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Although Google has not acquired Groupon, in spite of rumours that it had offered up to $5bn, two other deals on Thursday pointed to keen interest for web companies focusing [...]

Alibaba.com, the top online service matching manufactures and wholesalers, last night announced its second US acquisition this summer as part of a $100m plan to boost its presence in the [...]

MEDIA News analysis Plans for the online phone service could help establish a higher value, write David Gelles and Richard Waters When former Ebay chief executive Meg Whitman bought Skype [...]

MEDIA News analysis Plans for the online phone service could help establish a higher value, write David Gelles and Richard Waters When former Ebay chief executive Meg Whitman bought Skype [...]

media Bill Me Later bought for $945m New chief aims to sharpen focus John Donahoe, the new chief executive of Ebay, sought to stamp his mark on the e-commerce company [...]

Game Group's plans to buy rival Gamestation, the specialist PC and video games retailer, for Pounds 74m suffered a blow yesterday when the Office of Fair Trading referred the deal [...]

When QXL launched its online 'car boot sales' at the end of 1998, all 15 employees were told to put the contents of their flats up for auction to get [...]

Yahoo!, the internet group, is planning to build up its own auction operations following the collapse of the company's on-off merger talks with eBay, the online auctions group. Jeff Mallett, [...]

Privacy campaigners are concerned at the implications of a merger or alliance between Internet portal Yahoo! and eBay, the online auctioneer. They argue it could lead to the unauthorised use of consumers' personal details. David Sobel, general counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Centre, said the possible deal underlined the inadequacy of online data protection measures at a time of industry consolidation. He fears that information gathered by one company could be used later by another larger organisation without further consent. Analysts would welcome the US$ 100bn deal arguing that Yahoo!, with 45mn users, could generate more revenue from eBay's loyal 1.8mn customer base.

The effort to create a new superpower in internet entertainment and commerce moved back into high gear with news that internet portal company Yahoo! and eBay, the online auctioneer, have [...]

Yahoo!, the internet portal company, and eBay, the online auctions group, have resumed merger talks in a move that could lead to the creation of an internet information and commerce [...]

Yahoo!/eBay They may no longer be talking, but perhaps they should be. Putting together Yahoo! and eBay would make sense. The auction group's global trading community as well as its [...]

(From M&A Navigator) MANAVIGATOR-December 22, 2010-Deal snapshot: EBAY TO BUY GERMAN ONLINE SHOPPING CLUB BRANDS4FRIENDS (C)2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com US eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) said it had struck a deal to buy [...]

(From Telecom World Wire) TELECOMWORLDWIRE-December 20, 2010-eBay to acquire German online shopping club brands4friends (C)1994-2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com Online marketplace eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced today that it has entered into [...]

(From Telecompaper Europe) eBay has reached a definitive agreement to acquire all of the shares of German online shopping club for fashion and lifestyle brands4friends for cash at a transaction [...]

(From M&A Navigator) MANAVIGATOR-December 16, 2010-eBay buys Critical Path Software (C)2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com US online auction house eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) said it has bought smartphone applications developer Critical Path Software [...]

(From Telecompaper Americas) Byline: Kevin Horan EBay has acquired local US shopping engine Milo that provides consumers access to real-time, local store inventory and pricing. By acquiring Milo and integrating [...]

(From DMEurope) DMEUROPE-(C)2010 DMeurope.com (http://www.dmeurope.com & DME Ltd. All rights reserved. Norwegian media group Schibsted and France's Spir Communication have reached an agreement for Schibsted to acquire the remaining 50 [...]

(From Telecompaper Europe) Norwegian media group Schibsted and France's Spir Communication have reached an agreement for Schibsted to acquire the remaining 50 percent of French online classified site LeBoncoin.fr from [...]

(From Telecompaper Americas) Chinese e-commerce services provider Alibaba has bought Auctiva, a third-party developer of tools for eBay sellers. With more than 170,000 active users, Auctiva provides a variety of [...]

(From Telecom World Wire) Alibaba.com (HKSE:1688), an e-commerce company for small businesses, yesterday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Auctiva, a third-party developer of tools for [...]

(From Telecompaper Americas) Byline: Carol Ann Alaimo Chinese e-commerce services provider Alibaba.com will acquire US-based Vendio Services, a multi-channel e-commerce company catering to small businesses selling online across multiple channels. [...]

(From AP Worldstream) Byline: TIM PARADIS Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion (A1.26 billion), the [...]

(From AP Worldstream) Byline: SARAH KARUSH Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion (A1.26 billion), the [...]

(From AFX UK (Focus)) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AFX) - Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, [...]

(From AFX Europe (Focus)) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AFX) - Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, [...]

(From AFX Europe (Focus)) MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AFX) - Internet search leader Google Inc. is in talks to acquire the popular online video site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, [...]

(From SinoCast China Business Daily News) HONG KONG, September 27, SinoCast -- TOM Online (SEHK: 8282), a leading portal website in China, plans to acquire several websites of diverse kinds [...]

(From FinancialWire) Byline: ALESSANDRA RIZZO FinancialWire-17 October 2005-EBay Completes Skype Acquisition (C)2005 Investrend Communications, Inc. October 17, 2005 (FinancialWire) eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has completed its previously announced acquisition of [...]

(From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: MIKE ECKEL NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ebay Friday announced the completion of its acquisition of Internet communications company Skype for about $2.5 billion in cash [...]

(From CBS Marketwatch (Pulses)) Byline: DOUG FERGUSON SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- EBay Inc.'s PayPal has agreed to acquire VeriSign Inc.'s payment gateway business for $370 million in cash and/or stock, [...]