Five Things You Need to Know: When in Doubt, Blame the Shorts
2010-03-09 01:51:00
Keywords: crash,pandit,singularity,thiel,short,sellers,citigroup,ebay,bank of america,sp500,kbw,index,demark,ECONOMY,C,BAC,GOOG,EBAY
Quote: ADVERTISEMENT HEREPopular Science...Popular ScienceWired Peter Thiel Explains How to Invest in the Singularity.In that 2007 piece, Bryan Gardiner outlined the views of Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, which was later acquired by eBay EBAY), and president of Clarium Capital Management, on "the coming singularity." That's so 2007! Here we are three years later and few are talking about the concept of the coming singularity now. What happened? A couple of things, each related to social ...
Read articleEBAY INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers
2010-03-09 01:50:59
Quote: Item 5.02.Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of eBay
Inc. (the "Company") held on March 3, 2010, the Board determined to move one of
the directors from Class II (with a term expiring at the 2012 annual meeting of
stockholders) to Class III (with a term expiring at the 2010 annual meeting of
s...
Read articleeBay Commits to Saving Up to a Quarter of a Million Acres of Rainforest for Consumers who Choose to Reuse
2010-03-09 01:50:58
Quote: SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace, today announced the launchof the eBay Green Team Challenge, a program that translates greenshopping into tangible environmental impact. For the first 250,000people that pledge to reuse on eBay, the company will protect an acre ofrainforest in their name through a new collaboration with Team Earth, aunique coalition of NGOs, private sector companies and individualsconvened by Conservation International (CI).In...
Read articleJerry Brown seeks return to Calif. governor's desk
2010-03-04 09:35:58
Quote: His ability to raise money and gain endorsements frightened away other Democrats, including San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom.After the June primary, Brown will face of one of two wealthy Silicon Valley Republicans in the general election: former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, a billionaire, or state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who also became a multimillionaire as a high-tech entrepreneur.Brown says only someone with a long political resume such as his has the experience to solve California's o...
Read articleDarrell Delamaide's Political Capital: Get ready for a wacky election year
2010-03-04 09:35:54
Keywords: Commentary, EBAY, eBay Inc, HPQ, Hewlett-Packard Co
Quote: Arnold Schwarzenegger is bound by term limits and will step down, leaving former eBay Inc./quotes/comstock/15*!ebay/quotes/nls/ebay(EBAY23.32,-0.19,-0.82%) Chief Executive Meg Whitman leading the field of potential Republican successors.What does it all mean? A few conclusions suggest themselves:Conclusion 1: People are mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more. Anyone currently holding office in Washington already has a strike against them.Conclusion 2: Progressives are ready to abandon ...
Read articleYelp: Advertise or Else?
2010-03-04 09:35:52
Keywords: Yelp lawsuit, Yelp reviews, Yelp ads, getting Yelped, Long Beach Cats & Dogs Animal Hospital, Jared Beck, Jeremy Stoppelman, local business advertising, Yelp rankings integrity, National Restaurant Association, Yelp bribes, Web advertising
Quote: "This seems to be a companywide practice."
GOOGEBAY) faced during their early years, when people were suspicious of ranking systems they didn't understand. "New technologies and business models can be confusing, and inevitably you have conspiracy theories," says Stoppelman, 32. "You have to take your blows."
Yelp's revenue comes from restaurants, hotels, and other businesses that typically pay $300 a month to advertise on the site, which 25 million people visit e...
Read articleJerry Brown to enter governor’s race Tuesday
2010-03-03 02:27:49
Quote: But at 71, Brown is likely to face questions whether he’s too old to seek to be governor again.“I’ve seen our government from every angle,” Brown said in a video on his web site after listing the many offices he’s held.Other candidates in the race include Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) and Steve Poizner, California’s insurance commissioner, both of them Republicans.Jerry Brown’s late father, Edmund “Pat” Brown, was al...
Read articleFormer eBay chief Whitman meets her challenger
2010-03-03 02:27:47
Quote: Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman met her match today as California Attorney General Jerry Brown declared his candidacy.
The former eBay (EBAY) CEO, whom I profiled last spring in a Fortune cover story called “Can Meg Whitman save California?”, now leads herRepublican rivals in the gubernatorial race. But she and Brown, a Democrat who served as governor from 1975 to 1983 and ran for President and can’t resist another campaign, are in a dead heat among voters who pl...
Read articleS&P Upgrades Ebay to 'a'; Outlook Stable
2010-03-03 02:27:46
Keywords: Debt,Debt ratings news,U.S. corporate debt,United States of America,Department stores,Retailing,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,Credit Market News,Corporate debt,Cyclical consumer goods and services,Retaile
Quote: S&P UPGRADES EBAY TO 'A'; OUTLOOK STABLE
(The following statement was released by the rating agency) March 2 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it raised its
corporate credit rating on San Jose, Calif.-based Internet e-commerce and
payment company eBay Inc. to 'A' from 'A-'. The outlook is stable. "The upgrade reflects the company's strong performance during a
particularly challenging retail and economic environment, and further
enhancement of its already strong credit protecti...
Read articleUPDATE - Jerry Brown announces run for California governor
2010-03-03 02:27:44
Keywords: Domestic Politics,Elections,Department stores,Retailing,Commercial services and supplies (industry group),Industrial machinery,Machinery,United States of America,Cyclical consumer goods and services,California - Municipal Bond Market News,Municipal debt,D
Quote: ballot(Recasting; adds background, more analyst commentary)Peter Henderson SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (Reuters) - State Attorney General
Jerry Brown on Tuesday formally announced his run for governor
with a promise to "get California working again," setting the
stage for a likely November showdown with former eBay chief Meg
Whitman, the Republican front-runner. Brown, 71, a feisty veteran of California politics and
three-time presidential contender, has made no secret of his
intention to run again f...
