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John Donahoe (born 1960) is an American businessman and the President and CEO of eBay Inc. since March 31, 2008, succeeding Meg Whitman, who stepped down from the role after 10 years, and who continues to serve on the company's Board of Directors.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Yahoo Inc's largest outside shareholder said the Internet company should make its finance chief or head of media the interim chief executive because of the controversy surrounding CEO Scott Thompson's educational background.
Third Point, which is waging a bitter proxyits i battle against Yahoo's board and which exposed inaccuracies in Thompson's official biography last week, repeated its demand on Wednesday that Yahoo fire Thompson and install four of its handpicked director candidates to the board.Yahoo's board appointed a special committee to investigate Thompson's background on Tuesday and to review the "facts and circumstances" surrounding the hiring of Thompson.Yahoo acknowledged last week that Thompson, the former president of eBay division PayPal, does not have a computer science degree despite what was stated on his official company biography and in regulatory filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Ebay Inc CEO John Donahoe came to Thompson's support on Wednesd...EBay Inc.'s chief executive officer said in an e-mail to employees on Wednesday morning that he will run the company's PayPal business himself on an interim basis fo...
As companies like Netflix (NFLX) and Facebook have learned, having a rabid Internet fan base has its downsides. Probably no company is more aware of that than eBay (...
Online auction site eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) posted fiscal third-quarter results that were in-line with consensus on the bottom line, while sales beat expectations. T...
Digging your friend’s shoes? eBay suggests you take a photo -- it'll find them for you.At least that’s what eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) is hoping to do with its upcoming laun...
The executive, Katie Mitic, oversees new product and platform development at Facebook for developers and businesses. Before working at Facebook, Mitic held different...
EBay Inc unveiled new PayPal technology to more than a hundred big retailers this week as the e-commerce company tries to take its big online payments business into ...
Continuing the tech-sector’s string of positive earnings reports, EBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) reported a double-beat on Wednesday after the market closed, and gave full-year ...
TAKING THE PULSE: Internet companies are expected to post higher revenue for the second quarter, but some will be more profitable than others. Google Inc. (GOOG) and...
A T THE MOMENT when most boys are plotting how to launch gum into a classmate's braids, 12-year-old Jack Abraham was hired by his father. It was 1999. Magid Abraham ...
EBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) said late Wednesday that its first-quarter profit swung marginally ahead of Wall Street 's estimates, lifted 20% on stronger marketplace traffic a...
Online auction giant eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) inked a $2.4 billion deal on Monday to scoop up e-commerce provider GSI Commerce (NASDAQ:GSIC) for a hefty 51% premium.King o...
FBN's Robert Gray on eBay executives' bullish outlook for the company’s two main business units.
EBay Inc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc are developing new Web search engines to better compete against Amazon.com Inc in the fast-growing e-commerce market.As more people ...
E-commerce giant eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) posted a first-quarter profit that rose 20% on strong revenue growth, and gave guidance that was mostly above estimates, sen...
EBay Inc. (EBAY) on Thursday placed a 38-year-old executive in charge of its fastest-growing business, by naming David Marcus as the new president of its PayPal paym...
EBay Inc.'s (EBAY) StubHub unit is making its first overseas foray, but the ticket service's chosen target of the U.K. poses a challenge because of tight regulations...
EBay CEO John Donahoe on PayPal’s new app and credit card reader for mobile payments.
Online e-commerce giant eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) posted fourth-quarter results that beat Wall Street’s expectations, as the company’s online payment processor PayPal conti...
Apple Inc will again dominate conversations at CES, the world's biggest technology showcase. Only this time, the talk is extending beyond iPad and iPhone chatter to ...
