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EBay quarterly results top analyst estimates

EBay Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday as the company's main online Marketplace business showed signs of a turnaround and its PayPal unit continued to grow quickly.
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Space shuttle leaves Earth on final flight

Space shuttle Atlantis rocketed off its seaside launch pad on Friday, rising atop a tower of smoke and flames as it left Earth on the final flight of the U.S. space shuttle program.
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PayPal to end partnership with Alibaba

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.
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EBay forecast pleases as PayPal, auctions gain users

EBay Inc's efforts to make its marketplaces more appealing to online shoppers paid off in the first quarter as more people bought items on its auction site, and its PayPal payment system was used by more merchants.

SpaceX Unveils Falcon Heavy

SpaceX unveiled its latest rocket, called the Falcon Heavy, the most powerful launcher ever built by a private company.
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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.
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Private firm launches, lands space capsule for NASA

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.
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Private firm launches and lands space capsule for NASA

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.
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Tesla supplies Toyota on electric Rav4

Electric carmaker Tesla Motors will serve as a key supplier to Toyota Motor Corp under its agreement with the Japanese automaker to build an electric Rav4 SUV
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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.
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Tesla formalizes Toyota deal, to deliver 2 cars

Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc said on Friday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp to deliver two electric vehicles to the world's largest automaker by the end of month.
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Tesla Motors' underwriters sell more shares

Tesla Motors Inc underwriters sold an additional 2 million shares in the electric carmaker on much stronger than expected demand for stock of the still-unprofitable company
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Carmaker Tesla's stock zooms 40 percent on first day

Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Corp's initial public offering zoomed ahead on Tuesday with shares rallying more than 40 percent as investors bet that electric cars would define the future of transportation.
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Carmaker Tesla's stock revs higher on first day

Shares of electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc opened nearly 12 percent above their initial public offering price on Tuesday as investors bet that electric cars would define the future of transportation.
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Special report:Is Tesla the future or the new Government Motors?

Elon Musk, the chief executive and major investor behind Tesla Motors Inc, has sometimes taunted U.S. automakers, painting his fledgling company as everything Detroit would like to be if it could start over: cooler, greener and ensconced in a much better neighborhood.

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