3 posts and columns on Colin Gillis

Oy Vey eBay

in News on April 21, 2010 at 2:33 pm PT

First-quarter earnings for eBay exceeded analysts’ estimates, but the company’s tepid second-quarter forecast appears to have turned investors’ stomachs. Shares in eBay slid seven percent Wednesday after the company said it expects profit of between 37 cents and 39 cents a share in the current quarter–short of the 40 cents a share the Street was expecting.

Ask.com? Give It to Microsoft; He'll Eat Anything.

in News on October 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

If Barry Diller is looking for somewhere to unload IAC’s Ask.com search engine, he’d be wise to consider Microsoft–if he doesn’t have that in mind already. Analysts reflecting on Diller’s recent remarks about Ask’s “speculative future” say Microsoft is the most likely buyer if IAC is truly serious about dumping the little search engine that couldn’t.
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Ask.com? Give It to Microsoft; He’ll Eat Anything.

in News on October 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm PT

If Barry Diller is looking for somewhere to unload IAC’s Ask.com search engine, he’d be wise to consider Microsoft–if he doesn’t have that in mind already. Analysts reflecting on Diller’s recent remarks about Ask’s “speculative future” say Microsoft is the most likely buyer if IAC is truly serious about dumping the little search engine that couldn’t.
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