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4/17 - "There are several things that are still going unaddressed with eBay. For starters, their customer experience is not improving to become a truly Personalized experience. Their Reviews are still not well-integrated to where the products are showcased or listed, offering a fragmented user experience, although some moves have been taken to improve the feedback process. Further, they are still dependent on Google for customer acquisition." "Skype is doing well in terms of actual numbers and growth, although it has cost eBay dearly in terms of write-offs. I said earlier that eBay should sell this unit off because it remains non-synergistic. Instead, they should focus on strategic acquisitions to enhance their core marketplace business – such as Mercado Libre to gain access to the growth in Latin American. eBay already owns 20% of the company." "I’m not going to recommend the stock as a Buy until I get some clear signals from Donahoe that he is addressing the issues that I have raised above."
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eBay Positives Accounted For
4/17 - "While the company should continue to produce solid growth thanks to the strength of its business model PayPal -- along with international opportunities -- these positives are already reflected in EBAY shares.
What's more, we are concerned with slowing consumer spending, increasing competition and the potential for its profit margins to contract further. That said, the stock trades at...
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eBay: Life After Meg
4/17 - "It's hard not to love PayPal. Dot-com heavies such as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) -- and even banking giants such as Citigroup (NYSE: C) and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) -- have tried to take on the online-payment service over the year, with humbling results.
PayPal is just too popular, as was clearly evident during the latest quarter. The number of active accounts clo...
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Analysts on eBay: Nice Quarter, But More Work Needed
4/17 - "Last night, eBay delivered the quarter many bulls had hoped to see, with better than expected revenues and profits. But the stock is sliding today, as the Street pokes holes in the numbers. The stock had rallied 25% over the last month heading into last night’s report, so what we’re seeing today at least in part involves some profit-taking. But it also reflects a nearly unanimous view o...
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