﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Silicon Investor - eBay - Superb Internet Business Model</title><copyright>Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media.  All rights reserved.</copyright><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=22496</link><description>
eBay, the largest and most successful person-to-person Internet auction company, plans to go public in late September.  If you think OnSale is doing well, you will love eBay.  eBay is one of the few profitable Internet companies, and revenues are growing very quickly, practically doubling every seq...</description><image><url>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.png</url><title>SI - eBay - Superb Internet Business Model</title><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=22496</link><width>380</width><height>132</height></image><ttl>10</ttl><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] PayPal hits store milestone, but Wal-Mart holds out  Alistair Barr  Reuters  10:...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>PayPal hits store milestone, but Wal-Mart holds out  Alistair Barr  Reuters  10:26 PM CDT, April 29, 2013   SAN FRANCISCO - PayPal hit a new milestone on Tuesday in its quest to be accepted in millions of physical stores, however, the payment division of eBay Inc has yet to persuade Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's lar...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28865752</link><pubDate>4/30/2013 12:43:49 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] New 52-week high this morning. About 1.50 to go to an ATH, last set Dec 31, 2004...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>New 52-week high this morning. About 1.50 to go to an ATH, last set Dec 31, 2004 at 118.42 (equals 59.21). </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28828584</link><pubDate>4/11/2013 10:44:34 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] EBay Says It Is 'Now Playing Offense'  By  GREG BENSINGER Wall Street Journal  U...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>EBay Says It Is 'Now Playing Offense'  By  GREG BENSINGER Wall Street Journal  Updated March 28, 2013, 4:48 p.m. ET   SAN JOSE, Calif.— EBay Inc. is aiming to nearly double the active-user count on its eBay.com marketplace over the next three years, as well as the volume of payments processed by its PayPal unit.   The ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28805207</link><pubDate>3/28/2013 7:23:11 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] By Alistair Barr  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc shares hit a new low for 20...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>By Alistair Barr  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc shares hit a new low for 2013 on Monday as concern mounted about the impact of a new "digital wallet" fee on the company's PayPal business.  MasterCard Inc, one of the largest payment networks, said earlier this year that it plans a new fee for digital wallet operato...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28785590</link><pubDate>3/18/2013 4:14:12 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Urlman] I still wonder if eBay would consider setting up Paypal as a "Tracking Stock"? 3...</title><author>Urlman</author><description>I still wonder if eBay would consider setting up Paypal as a "Tracking Stock"? 3/29/2011 Link: SI Message 27272296    Thompson exit puts focus on PayPal spin-off 1/4/2012 reuters.com </description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28554715</link><pubDate>11/17/2012 11:12:50 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] A bit OT:  Newly-Minted Billionaire Is Spinning eBay Scraps Into Gold  J.J. Cola...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>A bit OT:  Newly-Minted Billionaire Is Spinning eBay Scraps Into Gold  J.J. Colao, Forbes Staff  11/01/2012 @ 12:03PM   Michael Rubin is lucky. And he’s also damned good. Lucky, because eBay approached him last year with a $2.4 billion offer to buy his moneylosing GSI Commerce–which provides Web design, customer servic...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28553746</link><pubDate>11/16/2012 6:33:52 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[FUBHO] Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril  It could become illegal to rese...</title><author>FUBHO</author><description>Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril  It could become illegal to resell your iPhone 4, car or family antiques  JENNIFER WATERS'S CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALArchives |  Email alerts  Oct. 7, 2012, 2:00 p.m. EDT · CORRECTED   CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court’s agenda this fall is a little-k...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28459057</link><pubDate>10/7/2012 6:49:29 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] EBay redesigns logo, reflecting marketplace shift 09/13 12:13 PM</title><author>Sr K</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28405900</link><pubDate>9/13/2012 2:10:47 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] PayPal eyes 7 million retail locations in Discover deal  By Alistair Barr   SAN ...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>PayPal eyes 7 million retail locations in Discover deal  By Alistair Barr   SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:17pm EDT   SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online payments provider PayPal will gain access to millions of physical stores in the United States under an agreement with Discover Financial Services.   Under the deal,...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28353152</link><pubDate>8/22/2012 1:07:25 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51   BY ELINOR J. BRECHER EBRECHER@MIAMIH...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>Greg Kouri, PayPal co-founder, dies at 51   BY ELINOR J. BRECHER EBRECHER@MIAMIHERALD.COM  Greg Kouri, who co-founded the e-commerce payment service PayPal, died unexpectedly in New York City on Saturday. He was 51, a native of Canada, and lived in Miami Beach.  