Archive for July 21st, 2006
eBay Tries to Mix Up the Balance
Mercury News EBay reported quarterly earnings Wednesday that met Wall Street’s expectations, but warned that the mix of items for sale in online auctions vs. online stores hosted by eBay was out of balance and needed to be fixed. Investors saluted eBay’s candor with a wave of after-hours stock purchases that lifted the company’s slumping [...]
eBay Needs Some Magic to Restore Itself
Blogging Stocks Do you believe in magic? Meg Whitman, eBay’s CEO, believes in the eBay magic. She wants to restore it. Well, she said it better. She said the SIF (Store Inventory Format) listings growth have “diluted the magic of eBay,” and that, “We are trying to get back to the essence of eBay.” Magic [...]
Will Skype Ever Be Able to Make Money
Networking Pipeline Two developments in the last day show why Skype can’t make a profit. First, in an eBay earnings conference call, eBay execs clearly were trying to hide Skype’s real performance. And then today, the Gizmo Project announced that all VoIP calls to landlines throughout most of the world will be free — forever. [...]
Business Opportunities Weblog Network Launches our Podcast
We have launched the BizOps Podcast! Hosted by Tim Grahl, the first guest is Pete Caputa IV of WhizSpark.com. Pete and Tim discuss the changing landscape of social media and how hosting events is quickly becoming an extremely profitable business. You already know the Business Opportunities Weblog Network is the source for news, tips and [...]
