eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman in an internal e-mail to employees defended herself and other eBay executives amid an IPO share controversy, saying their actions were "legal" and "quite common." ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - eBay plans to spin off its Skype unit, acknowledging that the Web telephone service does not fit with the rest of the company, in an indictment of former CEO Meg Whitman's ...

Congressional investigators disclosed in October that Goldman Sachs offered hot IPO shares to executives of at least 20 companies that did investment banking business with Goldman, and the executives ...

When eBay acquired Skype four years ago for $2.6 billion, many questioned the strategy of how the marriage would produce any viable offspring. The doubting Thomases proved to be right and eBay, its ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 14 (Reuters) - EBay Inc plans to spin off its Skype unit, acknowledging that the Web telephone service does not fit with the rest of the company, in an indictment of former CEO ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- EBay Inc. said Thursday that it expects to remain a "significant" shareholder after spinning off its Internet communications service Skype. During a conference call with analysts, ...

NEW YORK -- EBay Inc. plans to spin off its Internet communications service Skype through an initial public offering. San Jose, Calif.-based eBay expects to complete the IPO in the first half of next ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- EBay Chief Executive Margaret Whitman sent a memo to employees defending her purchases of shares from initial public offerings sold by Goldman, Sachs & Co. while the online ...

EBay is planning an initial public offering for Skype, the Internet telephony unit the online auctioneer acquired for $2.6 billion in 2005. The planned IPO will take place in the first half of 2010, ...