Jack Abdo, a prominent South Florida developer and a pate...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28333166</link><pubDate>8/13/2012 6:09:36 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] Some PayPal Users Criticize Antifraud Measures  By  BRIAN X. CHEN New York Times...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>Some PayPal Users Criticize Antifraud Measures  By  BRIAN X. CHEN New York Times  August 1, 2012   Jorge Espinoza, the founder of PreRace, a Web site where bicyclists and runners can register for races, was on a roll in March. In three days his site took in over $1 million in registrations for a major bike race, much m...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28309217</link><pubDate>8/2/2012 8:08:47 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] Behind eBay’s Comeback  By  JAMES B. STEWART New York Times  July 27, 2012   Rem...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>Behind eBay’s Comeback  By  JAMES B. STEWART New York Times  July 27, 2012   Remember Myspace, Friendster, eToys, Webvan, Urban Fetch, Pets.com? Like meteors, they burned with dazzling brilliance before turning shareholder dollars to ash. EBay, Yahoo and AOL, the dominant Internet triumvirate circa 2004, seemed destine...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28299402</link><pubDate>7/28/2012 7:34:40 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[hdl] has cooled off some.</title><author>hdl</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28234607</link><pubDate>6/28/2012 5:12:01 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] Jack Dorsey was on "Charlie Rose" Apr 26. Early in the program, he said both the...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>Jack Dorsey was on "Charlie Rose" Apr 26. Early in the program, he said both the Obama and Romney campaigns are accepting payments over Square. The interview is ~16 minutes. I'm watching it on the Bloomberg App for iPad.</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28111582</link><pubDate>4/27/2012 5:43:14 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] EBAY should try to acquire this company:  Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>EBAY should try to acquire this company:  Square Payment Pace Rises 25% in Niche Coveted by EBay   By Danielle Kucera  Bloomberg  Apr 25, 2012 11:00 AM CT   Square Inc., maker of credit-card readers for smartphones and tablets, has increased its payment volume 25 percent since March, when  EBay Inc. (EBAY)’s PayPal sho...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28106034</link><pubDate>4/25/2012 3:45:15 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[hdl] hot as a pistol</title><author>hdl</author><description /><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28093793</link><pubDate>4/19/2012 9:42:59 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] eBay added to S&amp;P 100  S&amp;P Indices Announces Changes to U.S. Index  finance.yaho...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>eBay added to S&amp;P 100  S&amp;P Indices Announces Changes to U.S. Index  finance.yahoo.com   NEW YORK, March 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&amp;P 500 constituents Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE:LLY - News), Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC - News), eBay Inc. (NASD:EBAY - News), Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE:SPG - News), Accenture plc ...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=28002140</link><pubDate>3/9/2012 7:05:10 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] Slightly OT:  'PayPal Mafia' Gets Richer  Yelp and Facebook's IPOs will give ano...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>Slightly OT:  'PayPal Mafia' Gets Richer  Yelp and Facebook's IPOs will give another boost to Silicon Valley's influential PayPal alumni   By  Ari Levy Bloomberg Businessweek  February 21, 2012, 12:01 AM EST   The fortunes of the so-called PayPal Mafia are poised to grow.   Jeremy Stoppelman and Max Levchin own about $...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27962482</link><pubDate>2/21/2012 11:28:43 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Sr K] EBay Offers $10 In-Store Discount  By Danielle Kucera - Dec 16, 2011 4:32 PM ET ...</title><author>Sr K</author><description>EBay Offers $10 In-Store Discount  By Danielle Kucera - Dec 16, 2011 4:32 PM ET  . .  Amazon drew criticism from Senator Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, last week for offering a 5 percent discount to entice people to use a new mobile application to compare prices with physical stores. While EBay also offers an app f...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27829452</link><pubDate>12/16/2011 4:53:57 PM</pubDate></item><item><title>[JakeStraw] eBay recently revealed new PayPal technology to more than 100 large retailers; P...</title><author>JakeStraw</author><description>eBay recently revealed new PayPal technology to more than 100 large retailers; PayPal continues to be the engine of eBay's growth.    PayPal users will be able to pay for goods via PayPal in several  different ways. One way will be through a physical card that they can  swipe just like a credit card.   thestockadvisors...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27661261</link><pubDate>9/26/2011 9:58:34 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>[Glenn Petersen] The eBay-Craigslist rift is getting ugly:  Exclusive: U.S. in criminal probe of ...</title><author>Glenn Petersen</author><description>The eBay-Craigslist rift is getting ugly:  Exclusive: U.S. in criminal probe of eBay employees  By  Alexandria Sage and Dan Levine  Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:08pm EDT   SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have launched a criminal probe into whether eBay Inc employees took confidential information from classified ad web...</description><link>http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=27635512</link><pubDate>9/13/2011 7:54:33 PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>