ebay | Decoding the new economy http://paulwallbank.com Society and business in the 21st Century Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:51:50 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 16560829 Splitting two former internet giants http://paulwallbank.com/2016/01/28/splitting-two-former-internet-giants-in-ebay-and-paypal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=splitting-two-former-internet-giants-in-ebay-and-paypal http://paulwallbank.com/2016/01/28/splitting-two-former-internet-giants-in-ebay-and-paypal/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:46:08 +0000 http://paulwallbank.com/?p=14278 The results of eBay and PayPal show how combining the two internet companies was a folly

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