Source: eBay What is it? “it”, the new eBay brand campaign launched on October 20, 2005. “The campaign is designed to attract buyers by celebrating the extremely wide range of great things you can buy on eBay, just in time for the holiday shopping season,” writes Kevin McSpadden, eBay Brand Marketing Director. We’re looking to…

Source: BetaNews eBay CEO Meg Whitman went toe-to-toe with a financial analyst during the company’s quarterly earnings conference call over the purchase of VoIP provider Skype. Analysts have criticized the buy, saying eBay overpaid for a technology that, at least at first look, will not advance its core business. However, Whitman disagreed with that assessment….

Source: Morningstar Online auction company eBay Inc. said Wednesday that it entered into a separation agreement with Lynn M. Reedy, its senior vice president, product, development and architecture, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reedy will resign as an executive officer on Oct. 31 but remain employed at the San Jose-based…

Source: CNN Shares of eBay tumbled about 6% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the online auction site reported third-quarter results in line with forecasts but issued guidance for the current quarter that disappointed Wall Street. eBay reported third quarter net profit jumped 40 percent and that earnings per share excluding certain items came in at…

Source: TheDeal.com Continuing what has been an aggressive and expensive acquisition strategy, eBay Inc. agreed Monday, Oct. 10, to acquire VeriSign Inc.’s payment services business for $370 million in cash or stock. San Jose-based eBay and Mountain View, Calif.-based VeriSign also announced a strategic alliance that call for the two companies to collaborate on payment…