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      <title>eBay: Bottom Is a Few Months Away</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>In my <a target="_blank" href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/92330-ebay-the-next-4-months">August post here</a> I suggested and predicted eBay's (EBAY) John Donahoe:<span /></p>  <blockquote class="quote"><p>Give the bloated 16,000 staff count a crew cut. Take the GE (GE) approach and just take 20% off for starters and get the existing people aligned against things that will grow the business. See above on what that is &ndash; ahem, not Skype. Of these, lose the public relations, investor relations and marketing teams. They've all failed to convince Wall Street that this stock has legs so just start over. If not, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redherring.com/Home/24568">Carl Icahn </a>may start it over for you.<span /></p></blockquote>]]>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:17:43 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<strong><a href='http://ebaywatchblog.com/'>Dan Buchanon</a> submits:</strong><p>In my <a target="_blank" href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/92330-ebay-the-next-4-months">August post here</a> I suggested and predicted eBay's (EBAY) John Donahoe:<span /></p>  <blockquote class="quote"><p>Give the bloated 16,000 staff count a crew cut. Take the GE (GE) approach and just take 20% off for starters and get the existing people aligned against things that will grow the business. See above on what that is &ndash; ahem, not Skype. Of these, lose the public relations, investor relations and marketing teams. They've all failed to convince Wall Street that this stock has legs so just start over. If not, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.redherring.com/Home/24568">Carl Icahn </a>may start it over for you.<span /></p></blockquote><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/99196-ebay-bottom-is-a-few-months-away?source=feed'>Complete Story &raquo;</a>]]>
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      <title>eBay: The Next 4 Months </title>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Let's recap the year for eBay (EBAY) so far:</p><p><strong>First Quarter </strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22782796/">Meg Whitman &ldquo;retires</a>&rdquo; to join the McCain campaign trail with Carly Fiorina.</li><li>Former president of eBay Marketplaces John Donahoe takes over CEO spot.</li><li>DSRs and feedback get blown up.  <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/smbusiness/ebay_boycott_update.fsb/">Sellers get pissed off and strike</a>.</li><li>Company announces Q1 numbers that beat the Street.</li></ul><p><em>The world yawns. </em></p>]]>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:14:27 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[<strong><a href='http://ebaywatchblog.com/'>Dan Buchanon</a> submits:</strong><p>Let's recap the year for eBay (EBAY) so far:</p><p><strong>First Quarter </strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22782796/">Meg Whitman &ldquo;retires</a>&rdquo; to join the McCain campaign trail with Carly Fiorina.</li><li>Former president of eBay Marketplaces John Donahoe takes over CEO spot.</li><li>DSRs and feedback get blown up.  <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/smbusiness/ebay_boycott_update.fsb/">Sellers get pissed off and strike</a>.</li><li>Company announces Q1 numbers that beat the Street.</li></ul><p><em>The world yawns. </em></p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/92330-ebay-the-next-4-months?source=feed'>Complete Story &raquo;</a>]]>
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