How Taobao bested Ebay in China – Financial Times

How Taobao bested Ebay in ChinaFinancial TimesTaobao.com was founded in 2003 by Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company, as a defensive move against its US rival Ebay, which had set up in China the previous year. The challenge. When Ebay launched in China it had global revenues of more than $2bn.and …

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EBay Executive Salvatierra Killed By Train – Fox Business

Daily Mail EBay Executive Salvatierra Killed By TrainFox BusinessSAN FRANCISCO – An executive at eBay Inc.'s (EBAY) PayPal business who had served as finance chief at the company's former Internet calling unit Skype was struck and killed by a train in Silicon Valley on Friday. Eric Salvatierra was 39.EBay executive …

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