NEW YORK (TheStreet) — eBay dipped on Friday as the tech sector was hit hard throughout the day. The Dow and S&P 500 rallied in the morning to hit new intraday highs, but investors quickly turned on tech stocks and Facebook , Netflix , and Amazon , among other tech stock, suffered. The Nasdaq as a whole took a beating throughout the day and had fallen nearly 2.4% just before 3:30 p.m. eBay …
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The South African Star Global businessMinneapolis Star TribuneAt $8.5 billion, the deal is Microsoft's biggest acquisition to date, and it provides a tidy $4 billion profit to the investors who bought the online phone and video calling service from eBay in 2009. The price Microsoft is paying is 400 times greater …Skype: Three Ways Microsoft…
AFP Romania eBay hacker gets suspended sentenceAFPBUCHAREST — A Romanian court on Wednesday handed a three-year suspended sentence to a hacker accused of causing auction website eBay millions of dollars in losses by illegally accessing its email accounts. "The Bucharest appeal court rejected both the …eBay Hacker Vladuz Gets Suspended SentenceAuctionBytes Blog (blog)all 7 news…
State-of-the-art rocket-powered motorcycle sells on eBayGizmagA state-of-the-art rocket-powered motorcycle that was recently advertised for sale on eBay has been sold to Gerd Habermann Racing. Engineered to hit speeds in excess of 400 mph (640 km/h) during the quarter-mile, the bike was designed and built by … More: continued here
SAN JOSE, Calif.—-eBay Inc. announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced sale of its Skype communications unit in a deal valuing the business at $2.75 billion. More: continued here
The online business giant eBay is looking to expand its operation in Austin and add about 400 jobs. More: continued here
Shoppers in San Francisco can use the eBay Now mobile app for orders placed with local retailers. One-hour delivery is the goal. Macy’s, Target, Toys ‘R’ Us and Best Buy are participating in the test. More: continued here