This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Mergers & Acquisitions

Jun. 27, 2000

EBAY PURCHASES HALF.COM VALUED AT $350 MILLION

Deals: San Jose's online auction company eBay Inc. has acquired Philadelphia-based online selling and trading marketplace Half.com in a deal valued at $350 million. The two companies will continue to maintain separate sites, and Half.com will continue to sell items at fixed prices, rather than in the traditional eBay auction format.

By Tanya Rothman
        San Jose's online auction company eBay Inc. has acquired Philadelphia-based online selling and trading marketplace Half.com in a deal valued at $350 million. The two companies will continue to maintain separate sites, and Half.com will continue to sell items at fixed prices, rather than in the traditional eBay auction format.
        Half.com curr...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up