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Strap-on aircraft to be sold on eBay
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Island Goes Up for Sale on eBay At the minimum bid of $3 million, a sale of the Caribbean island would be the largest ever real-estate deal on eBay
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| Jan.16 |
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4th-quarter profits triple| Online auction earned $87 million, or 28 cents per share, up from $25.9 million, or 9 cents per share | |
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| Jan.17 |
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Dividends if Tax Repealed
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| Feb.1 |
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eBay pulls listings of shuttle debris
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| Feb.21 |
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Founders, CEO are Top Philanthropists
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| Feb.27 |
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Problems with dollar-to-sterling conversion
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| Feb.28 |
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Items Seized at Airports Sell on eBay
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| Mar.6 |
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eBay plans to shut down Half.com| EBay would shut down its fixed-price subsidiary for used books, CDs, videos and other items, in late 2004 | |
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| Mar.21 |
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Scam casts doubt on anti-fraud software
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| Mar.31 |
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PayPal Accused of Violating Patriot Act A federal prosecutor has alleged eBay unit provided payment services to online gambling companies
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Options Cost Would Cut 2002 Profit 75%
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| Apr.1 |
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eBay Ends Advertising Deal with AOL
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| Apr.22 |
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First-quarter profit exceeds expectations Driven by the surging popularity of online auctions, eBay posted a quarter profit of $104.2 million
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| Apr.23 |
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eBay to keep HQ, expand in San Jose| eBay would keep current 1,500 workers at its headquarters and purchase 511,000 sq. feet in North San Jose | |
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| May.7 |
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PayPal stops payments for sex products Subsidiary of eBay will phases out payments for most adult-themed merchandise over the next 5 weeks
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| May.13 |
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 eBay to pay janitors' health insurance Janitors threatening to strike over soaring health care costs. eBay agreed to pay 95% of the health care costs
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| May.16 |
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CEO salary boosted to $990,000 Online auction giant boosted Meg Whitman's pay to $990,000, up from $250,000 the previous year
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| May.19 |
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'Anything Points' program
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| May.28 |
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$35 million patent verdict against eBay The verdict hasn't dented stock price, but might force the online auction giant to tweak its sales format
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| Jun.11 |
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eBay buys Chinese e-commerce company
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| Jun.25 |
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PayPal, eBay sued by Stamps.com
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| Jun.26 |
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Increase in Stock Option Pool Approved Shareholders approved a plan to increase the employee stock option pool by more than 50%
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| Jun.27 |
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Buyer Safeguards, Advertising Expanded Online auctioneer will protect purchases on its Web site and expand an ad program to help sellers promote their wares
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| Jul.8 |
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Employees warned about bird danger In the staff parking lot a vast Hawk nest measuring 3 feet across sits perched atop a tree
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| Jul.11 |
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Lunch with Buffett fetches $250,100 141 bids were submitted during the auction's duration of a 2 days
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| Jul.24 |
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Record profit and revenue EBay Inc. announced a 2-for-1 stock split and boosted its outlook for the rest of the year
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| Aug.11 |
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eBay Takes a $30 Million Charge eBay took a charge in the second quarter due to a court judgment. Earnings were reduced by 3 cents per share
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| Aug.21 |
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Power outage takes eBay down for hours| Web site shut down for 3 hours late due to a power outage at 'hosting facility' | |
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| Sep.19 |
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Pierre Omidyar is world 29th richest EBay Inc. founder has a net worth of $6.9 billion according to Forbes magazine
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| Sep.30 |
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eBay, Dell executives named to board Clothing retailer named eBay CEO Whitman and Dell CFO James Schneider, to its board of directors
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| Oct.29 |
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Analysts Told Growth Can Be Sustained Online auctioneer told analysts it can wring much more growth from its oldest and largest market in the United States
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| Nov.3 |
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eBay's Whitman: Google Is Not a Threat CEO of online auctioneer downplayed speculation that its chief business partner was poised to become its biggest rival
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| Nov.20 |
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AT&T claims eBay infringes on its patents| AT&T Corp. is claiming the telecommunications giant developed the payment system more than a decade ago | |
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| Dec.8 |
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eBay Makes a Business of Its Online Data eBay has begun selling the price data generated by its popular auction site to set a benchmark for the value of goods
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