EBAY

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), which apparently has successfully resisted Carl Icahn's pressure to spin off its PayPal unit, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Tuesday, April 29, after the markets close. Investors will have an eye on the growth from eBay's core marketplaces business,...

While early April saw falling interest by short sellers in many of the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) stood out for their significant short interest gains. However, the number of shares short in Groupon,...

The earnings crunch continues this week. Among the highlights will be scheduled quarterly reports from Exxon Mobil and Chevron, from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck, from Time Warner and Viacom, and also from Twitter. Early Thursday, Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) is expected to say that it had earnings...

Wes Anderson has seen success on multiple fronts with his newest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Not only did the movie have the highest-grossing opening weekend for a limited release in history, but it has also grossed more than $100 million globally -- by far the most of any of Anderson's films....

Any big new project by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) would be, by definition, news. Such was the case when sources told Re/code that the company had been interviewing senior payments industry executives ahead of a plan to launch an electronic payments business. With nearly 600 million iTunes accounts –...

Alibaba.com is big. From a transaction volume standpoint, $240 billion big, according to Wall Street Journal sources. That’s twice the size of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and three times the size of eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). From a revenue perspective, however, Alibaba’s nearly $8 billion in 2013 revenue...

College students do it again. Their trendsetting ability may be great, but their ability to drive growth in the mobile-apps industry could be remarkable. Below are a few mobile-app trends (from personal finance to travel) sweeping U.S. campuses this year; trends that may also drive growth in the...

While late March saw falling interest by short sellers in a number of social media companies based in the United States, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) had significant short interest gains. The number of shares short in Angie's List, eBay, Google, LinkedIn...

U.S. stocks tumbled as investors and traders showed no intention of allowing Wednesday's bull charge to continue. The Nasdaq index continues to under-perform and notched its worst one day performance since 2011. The decline in the Nasdaq index continues to be fueled by biotech and momentum...

U.S. stocks rose as major indices finished the day just barely in the green as the Dow was up as much as 50 points and lower by 65 points before settling the day gaining 10 points. The Nasdaq bounced back sharply from its worst three-day performance since 2011 as investors went bargain hunting...

Many years ago, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) owned PayPal was one of the few online payment processors. Visa (NYSE: V), MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) entered the online space and PayPal was forced to fight to maintain its market share. With the growing trend of “digital wallets” apps...

The most recent Fortune magazine has a great article on the collapse of JC Penney (NYSE: JCP). Along these lines, many have been written about the decline of SearsHolding (NASDAQ: SHLD), too. While Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has certainly done damage, there has been a shift in consumer growth:...

StubHub's effort to please customers by eliminating hidden fees might have backfired. Sales have dipped for the online marketplace, owned by eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), after switching to an “all-in” pricing scheme earlier this year. Hidden fees are the biggest everyday annoyance for Americans,...

Early March saw rising interest by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) led that trend. More modest short interest gains were seen in Facebook, Pandora Media and Twitter, while in Google...

The Fed announced that it will increase its tapering by a further $10 billion in addition to dropping the 6.5 percent unemployment rate threshold which has been the target rate to hike the Fund Funds rate. Thirteen of 16 Fed officials expect the Fed Funds rate to rise by the end of 2015. The...