by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
At a time when most companies aren’t willing to offer guidance on the March quarter, eBay is laying out its vision for 2011.
And what it sees is a big opportunity for PayPal.
In connection with the company’s analyst meeting today, eBay said its growth will be driven by its two core businesses: PayPal and e-commerce. In something of a repositioning, the company says that PayPal “has become a second core business,” with an opportunity to become even bigger than eBay Marketplaces.
by Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily
This afternoon, eBay announced that eBay Marketplaces President Rajiv Dutta, a longtime executive at the company, will retire in October and be replaced by Lorrie Norrington, who has been running eBay Marketplaces Operations.
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