheating love rat ex-boyfriendDaily Mailall 4 news articles » More: continued here

By Jim Finkle, Soham Chatterjee and Lehar Maan BOSTON/BANGALORE (Reuters) – EBay Inc said on Wednesday that a cyber attack carried out three months ago has compromised customer data, and the company urged 145 million users of its online commerce platform to change their passwords. The company said unknown hackers stole email addresses, encrypted passwords,…