eBay Inc. Completes Acquisition of Global Payments Innovator BraintreeBusiness Wire (press release)SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) today announced it completed its previously announced acquisition of Braintree, the innovative global payment platform powering the next generation of leading online and mobile-first …and more » More: continued here
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Broker Round-up: M&S, ASOS, Royal Mail, Cairn Energy, Paddy Power, Oxford …Proactive Investors UK“It appears something of an oxymoron that the current share price implies Royal Mail will make eight percent group margin into perpetuity and yet that the regulator will block anyone from competing in end-to-end, as it would …
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