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 said its board has considered 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
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
eBay’s Vice President in charge of developing and launching the marketplace’s new Cassini search engine left the company last month before launching its full functionality. An article published in EcommerceBytes Update over the weekend broke the news of Hugh Williams’ Read more
On the heels of a “60 Minutes” feature about Amazon during which the company revealed its concept of unmanned drones to deliver packages to shoppers’ doorsteps, eBay invited Bloomberg West TV for a tour of its headquarters and commerce innovation Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe will have the president’s ear, so to speak, when it comes to international trade issues. President Obama appointed eBay CEO John Donahoe to the President’s Export Council. Donahoe previously served as a Member of the White Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe named John Maeda the Chair of the new eBay Inc. Design Advisory Board. He will report directly to Donahoe. eBay said little about the new board, stating that Maeda was uniquely qualified to help eBay Inc. Read more
eBay CEO John Donahoe is continuing his monthly essays on the LinkedIn business social-networking site. Again, he chose to talk about something personal – this time, his first job after high school working for his friend’s father’s beer distribution company. Read more
