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EBay's Donahoe buys GSIC Wed, 03/30/2011 - 02:36 by Cooshalle Wilson EBAY CEO, John Donahoe, has become the owner of the biggest e-commerce marketplace with his acquisition of GCIS. Comments Read more	The Best 11 Predictions for 2011 Fri, 12/24/2010 - 07:45 by Matt Koppenheffer The end of the year is approaching, which means that everyone is busy making guesses about what next year will bring. Rather than crank up the pandemonium further with new predictions of my own, I thought I'd cull some of my favorite predictions from around the investment world (and beyond). Comments Read more	Is Costco Courting Disaster? Wed, 12/15/2010 - 12:14 by Alyce Lomax This article is part of our Rising Stars Portfolios series. Costco's (Nasdaq: COST) claim to fame is its ability to offer extremely high-end merchandise for low, low prices. Unfortunately for Costco and other discount-oriented retailers, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling left intact a law that could dry up those bargains. The ruling upholds manufacturers' ability to use copyright law to block discounters from reselling deeply discounted merchandise obtained from "gray market" secondary sources. Comments Read more
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do If You're Google Fri, 12/10/2010 - 10:16 by Rick Aristotle ... In the end, it was Groupon's fear -- and not its greed -- that apparently derailed a roughly $6 billion buyout from Google(Nasdaq: GOOG). Business Insider's Nicholas Carlson is reporting that Groupon was demanding a chunky termination fee to protect itself from deal-stomping antitrust regulators. Once Google balked at the lofty insurance sum, the two companies went their separate ways. Comments Read more	A Fool Looks Back Sun, 12/05/2010 - 00:44 by Rick Aristotle ... Is the world ready for Microsoft TV? Reports this week claim that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is working on a digital television initiative, perhaps culminating in the dream option of cherry-picking cable channels that are delivered digitally. Comments Read more	The One Thing You Need to Know About eBay Wed, 12/01/2010 - 11:54 by Jeremy Phillips I know it sounds ludicrous, but investors often overlook the people in charge of protecting their investments. The idea of gauging a company's leadership plays second-fiddle other categories of analysis. However, at Fool.com we believe careful study of effective leadership is one of the most important areas of evaluating long-term winning investments. Comments Read more
4 Picks From the Market's Hottest Sector Sat, 11/27/2010 - 12:19 by Mike Pienciak Ah, Black Friday. Millions of Americans awake before sunup, shrug off the tryptophan hangover, and patriotically dash into the arms, err, aisles, of eager retailers. But while the masses are frantically exercising their right to consume, investors with a penchant for the discretionary sector would do better to first pause and consider. Comments Read more	Laptop full of Afghan secrets sold on eBay Fri, 11/12/2010 - 10:12 by Rakhi London -- An engineer who bought a damaged laptop on eBay for $30 says the hard drive contained unencrypted British military information from Afghanistan. Once he discovered the files, the buyer turned the machine over to the Ministry of Defense, The Sun reported. "It's scary. I couldn't believe it -- the laptop could have been bought by anyone," the buyer, who said the machine was listed as for "spares or repair," told the newspaper. "I realized straight away it wasn't the kind of stuff that should have been for sale on eBay. I contacted the seller to ask if he wanted a copy of the data -- but he said no." Comments Read more	No Mas, MercadoLibre Fri, 11/05/2010 - 01:47 by Rick Aristotle ... Close your eyes and picture a leaner, faster eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) that's fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Comments Read more
PayPal Bails Out eBay, Again Fri, 10/22/2010 - 12:42 by Rick Aristotle ... Any minute now, eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY) is going to rename itself PayPal Inc. For yet another quarter, the dot-com giant has been saved by its fast-growing online payment platform. Comments Read more	eBay Reaches New Highs: What You Need to Know Fri, 10/22/2010 - 12:23 by Tim Beyers Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. Comments Read more	OpenTable's Win-Win-Win Thu, 10/21/2010 - 12:05 by Max Keeler OpenTable (Nasdaq: OPEN) is the market leader in online restaurant reservations. The company has achieved this dominance largely through its simple but effective business model: matching diners and restaurants on its online platform. Comments Read more