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(NASDAQ:EBAY) EBay’s PayPal CEO joins Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) To Lead Messaging Products (Video)

eBay said on Monday David Marcus, who has led eBay Inc’s fast-growing payments unit PayPal, will step down from the e-commerce company on June 27 to run Facebook messaging products. EBay shares fell about 2 percent in trading after hours. Marcus has led PayPal, which has 148 million active users, for the past two years during which the payments unit has moved more aggressively into stores and mobile devices.

Facebook has nabbed PayPal’s president in the clearest indication yet that the social media company will soon be venturing into online payments. the company announced in a press release on Monday David Marcus will lead Facebook’s messaging products. Marcus confirmed the move with a post to Facebook, which said “While I was in the middle of my thought process about what was next for me, Mark Zuckerberg and I got together.”

Following the acquisition of Whatsapp, Facebook is now looking for a strong strategy to actively monetize NASDAQ:FB leadership in the live messaging business. David Marcus should lead the way within the Facebook organization.

Facebook has appointed PayPal CEO David Marcus to head to its Messenger service. Not surprisingly, that’s got the tech industry abuzz over how the company will finally start making money from its Messenger app. One way is to start a money transfer service that puts Facebook head-to-head with Marcus’s last employer. Another is to create stickers. Cute digital icons are all the rage in Asia, and they could become bigger on Facebook‘s Messenger service if the right infrastructure is put in place by it and other services like Instagram

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Harvey Dyer
Finance

Hot Watch List: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s resurgent stock may have as much to do with financial engineering as the company’s technological wizardry. In late April, the iPhone and iPad maker announced plans to split its stock for the first time in nine years. Since then, Apple’s stock has climbed 23 per cent, creating more than $100 billion in shareholder wealth while the Standard & Poor’s 500 edged up … Continue reading Hot Watch List: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS), Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ:AAL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Kristen Barton
Finance

Services Sector Most ACtive Stocks: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), NewLead Holdings (NASDAQ:NEWL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), AAL

Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), the Camp Hill drug store chain, hired Matt Lynch as senior vice president and chief information officer. He had been senior vice president and chief information officer for Dick’s Sporting Goods. Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) stock performance was -1.91% in last session and finished the day at $7.72. Traded volume was 45.96million shares in the last session and the average volume … Continue reading Services Sector Most ACtive Stocks: Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), NewLead Holdings (NASDAQ:NEWL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), AAL

Colin Pettis
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Finance

Services Sector Active Runners: eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN), Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX)

At the Imagine 2014 global ecommerce event today, eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) released the newest versions of Magento Enterprise Edition (version 1.14) and Community Edition (version 1.9). Both editions include a new Responsive Reference Design Theme, Bill Me Later as a payment option and PayPal Express Checkout improvements. Magento Enterprise Edition will also include faster search indexing. The upgrades make it easier and less expensive for … Continue reading Services Sector Active Runners: eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), The Wendy’s Co (NASDAQ:WEN), Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX)

John Meady
Finance

Active Runners At NASDAQ: Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Micron Technology Inc (NYSE:MU) President Mark Adams unloaded 189,000 shares of the company’s stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $22.31, for a total transaction of $4,216,590.00. Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) stock performance was 1.76% in last session and finished the day at $22.60. Traded volume was 31.64million shares … Continue reading Active Runners At NASDAQ: Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU), Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

John Bellich
Finance

Services Sector Most Active Stocks: Anglo American (LON:AAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Copper operations were running “exceptionally well”, opening the door to exceeding output forecasts, Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) said as it seeks to boost operations after project write-downs and lower profits. The producer had a “very good” first quarter in base metals, Anglo American plc (LON:AAL)’s chief executive for copper, Hennie Faul, said in Santiago on Monday. Anglo American plc (LON:AAL) stock performance was 0.05% in … Continue reading Services Sector Most Active Stocks: Anglo American (LON:AAL), Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL), Pandora Media Inc (NYSE:P), eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY)

Jason Knox