Telegraph.co.uk Market report: Royal Mail in favour as FTSE 100 fallsTelegraph.co.ukFloated at 330p a share last October, Royal Mail (RMG) hit a peak of 615p in January, having surged 37.9pc on its first day of trading. However, concern about growing competition in the UK parcels market has put the stock …
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Read More »eBay-PayPal spin-off: Why shareholders are loving it – Fortune
Fortune eBay-PayPal spin-off: Why shareholders are loving itFortuneEbay shareholders like the company's recent decision to spin-off payment processor PayPal. Its shares are up by almost 8% since the news broke. Investors in other companies should take note. Recent research shows that spin-offs are better for … More: continued here
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EBay Inc. (EBAY)'s separation from PayPal casts the online marketplace into an environment where the stakes are much higher as Amazon.com Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. battle for global supremacy. Devin Wenig, 47, will continue to lead EBay's marketplace business as chief executive officer after the split, inheriting an …
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How to Invest in eBay as PayPal Spinoff NearsBarron’sThe risk to selling puts on eBay is that the stock could follow the broad market lower (as it's doing today). What's more, Carl Icahn and other activist investors could pressure the stock if they decide not to wait for the separation …
Read More »Could a Merger Follow the PayPal-eBay Split? – ABC News
ABC News Could a Merger Follow the PayPal-eBay Split?ABC NewsPayPal's split from long-time partner eBay Inc. makes Carl Icahn mighty happy. But he doesn't think PayPal should stay single for long. Icahn, who months ago called on eBay to spin off the lucrative online and mobile payment service, continues to …
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Read More »At Long Last, eBay Sets PayPal Free – Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog) At Long Last, eBay Sets PayPal FreeSlate Magazine (blog)Today eBay announced that it will spin PayPal off into a separate publicly traded company in 2015. Aside from being a major breakup, the move is a dramatic about-face for a company that, until very recently, had insisted its …
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