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Article: eBay Inc. Buys Leading Payments and Classifieds Businesses, Streamlines Existing Organization To Improve Growth.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- October 6, 2008
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) today announced two acquisitions that significantly extend the company's leadership position in online payments and classifieds. In payments, the company is acquiring the U.S.-based online payments business Bill Me Later[R] for approximately $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million in outstanding options. In classifieds, the company has acquired Denmark's leading online classifieds site dba.dk and vehicles site bilbasen.dk for approximately $390 million in cash.
The company also announced plans to reduce its global workforce by approximately 10 percent, affecting about 1,000 employees in addition to several ...