eBay's making more than its share of news today. The online auctioneer already announced it's cutting 1,000 jobs, plus "several hundred" other temporary positions and numerous as-of-yet unfilled positions -- oh yeah, and also spending more ...
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Here's some good news from eBay. The company has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Bill Me Later for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million worth of outstanding options, net of option exercise proceeds. ...
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NBC Universal is now backing HourTown, a year-and-a-half old startup focused on online scheduling for small businesses.
HourTown announced the $1 million in new funding today, from NBC along with Baseline Ventures, Hatch Ventures and a handful of ...
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Google is teaming up with eBay and Paypal to help protect Gmail users from phishing scams.
The web-based mail service will now authenticate any e-mails coming from paypal.com or ebay.com. The move is an effort to combat ...
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eBay is opening up some of its code to outside developers.
The auction site has just announced the launch of Project Echo at its Developers Conference. The new plan will let programmers create their own tools in ...
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