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Yahoo to spin off its $32-bn Alibaba stake into 'Aabaco Holdings'
18 Jul 2015
Yahoo’s stake in Alibaba is currently worth over $32 billion, which would make Aabaco Holdings a sizable company
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eBay to sell eBay Enterprise to investor consortium led by Permira for $925 mn
17 Jul 2015
eBay Enterprise, which is facing competition from Amazon.com Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, had seen revenue growth lag behind PayPal, which eBay bought in 2002
Google to add buy buttons on smartphone trials
16 Jul 2015
![Alibaba takes the reseller route to boost sales in India Alibaba takes the reseller route to boost sales in India](/infotech/ebusiness/images/alibaba_com_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Alibaba takes the reseller route to boost sales in India
11 Jul 2015
Alibaba regards India as its largest overseas market in terms of sellers, second only to its home market China and local channels are important for its success in the country
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Ola ropes in former Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin; Uber expands
07 Jul 2015
Ola, founded in January 2011 by IIT Bombay alumni Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, has operations in over 100 cities and its app is available on Android, iOS and Windows platforms
![Flipkart to go `app only’ by September, shut web site: report Flipkart to go `app only’ by September, shut web site: report](/companies/companies_f/flipkart/images/flipkart_logo_domain-b.jpg)
Flipkart to go `app only’ by September, shut web site: report
07 Jul 2015
Flipkart is stated to be already 75 per cent dependent on mobile apps for business and with increasing use of smart phones in the country this could go up further
BSNL launches pre-paid card linked mobile wallet
04 Jul 2015
![PayPal to buy digital money transfer provider Xoom Corp for $890 mn PayPal to buy digital money transfer provider Xoom Corp for $890 mn](/infotech/ebusiness/images/paypal_xoom_sm_domain-b.jpg)
PayPal to buy digital money transfer provider Xoom Corp for $890 mn
02 Jul 2015
Ahead of its July spin off from parent eBay, PayPal Inc today struck a deal to buy digital money transfer service provider Xoom Corp to expand into China, India, Mexico, the Philippines and Brazil
![Ratan Tata joins Jungle Ventures as special advisor Ratan Tata joins Jungle Ventures as special advisor](/people/in_the_news/images/ratan_tata_smiling_sm_domain-b.jpg)
Ratan Tata joins Jungle Ventures as special advisor
02 Jul 2015
Jungle Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund, with a firm focus on helping innovative technology-led companies based out of Asia-Pacific
![EBay-PayPal to break up in July EBay-PayPal to break up in July](/infotech/ebusiness/images/paypal_card_sm_domain-b.jpg)
EBay-PayPal to break up in July
27 Jun 2015
US online giant EBay's board has approved the planned spinoff of its PayPal payments unit, which would trade as an independent company from 20 July
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E-venture startups must avoid valuation bubble: Ratan Tata
19 Jun 2015
Ratan Tata is of the view that startup e-commerce firms are asking for too high a price for parting stakes, and that "valuations" and not "evaluations" are driving these ventures
Coffee giant Starbucks expands mobile ordering
18 Jun 2015
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