Read articleSeven Ways to Make Pay-Per-Click Pay
2010-03-03 02:27:44
Quote: Keep in mind, however, that the bid data is not reliable, Keser says.
EBay Pulse can also help marketers identify keywords and phrases that shoppers use.
Monitor your resultsAfter you select some keywords, go for a test run. Just make sure you stay on top of whether they're working. To help you, check out various analytics programs such as Google Analytics and Yahoo! Web Analytics.
For optimal keyword analyses, ensure that your keywords programs and your analytics tools are connected, suggests K...
Read articleSEC Watch: Yahoo Purchased Maktoob For $164 Million; By The Numbers
2010-03-02 05:31:59
Quote: YHOONewshad previously been reportedcompany's 10K, which was just filed with the SEC.it boughtby sellingEBAYNews) and $145 million from selling its investment in Alibaba.com.—Restructuring bills:April layoffs and other moves to focus its business.closure of Yahoo's R&D facility in Grenoble, France. Closing down those operations triggered the departure of an executive at a company Yahoo had acquired, which led to "$19 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expense for the acceleratio...
Read articleKijiji.Com Finds That Couples Cohabiting Leads to Clutter
2010-03-02 05:31:57
Quote: www.Kijiji.comEBAYNews) free, local classifieds Web site and ChadwickMartin Bailey, a custom research and consulting firm, found thatcohabiting often leads to clutter, which can actually put a strain on arelationship.When combining two lives into one household, reconciling each person’spossessions can be a challenge of tug-of-war – he might want to keep hisblack leather couch, while she prefers her neutral microsuede sofa. Overhalf of Americans (54 percent) admitted to having up to...
Read articleCheap bandwidth, hardware and programmers: Entrepreneurial crack?
2010-03-01 06:22:07
Quote: Crew (JCG) and eBay (EBAY) remind us. More disturbingly, Microsoft (MSFT) demonstrated that without proper maintenance, sites don’t even need a traffic surge to fail.
While the “big boys†usually build and maintain Web properties quite well, failure is exponentially more dangerous for Web upstarts trying to establish themselves, many of whom fight and claw to get a chance to make an impression with a user, only to see their site crash when traffic arrives because of poor site ...
Read articleSEC Watch: Yahoo Purchased Maktoob For $164 Million; By The Numbers
2010-03-01 06:22:06
Quote: YHOONewshad previously been reportedcompany's 10K, which was just filed with the SEC.it boughtby sellingEBAYNews) and $145 million from selling its investment in Alibaba.com.—Restructuring bills:April layoffs and other moves to focus its business.closure of Yahoo's R&D facility in Grenoble, France. Closing down those operations triggered the departure of an executive at a company Yahoo had acquired, which led to "$19 million of non-cash stock-based compensation expense for the acceleratio...
Read articleEBay buys artisan-focused World of Good
2010-02-26 11:25:40
Quote: World of Good Inc., a five-year-old social venture that connects artisans from developing communities with mainstream retail markets, said Thursday its brand and related assets were acquired by eBay Inc.Emeryville-based World of Good did not disclose terms of the deal.The company also said GreaterGood/Charity USA acquired its wholesale division. Its Fair Trade products line will be re-branded, while existing relationships with retailers and artisan partners will be maintained.The company said eB...
Read articleeBay Sends Bearish Signals
2010-02-26 11:25:40
Keywords: Financial, News, Stock, Market, Headlines, Investments, Quotes, Trading, TheStreet.com, Technology Research Group ,Internet
Quote: By Technology Research GroupeBay's(EBAY Quote) 10-K filing did little to change our bearish stance.Revenue growth is slowing(2% vs. 11% in 2008). Margins are getting pinched. Cost-containment measures arereadily apparent. Financial reporting remains far from conservative. Profits for 2009were inflated by a series of income-accelerating items. Without these non-operationalgains, net income would come in nearly 70% below reported levels.Valuation and RecommendationShares are up 93% over the past 1...
Read articleCorrections & Amplifications
2010-02-26 11:25:34
Quote: News article about the housing market incorrectly said the sales had dropped to 1963 levels.
Benchmark Capital led the initial funding for eBay Inc. A Corporate News article on Thursday about Bloom Energy Corp. incorrectly said that Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers funded eBay.
A photo accompanying the Off the Beaten Track column in Thursday's Personal Journal was of Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. The caption incorrectly identified it as the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Printed in The Wall ...
Read articleClean Tech's Latest Darling
2010-02-26 11:25:32
Keywords: Bloom Energy, Clean Tech, Fuel Cell, AltaRock, Silver Spring Networks
Quote: EBay CEO John Donahoe said it fit with the company's overall commitment to reducing carbon emissions and being green. Five Bloom boxes supply 15% of the electricity needed to power the eBay campus. Donahoe said his company had saved $100,000 in electricity costs and the payback on the boxes should be three years. (They come with a 10-year warranty from Bloom.) Billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr, whose firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers first invested in Bloom eight years ago, underline...
Read articleGetting punk'd in Russia
2010-02-25 01:42:43
Quote: “We’ve had to fight to get people to talk openly.â€
EBAYCSCORussian Silicon Valley near Moscow.
Instead, the techies, business people (and a movie star), discovered that sunny Silicon Valley-style optimism and the belief that knowledge conquers all, is a hard brand to franchise in Russia.
recently made clear in an interview with a Russian newspaper, modernization will be “authoritarian modernization.†That is, it will have a distinctly Russian flavor, and it would b...
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