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PayPal becomes Independent Company Again

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eBay just dropped a big announcement. eBay announces to separate the company’s eBay and PayPal businesses into independent publicly traded companies in 2015. eBay bought PayPal back in 2002. Back...

EBay and Icahn settle Proxy Fight

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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Carl Icahn is backing down from his push to remake eBay, settling an acrimonious dispute just ahead of what promised to be an awkward annual shareholders meeting. The e-...

Ebay’s Omidyar: $450 Million Richer Since Icahn Attack

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Carl Icahn has a mouth that moves markets, and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is cashing in on all the talk. Ebay shares have soared since Icahn released an open letter attacking the company on February...

EBay responds to Icahn, says sticking with PayPal

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NEW YORK (AP) — EBay and activist shareholder Carl Icahn are continuing their war of words over PayPal. The billionaire has been pressuring the e-commerce company to spin off the online payment...

eBay Acquires Braintree Payments For $800M In Cash

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Braintree is a Chicago-based payments platform that is now being acquired by giant web retailer eBay's online payments startup PayPal. Although Square also wants to acquire Braintree, but PayPal...

EBay asked users to push against sales tax legislation

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EBay was the site of social activism this Sunday when over 40 million users were employed in a bid against a sales tax legislation that the federal government has initiated. The contents of the...