PayPal President, Scott Thompson on NPR Tech Nation
/ April 30, 2009 0 COMMENTS

I tweeted about this earlier in the week but I wanted to make sure those of you who hadn’t had a chance to listen to it yet, go check it out. Scott Thompson, President of PayPal, spoke with Dr. Moira Gunn, the host of National Public Radio’s Tech Nation program a few weeks ago and…

NewComm Forum: Social Media and Financial Disclosure
/ April 28, 2009 1 COMMENTS

As most of you know, I’m in SF this week for the NewComm Forum and the Inbound Marketing Summit. In a nutshell, both are targeted at determining the how, what, who and why behind social media / marketing in business. On the heels of the article, “Corporate Blogs and ‘Tweets’ Must Keep SEC in Mind”…

5 Minutes With… John Lawson
/ April 24, 2009 11 COMMENTS

I realize this is a bit unorthodox. Until now, this feature has focused on eBay Inc. employees to give you a better insight into my colleagues and co-workers. However, it’s Feel Good Friday and one of the folks I follow pretty closely online is doing something that warranted attention and he’s using eBay Giving Works…

eBay Inc. Q1FY09 Twitter Session: Cautionary Language
/ April 22, 2009 0 COMMENTS

This twitter session contains non-GAAP measures relating to the company’s performance. You can find the reconciliation of those measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures here. This twitter session may make forward-looking statements relating to our future performance that are based on our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties, including those…

eBay Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 Results
/ April 22, 2009 3 COMMENTS

eBay reported first quarter 2009 earnings results a few minutes ago. First quarter revenue was $2.02 Billion (a $171.6 million decrease year-over-year) . Net income on a GAAP basis was $357.1 million ($0.28 per diluted share), and non-GAAP net income was $499.9 million ($0.39 per diluted share). eBay Inc. generated $668.5 million of operating cash…

5 Minutes with… Roberto Garcia
/ April 17, 2009 2 COMMENTS

I started this feature a few weeks ago and I love how honest and open folks are being with it. I want to really get as many employees as possible – regardless of department or geography. Today, I’m sharing 5 Minutes with… Roberto “Bobby” Garcia. Bobby works in the eBay Cafe and my wife knows…

Sears.com Now Accepts PayPal
/ April 17, 2009 0 COMMENTS

Jim Hunt, senior director of PayPal merchant services, just announced that Sears.com is now accepting PayPal. Read all about it over on the PayPal blog. Cheers, RBH

5 Minutes with… Chad O’Meara
/ April 16, 2009 6 COMMENTS

One of the biggest topics of conversation to come out of this week’s Spring announcement regarding the eBay Marketplace was the changes to the resolution process. Yesterday, I shared an interview with Todd Lutwak and focused more on the Smart FAQs and package tracking. Today, I’m sharing a conversation with Chad O’Meara, VP of eBay…

BREAKING: eBay Expands in Asia: Gmarket Purchase Announced
/ April 15, 2009 0 COMMENTS

I first wrote about this story back in August and September of last year. You can see that initial post here. According to a press release this evening, eBay Inc. has signed an agreement to expand its Asian operations to include Gmarket, Korea’s leading online marketplace. The tender offer is at $24.00 per share for…

Changes to eBay Marketplace; 5 Minutes with… Todd Lutwak
/ April 15, 2009 4 COMMENTS

Given the eBay Marketplace news yesterday, I thought I’d take advantage of sitting down with some of the folks on the team and see if I could get them to give us some new “5 Minutes with…” interviews at the same time. Without further ado, first up is “5 Minutes with…” (Well, 15 actually) Todd…