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Wall Street rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday in an end-of-quarter rally that was boosted by a surprisingly strong economic report covering the U.S. Midwest.

Stocks gained for a fourth straight day on Thursday as equity markets rallied into the end of the quarter, boosted by a surprisingly strong report on manufacturing in the U.S. Midwest.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Origin Agritech, Hansen Medical, First Solar, eBay, and Siliconware Precision Industries. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Aeterna Zentaris, Star Scientific, Vodafone Group, Lululemon Athletica, and Amazon.com.

The Federal Reserve's decision on debit interchange fees seems to exclude eBay Inc.'s (NASDAQ: EBAY) PayPal from being treated as a "payment card network", Jefferies said in a note to clients.

EBay Inc. announced two corporate governance changes on Tuesday that could give shareholders more of a say in the way the e-commerce company is run.

Local newspaper with front page headline up for auction

Skype Technologies has reportedly fired some of its top executives before its buyout deal with Microsoft was closed, a move that is said to reduce their payout.

A canceled NASA Mars project is the base for today’s Bloom Box, a device that can take the chemical energy contained within molecules and convert it directly into electricity through a chemical reaction.

New data are showing strong growth in eCommerce, with Amazon.com having particularly healthy same-store sales gains.

New data are showing strong growth in eCommerce, with Amazon.com having particularly healthy same-store sales gains.

The world’s first virtual heist was recorded when a BitCoin user found that his virtual currency was stolen

A steak lunch at Smith & Wollensky in Manhattan starts at $36.50. The same lunch, eaten in the company of legendary investor Warren Buffett, costs approximately $2.63 million.

It sounds almost surreal. A place where you can login and order marijuana to LSD, which will be delivered on your doorstep by the US Postal department, obviously clueless, after you pay for the drug through bitcoin. All you need to do is become a Tor network member and open a bitcoin account, both completely legal. Though online transactions and delivery to your address is part of the whole process, the authorities are struggling to shut down the drug store or identify the users. Word of the mou...

EBay is hunting for acquisitions to speed up its development of image recognition and augmented reality features as the online retailer and auctioneer seeks to capitalize on the potential of mobile phones to help consumers make impulse purchases.

EBay's online payment unit, PayPal, will end its year-old partnership with AliExpress, the wholesale website of Alibaba.com, from early August, PayPal said on Friday.

ThinkEquity has upgraded online auctioneer eBay Inc. to buy from hold on improved growth in Marketplace business.

Responding to the lawsuit filed by PayPal, Google says that people have the right to seek better jobs, though they respect trade secrets.

Google took the wraps off of Google Wallet, its new mobile payment system, making the announcement on Thursday from the company's New York office. Mobile payment systems have drawn the interest of banks and retailers, and the industry is hoping consumers will adopt the systems as well.

Google Wallet is set to face tough time as PayPal has filed a lawsuit for stealing trade secrets, barely hours after Google officially launched Google Wallet and Google Offers services.

PayPal is suing Google for stealing the trade secrets that allowed it to start its smartphone payment business.

EBay and its online payment unit PayPal Inc on Thursday filed suit against Google Inc and two executives for trade secret misappropriation related to mobile payment systems.

EBay and its online payment unit, PayPal Inc, on Thursday sued Google Inc and two executives for stealing trade secrets related to mobile payment systems.

The Philip Treacy hat that caused a stir at the Royal Wedding raises over six figures for charity

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The much-mocked hat worn by Princess Beatrice to Britain's royal wedding last month -- widely described as looking like a toilet seat -- sold for 81,100 pounds ($131,000) on eBay, charities which will benefit from the sale said.

The Princess put the Philip Treacy hat she wore to the Royal Wedding on Ebay to raise money for charity

The zany hat Princess Beatrice wore to Britain’s royal wedding last month, is up for sale for £20,200, or more than $30,000 on eBay.

Alibaba puts Yahoo's position in China in jeopardy as it spun off its online payment service Alipay.

Much buzz surrounded the fascinators worn at the wedding by the guests. The fascinator worn by Princess Beatrice truly caught the attention of the public. People now have the opportunity to own that very same fascinator.