eBay Inc. announced earnings for Q4 and full year ended December 31, 2009. Fourth-quarter revenue was $2.4 billion, up 16% from the same period last year. This includes the $112 million in revenue from Skype during the period that we still fully owned it. The year-over-year increase was attributed primarily to “excellent growth in PayPal…

eBay Inc. announced today that is has successfully completed the previously announced sale of Skype. The deal values the business at $2.75 billion. The buyer is an investor group led by Silver Lake and includes the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Andreessen Horowitz, and Joltid Limited.

eBay Inc. announced financial results for Q3 FY 2009 today. Third quarter revenue was $2.2 billion, up $120.3 million from the same period last year. The company attributed year-over-year revenue growth primarily to the continued growth in PayPal, Skype, the company’s classifieds business as well as growth in eBay’s fixed-price format. “Our third quarter results…

eBay CEO and President, John Donahoe took the stage at Shop.org this morning and the theme of his keynote focused on how consumer behavior is driving changes in technology. For close followers of eBay, John started by going over key messages and points we’ve heard in recent presentations – nothing new here. Two core businesses…

eBay CEO, John Donahoe, is currently in New York and spent some time with CNBC‘s Maria Bartiromo earlier today. Bartiromo and Donahoe discuss the Skype sale; eBay and PayPal as core businesses for continued success and close with a discussion around PayPal’s open platform and the future of micro and mobile payments. Cheers, RBH

eBay announced back in April that it planned to separate Skype from the company with anticipation of an IPO in 2010. A lot can happen in a few months. According to a press release issued by eBay this morning, an investor group led by Silver Lake, that includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada…

As most of you know I’ve been battling a rather nasty stomach bug for over a month now. It has disrupted my schedule and seen me in and out of the eBay office vs doctor’s office for the past 4 weeks. Yesterday was unfortunately no exception. On a day when PayPal held a Platform Preview…

eBay reported second quarter 2009 earnings results a few minutes ago. Second quarter revenue was $2.10 Billion (a $97.7 million decrease year-over-year) . Net income on a GAAP basis was $327.3 million ($0.25 per diluted share), and non-GAAP net income was $478.6 million ($0.37 per diluted share). eBay Inc. generated $730.7 million of operating cash…

As some of you already know, I am getting ready to leave for a Summer vacation (or holiday for those of my British brethren) and am in the process of making sure I leave Ink in good hands during my absence. However, before I do, I wanted to give a shout out to a group…

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…