Netflix, eBay: Tech Winners & LosersTheStreet.comeBay(EBAY) shares fell 3.8% to close at $30.16 following news PayPal CEO Scott Thompson would be leaving the mobile payments arm to become chief executive of Yahoo!(YHOO). Under Thompson, PayPal expanded to more than 104 million active users around the …NASDAQ 100's Update, In focus:NFLX, QGEN, SBUX, EBAY, FSLRTradersHuddle.comNetflix (NFLX)…
Mayor dedicates post–office boxes in east J'lemJerusalem PostBy MELANIE LIDMAN Residents of east Jerusalem sent Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat a rock thrown at the crowd instead of a postcard on Wednesday, as the mayor dedicated a post–office box distribution center in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiya. …and more » More: continued here
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eBay's Shares Changing Hands at Lower Prices on 2.4x Above-Average Volume (EBAY)Financial News Network OnlineShares of eBay are trading today in above average volume, with the share price falling 3.6% to $30.20. Today's volume of 21.7 million shares tops the average 30-day volume of 9.0 million shares. Unusually high volume can signify a potential turning…
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — If you’re stuck with an unwanted Christmas present of the electronic variety but don’t have a receipt, you may have more options than you think. Online auction giant eBay has a site dedicated to buying electronic gadgets from consumers directly without a receipt, and will even accept late model devices you…
AutoNation, EBay, First Solar, Ford, GM: US Equity MoversBusinessWeekEBay Inc. (EBAY US) fell 3.6 percent to $30.22 after sinking as much as 5.7 percent, the most intraday since Oct. 20. Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO US) said it hired Scott Thompson of EBay's PayPal business as its chief executive officer. …Acme Packet, Kodak, Progress Software, TiVo: U.S….
PayPal president Scott Thompson’s departure to run Yahoo took a lot of people by surprise (although not Kara Swisher, natch). That includes EBay’s chief executive, John Donahoe. Donahoe dispatched an email to PayPal employees Wednesday morning, saying Thompson told him… More: continued here
Powell got post office in 1857ThisWeekNewsBy Carole Wilhelm I hope everyone living in this area knows that Powell was named for Judge Thomas Powell of Delaware, who was successful in getting the town's first post office in 1857. The Powell Post Office file at the Powell Liberty Historical … More: continued here
Shares of eBay Inc. fell Wednesday after the president of its PayPal business, Scott Thompson, was named CEO of struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc.THE SPARK: Thompson starts at Yahoo on Jan. 9, replacing … More: continued here
As John Donahoe, eBay’s chief executive, put it last October, “PayPal’s target market is all of e-commerce,” whereas, “eBay is just one merchant.” Mr. Donahoe said he would serve as interim president of PayPal until the parent company could find a replacement. More: continued here