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Craigslist responds to study that calls it 'a cesspool of crime'
Craigslist (CL) has challenged a study that termed the classifieds site as “a cesspool of crime,”.
EBay, Telefonica's 02 in smartphone app deal in UK
EBay Inc said on Tuesday that its mobile shopping application would be pre-loaded onto smartphones sold by Telefonica's 02 unit in the United Kingdom.
Ebay points to PayPal momentum, pledges innovation
EBay Inc expects revenue at its PayPal unit to double by 2013 as it sought on Thursday to cast itself as a reinvented company and an innovator at the center of e-commerce.
EBay says PayPal revenue will double by 2013
EBay Inc said it expects revenue at its PayPal unit to double by 2013 as it sought on Thursday to cast itself as a reinvented company and an innovator at the center of e-commerce.
French telecoms to launch Internet payment: report
French telecommunications rivals Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom have banded together to create an Internet payment company along the lines of eBay Inc's PayPal, French newspaper Les Echos reported on its front page.
Facebook overvalued at $50 bln: Bloomberg's global poll
Sixty-nine per cent of investors say Facebook is overvalued after Goldman Sachs invested $450 million in a deal that valued the company at $50 billion, according to the quarterly poll of 1,000 Bloomberg customers who are investors, traders or analysts.
Top ten blocked sites by business houses in 2010
A study from DNS-resolution service OpenDNS, 2010 Report on Web Content Filtering and Phishing details the sites companies were most likely to be blocked last year, be it social networking websites or sites that have a reputation for fostering procrastination.
EBay outlook beats Street as turnaround bears fruit
Online marketplace eBay Inc provided investors with a bullish 2011 profit outlook after the holiday quarter showed signs it is delivering a promised turnaround, as improvements in its buyer experience helped boost sales at its marketplaces unit.
EBay profit beats estimates, forecast is bullish
Online marketplace eBay Inc exceeded Wall Street profit estimates for its holiday fourth quarter, helped by more items sold and at higher prices, and gave a bullish 2011 outlook.
EBay options show downside bias as earnings beckon
Options traders appeared to be taking a bearish stance on eBay Inc ahead of its earnings report after the bell on Wednesday.
S&P's Top Internet Predictions For 2011: (GOOG, YHOO, AAPL)
S&P Equity Research predicts big developments for the Internet segment in 2011, including continuing challenges for Google, changes at Yahoo, and a cloud offering from Apple.
Paypal to help establish e-commerce hub in China's Chongqing mega city
American online payment service provider Paypal said it will help establish an international e-commerce hub in southwestern China to cash in on the nation’s fast-growing Internet sales market.
Breaking: Skype Is Down
The popular free web based voice service is down for most of its millions of users.
EBay to buy German online club in European push
Web commerce company eBay Inc said it would buy brands4friends, Germany's largest online shopping club, for about $200 million in cash to strengthen its European business.
EBay acquires its mobile application developer
Web commerce company eBay Inc said on Wednesday it acquired Critical Path Software, a mobile software application developer, as the company further embraces selling via mobile.
eBay not liable on trademark dispute: EU court
Internet auction site eBay Inc is generally not liable for trademark infringements committed by users on its site, a European Court of Justice legal expert said on Thursday, ahead of a final court ruling.
EU court opinion: eBay not liable on trademark dispute
Internet auction site eBay is generally not liable for trade mark infringements committed by users on its site, the European Court of Justice said in a non-binding opinion issued on Thursday.
Ebay Bets On Mobile Payments
Ebay CEO John Donahoe said cell phones are the future wallets as the company makes a strong push to mobile.
PayPal suspends WikiLeaks donations account
Online payment service PayPal said it has suspended the WikiLeaks' account that the organization used to collect donations.
Amazon, eBay, Google going local
Amazon.com and eBay Inc are investing in local Internet services, jumping aboard the increasingly popular and lucrative business of catering to local shoppers and stores.
Ebay buys local shopping site Milo
EBay Inc has acquired shopping engine Milo.com, underscoring the growing allure of local services even as fellow Internet giant Google ponders buying discount coupon site Groupon.
eBay offers sale of Kia cars online
Car lovers can now buy a new Kia car over the internet. As Kia Motors America and eBay Motors have joined hands together to sell new cars online.
Riding on Like.com, Google to launch Boutiques.com for fashion
An event on Wednesday of high fashion in fusion with the high tech will test Google's foray into the world fashion.
Stock futures climb on eBay, Qualcomm earnings
Stock index futures rose on Thursday, pointing to a rebound from Wednesday's sell-off after eBay posted solid earnings and Qualcomm boosted its outlook.
EBay Q2 profit beats Street
Internet commerce company eBay Inc's second-quarter profit beat Wall Street estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal online payments unit and marketplace division sales in Europe.
Instant view: eBay beats on strong PayPal, marketplaces
eBay Inc beat Wall Street's quarterly profit estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal Web payments unit and strong marketplace sales in Europe.
EBay beats in quarter, PayPal strong
Web commerce company eBay Inc beat Wall Street's quarterly profit estimates, helped by a record performance at its PayPal online payments unit and strong marketplace sales in Europe.
eBay sued for $3.8 billion in PayPal patent case
EBay Inc was sued for at least $3.8 billion on Tuesday by a Connecticut company that accused the online auctioneer and retailer of infringing six patents to develop lucrative payment systems such as PayPal.
Alibaba.com to buy U.S. e-commerce site Vendio
Top Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com, plans to buy Vendio Services Inc, making its first major U.S. acquisition to further its strategy of expanding its global footprint.
Internet, technology change high-end art dealing
When Philip Mould began as a professional art dealer 22 years ago, the buying and selling of high-end artwork was confined to a small group of well-versed art historians who scoured the globe in search of masterpieces.