A Wall Street analyst thinks he has the solution to the “eBay versus Carl Icahn” debate over whether to spin off PayPal: he says Google should buy eBay. Colin Sebastian of RW Baird is muddying the waters with a new Read more
eBay filed a preliminary proxy statement for next month’s annual meeting, though it declined to reveal the exact date of the meeting. eBay’s CEO and Board of Directors have been on the defensive since January thanks to Carl Icahn’s relentless Read more
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 dialogue with activist investor Carl Read more
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 its response to Icahn’s first Read more
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 the eBay board are in Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe said the company would step up investments in 2014, “particularly in PayPal” (eBay spent $800 million in cash to acquire Braintree last year), but he will have to do it while fending off advances by Carl Read more
