Sellers Weigh In on Selling eBay Subsidiaries
Activist investor Carl Icahn forced eBay to split with PayPal in July 2015, but in a survey conducted last month, a majority of sellers said they were not better off as a result of the […]
Tag: Carl Icahn
eBay Does Deal with the Devil
eBay’s board not only capitulated to Carl Icahn’s demands last year that eBay separate the Marketplaces and Payments businesses, now it has signed an agreement giving in to additional demands. In its Q4-2014 earnings release […]
Carl Icahn Gets Eyes and Ears in eBay Boardroom
Early this year, Carl Icahn came out swinging against eBay CEO John Donahoe and its Board, but backtracked on Thursday after the parties came to a settlement and agreed to disagree. Donahoe has passion for […]
eBay Buys Ads in Effort to Fend Off Carl Icahn
eBay’s battle to fend off Carl Icahn is benefitting other tech firms, from Twitter to Google. Aside from the fodder the proxy battleprovides tech reporters (CNBC has been on a roll with its coverage), there are […]
eBay Responds to New Icahn Proposal
Carl Icahn has been pressuring eBay to spin off PayPal into a separate company since January, and for the first time eBay faces a contested proxy (the issues on which shareholders vote, such as board nominations). eBay […]
eBay CEO Reassures Employees as He Fends Off Carl Icahn
eBay warned employees last month not to let a shareholder battle with Carl Icahn distract them, and eBay CEO John Donahoe sent another letter to employees this week. “As predicted,” he wrote, “we’re having a public […]
eBay Says Stick It, Carl
eBay issued a press release on Wednesday titled, “Stick to the Facts, Carl” in response to Carl Icahn’s most recent letter to eBay shareholders, but it might as well have read, “Stick It, Carl.” In […]
John Donahoe’s Letter to eBay Employees on Icahn Proposal
After imposing disruption on the eBay Marketplaces since becoming CEO in 2008, John Donahoe is now facing the possible disruption of his company from without, and he asked employees not to get distracted. Donahoe and […]