Companies generally don’t comment on rumor or speculation—that’s the blogosphere/news media’s job. The speculation du jour, which seems very likely born of non-buyer’s remorse, is that Microsoft is eyeing—or should eye—an acquisition of eBay or, at least, PayPal and/or Skype. read more
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eBay employees to sell on eBay for 1st timeTameBayby Chris Dawson I didn't know whether to chuckle or cry at the latest post on the eBay Ink Blog announcing a new “Bring it. Sell it. Ship it.” program to encourage eBay employees in San Jose to sell on eBay. It strikes me as bizaare that…
UPI spreads the net to rope in 10-15 e-tailers; eBay, MakeMyTrip, Pepperfry likely to joinEconomic TimesOnline merchants including eBay, MakeMyTrip and Pepperfry are said to be joining the UPI network soon, along with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. and Idea Cellular for mobile bill payments. The Indian Railway Catering … More: continued here
FOXSports.com Tom Brady confirms Super Bowl jersey is missing, worries it'll be on eBayFOXSports.comKraft told him to “check online,” for fear that someone took it to pawn it off for big bucks. At his MVP press conference on Monday morning, Brady confirmed that his jersey is indeed missing, and is calling upon everyone to help…
WASHINGTON – The eBay birth certificate saga continues. A seller claiming to have a certified copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate issued in a Mombasa, Kenya, hospital in 1961 is back up on eBay telling her story. Six previous times the posts have been removed. More: continued here
Vringo Announces $2.5 Million Investment Led by Prominent Venture Capital …MarketWatch (press release)Benchmark Capital is a leading venture capital firm and has been an early investor in leading technology companies such as eBay (EBAY), Twitter, Zipcar (ZIP), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Red Hat Software (RHAT), and MySQL. …Vringo signs letter of intent to merge with ZlangoUbergizmoall…
Reuters Rumor: Google Inc To Buy 40% Stake In EBay Inc At $68/ShareBenzingaEBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) spiked early Friday on a rumor that Google is poised to announce acquiring a 40 percent stake in the online auction concern. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) could acquire the stake in a deal valued at $85 billion, or $68…