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Ebay buys PayPal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-think-ebaby.com-should-sell-children dept.

mdahlman was among several readers who submitted the story that eBay has bought Paypal in a deal worth $1.5B in stock. The article is mostly numbers and money related stuff, but it also briefly mentions some of the controversy surrounding eBay.

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  1. How did they purchase them? by ShwAsasin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder how they purchased PayPal? Via PayPal? Is that even possible? or did PayPal put the company up on EBay and auction it off with little floofy homebrew pictures?

  2. Eh by JohnHegarty · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "in a deal worth $1.5B in stock"

    And they couldn't evan play though paypal...hmmm..

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    Cruise TT