Archive for July 26th, 2006

  • PayPal Hits Highest Level to Date

     Cardweb
     
    PayPal has neared the 114 million account milestone at mid-year, a 44% increase from one-year ago. Total payment volume rose 37% to a record $8.9 billion which includes payments initiated through the PayPal system but excludes its payment gateway business. The number of active accounts hit 29.5 million as of June 30th, its highest level […]

  • Barry bonds 715th Home Run Ball on eBay

     Newsday

    Andrew Morbitzer, the San Francisco Giants fan who caught Barry Bonds’ 715th home run ball on May 28, put it up for auction on eBay yesterday afternoon. The bidding opened at $10,000, but nothing more during the first six hours of the 10-day auction.
    The auction has an undisclosed reserve price, but the ball is expected […]

  • eBay Share Underestimated

     FORBES
    The pendulum of negative sentiment has swung too far on shares of eBay, as investors are now exaggerating the stock’s risk, according to a Tuesday report from Bear Stearns.
    The research firm currently has an “outperform” rating on eBay (nasdaq: EBAY - news - people ) with a $33 target price.
    “With the stock now 47% off […]

  • Growing Pains of eBay

     Corante
    eBay, despite doing business in more than 20 countries, still earns the bulk of its revenues from US sellers, folks who have been increasingly unhappy about steadily increasing listing fees. When eBay North America president Bill Cobb confirmed recently that eBay wasn’t charging transaction fees to sellers in China, sellers in the US were none […]