eBay(s EBAY) is buying Braintree, a Chicago-based payment platform for approximately $800 million in cash, the company announced this morning. “Braintree is a perfect fit with PayPal,” said eBay CEO John… Read more »
PayPal has said this year will be a learning year as it rolls out its in-store payment system. But that doesn’t mean it will all be small pilot programs this year… Read more »
The thing about corporate turnarounds is that they’re supposed to turn a company around — as in 180 degrees — not stop halfway and let the company drift sideways. But something… Read more »
Yahoo (s YHOO) just sent us a gloating press release letting us know that its Olympics web site has been getting more traffic than either NBCOlympics.com or ESPN.com. The site saw… Read more »
In November 2004, eBay’s stock was trading near an all-time high at $56 a share, having risen sixfold in a little less than four years. This month, shares were trading below… Read more »