eBay's CEO Discusses Q4 2013 Results – Earnings Call Transcript

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to eBay's fourth quarter 2013 earnings conference call. Thank you for joining us, and welcome to eBay's earnings release conference call for the fourth quarter and full year 2013. This conference call is also being broadcast on the Internet, and both the presentation …

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One in five US households on Food Stamps – Catholic Online

One in five US households on Food StampsCatholic OnlineThere was lots of coupon flashing at grocery store checkout lines in the recently retired year of 2013. According to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a record 20 percent of American households — one in five, was on food stamps …

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Cable to scrutinise Royal Mail chief’s pay – The Guardian

The Guardian Cable to scrutinise Royal Mail chief's payThe GuardianA politically toxic battle over the £1.5m pay of Royal Mail boss Moya Greene looks likely to intensify as the government suggested it might block any large increases in executive remuneration. The move by Vince Cable's Department for Business comes … …

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Apple’s original Mac can fetch $1598 on eBay – CNET (blog)

Apple's original Mac can fetch $1598 on eBayCNET (blog)Since then, the Mac, like other Apple products, floated around eBay's marketplace, losing value as other personal computers took its place, according to eBay, which released a few sales stats to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Mac this week.and more » More: …

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Carl Icahn Pressing eBay For PayPal Spinoff, Board Seats

Payment platform PayPal has been one of the biggest money-makers for eBay, but if activist investor Carl Icahn gets his way, the e-commerce platform would have to envision a future without one of its best sources of revenue: In eBay's fourth quarter earnings report, released Wednesday afternoon, the company announced …

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Icahn wants eBay to spin off Paypal; eBay balks

Carl Icahn has taken a stake in Ebay Inc and is proposing a spin-off of the company's fast-growing PayPal division, but the e-commerce giant rebuffed the overture, setting the stage for a potential battle with the activist investor. EBay, which bought PayPal for $1.5 billion in 2002 and has considered …

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