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eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), which apparently has successfully resisted Carl Icahn's pressure to spin off its PayPal unit, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Tuesday, April 29, after the markets close. Investors will have an eye on the growth from eBay's core marketplaces business,...

Any big new project by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would be, by definition, news. Such was the case when sources told Re/code that the company had been interviewing senior payments industry executives ahead of a plan to launch an electronic payments business. With nearly 600 million iTunes accounts –...

U.S. stocks tumbled as investors and traders showed no intention of allowing Wednesday's bull charge to continue. The Nasdaq index continues to under-perform and notched its worst one day performance since 2011. The decline in the Nasdaq index continues to be fueled by biotech and momentum...

Many years ago, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) owned PayPal was one of the few online payment processors. Visa (NYSE: V), MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) entered the online space and PayPal was forced to fight to maintain its market share. With the growing trend of “digital wallets” apps...

Analyst Robert Wagner created a bit of a stir in the blogosphere recently, in an article he published at Seeking Alpha  -- titled: eBay's Paypal Has The Potential To Topple The Bitcoin. Here is an excerpt that sum's up Wagner's reasoning: “The benefit of the Bitcoin is its ease of use, security...

The past several months have given us some real boardroom dramas. Jos. A. Bank (NASDAQ: JOSB) and Men's Wearhouse (NYSE: MW) recently concluded their months-long, headline-grabbing series of hostile takeover bids and sniping press releases. And according to Bloomberg there have already been...

On Thursday, eBay Inc.'s (NASDAQ: EBAY) Chief Executive Officer, President and Director John Donahoe issued a letter and movie to employees applauding workers on their continued dedication despite media attention surrounding Carl Icahn's accusations. Donahoe's Letter Hello everyone, I want...

Activist investor Carl Icahn had hoped to bring change to eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) when he nominated two of his own employees to the Board. eBay rejected that nomination and released a statement from independent director and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chairman Richard T. Schlosberg,...

Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...

In January, activist investor Carl Icahn called for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) to spinoff PayPal. Since then, he has repeated his stance several times. Commenting last week at a conference in Silicon Valley, PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist Peter Thiel was asked if he thought PayPal should be...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may be about to make brick-and-mortar retailers an offer it hopes they don’t refuse. The Wall Street Journal reported this week the online retailer may introduce a Kindle tablet-based checkout system as early as this summer. One possibility would involve Amazon giving...

U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as investors and traders focused on the positives. Data showed that the economy expanded in the fourth quarter as consumer spending gained traction. "Today the market is focused on the good news, or the developed world," Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at...

U.S. stocks picked up where they left off on Friday and declined today as investors have plenty on their mind. With earnings being a mixed bag, investors are looking at emerging markets and economic data to support a bullish case for equities. On the emerging market front, investors remain...

John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), went over the value of the synergies between eBay and PayPal in response to activist investor Carl Icahn's suggestion to have the latter separate from its parent company with claims that it'll accelerate PayPal's growth, on CNBC's Squawk on...

Here's a look at the top tickers trending on StockTwits.com Netflix: Earnings season champion After Wednesday's closing bell, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported its fourth quarter earnings in which both EPS and revenue topped consensus estimates. Investors were jittery going in to the company'...