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The online-auction company refused to endorse the foundation's 2011 measure.

More Directors Face Yearly Votes Joann S. Lublin 2011

ChrysCapital invested in Baazee.com, an online-auction firm co-founded by Mr. Sujan.

Kondur Has A New Mandate Deepti Chaudhary 2011

Among U.S. stocks in focus, e-commerce company GSI Commerce surged 51% after online-auction giant eBay said it will buy the company for about $2 billion in an effort to boost its PayPal online-pay operation and eBay Marketplace service.

Late Slide Knocks Dow Down Kristina Peterson 2011

San Jose, Calif.-based eBay remains known for its online-auction site, but PayPal—which consumers use to complete e-commerce transactions—is considered the company's leading growth driver and a prime reason why eBay shares have risen more than 60% since July.

EBay Buys Mobile-Ad Provider Steven Russolillo 2011

Former eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman acquired its stake in the belief that Skype would help accelerate online sales if the buyers and sellers on the online-auction site used the service to communicate.

Skype Investors Will Reap a Windfall Spencer E. Ante 2011

Officials of the online-auction company say one advantage of the Bloom servers is that they take up roughly the size of a parking space each, compared with more than a football field of rooftop space for the solar panels.

Where Fuel Cells Stand 2010

EBay, for one, bought an online-auction site in China in 2003 but later fled the market amid competition from the TaoBao unit of Alibaba.com Corp. EBay was unavailable for comment.

Web Start-Ups Search History Vauhini Vara 2010

There are some worrisome parallels between Google today and eBay in 2005-06, as the online-auction company's growth was faltering.

Is Google Sitting on the Clock of eBay? 2009

That's thanks to a long-promised turnaround in its core business finally taking hold, copious cash-flow production, a stabilizing consumer economy and a pair of fast-growing business segments that have been obscured by eBay's sputtering, mature -- but now improving -- online-auction business.

You Don't Need Skype to See There's Lots of Action in eBay 2009

The online-auction site, however, suggested Friday the announcement was premature.

GM Takes New Direction 2009