GameStop (NYSE:GME) market value nearly matched by eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) stake

GameStop Corp. has disclosed a 9.8% stake in eBay Inc., with the position valued at $4.86 billion as of Friday’s closing price. The announcement was made after the end of regular U.S. trading hours.

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eBay Stock Jumps After GameStop’s $56 Billion Bid — But Investors Aren’t Sold

eBay Stock Jumps After GameStop’s $56 Billion Bid — But Investors Aren’t Sold

GameStop Corp. launched a surprise $55.5 billion bid for eBay Inc. on Monday, offering $125 per share in cash and stock and thrusting eBay into an active takeover battle. Shares of eBay did climb in premarket hours, but the stock never came close to matching the offer price—clear evidence that investors remain skeptical about the videogame retailer’s ability to pull off such a deal.
4 May 2026
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eBay Stock Jumps After GameStop Takeover Report Raises a $46 Billion Question

eBay Stock Jumps After GameStop Takeover Report Raises a $46 Billion Question

eBay Inc. shares surged late Friday, fueled by a Wall Street Journal report that GameStop Corp. is gearing up to make a bid for the online marketplace—a bold move from Ryan Cohen’s company, which is dwarfed in size by eBay. With U.S. markets already closed for the weekend, after-hours trading showed eBay spiking over 13%. GameStop picked up gains as well, according to Fortune, which cited both Bloomberg and the Journal.
2 May 2026
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eBay Stock Gets a Jolt: Q1 Beat, GMV Surge and GameStop Offer Report Put Marketplace Back in Play

eBay Stock Gets a Jolt: Q1 Beat, GMV Surge and GameStop Offer Report Put Marketplace Back in Play

On Friday, eBay Inc. found itself the subject of new deal chatter, just 48 hours past its upbeat first-quarter earnings. A Reuters piece cited the Wall Street Journal, saying GameStop is gearing up for a potential bid for the online marketplace. eBay stock jumped roughly 9% after hours; shares of GameStop were up around 3%, according to Reuters.
2 May 2026
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HPE, Progressive Gain Fresh S&P 500 Backing as GoDaddy, Caterpillar, eBay, Molson Coors Face Warnings

HPE, Progressive Gain Fresh S&P 500 Backing as GoDaddy, Caterpillar, eBay, Molson Coors Face Warnings

StockStory’s latest breakdown of S&P 500 names split the field, favoring Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Progressive but sounding alarms for GoDaddy, Caterpillar, eBay, and Molson Coors—highlighting which companies are holding on to earnings momentum and which are feeling the pinch from weaker demand or rising costs. The analyses, posted from March 24 to March 27, are detailed here:
27 March 2026
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eBay Stock Soars on Earnings Beat, Stumbles on Weak Holiday Outlook

eBay Stock Soars on Earnings Beat, Stumbles on Weak Holiday Outlook

eBay’s stock price has enjoyed a strong 2025 rally, nearly doubling from mid-2024 levels ts2.tech. By late October 2025, shares traded just shy of a 52-week high after climbing steadily on optimism about the company’s strategy. On October 29, EBAY hit an intraday high above $101 and closed around $99.33 ts2.tech, marking roughly a 60% year-to-date gain – far outpacing the Nasdaq-100’s ~19% YTD rise ts2.tech. Investors have been enthused by eBay’s focus on niche collectibles and AI-powered tools. As Bloomberg observes, eBay is “trying to embrace increased demand for used and refurbished items from shoppers eager to save money” ts2.tech, carving out a unique “pre-loved” niche as consumers hunt for bargains amid still-moderate inflation.
30 October 2025
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eBay Stock Surges on Strong Q3 Results but Cautions for Holiday Season

eBay Stock Surges on Strong Q3 Results but Cautions for Holiday Season

eBay’s share price has enjoyed a robust run-up. In late October 2025, EBAY traded just below its 52-week peak. On Oct. 29, the stock closed around $99.3, after hitting an intraday high above $101investing.com. Trading volume has been moderate. The stock is now roughly double its level from mid-2024 – up on the order of +50–60% year-to-datesimplywall.st. By comparison, broader tech indices like the Nasdaq-100 are up around +19% YTDts2.tech, highlighting eBay’s strong relative gain.
29 October 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Bold Moves: Global AI News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Bold Moves: Global AI News Roundup (Aug 16–17, 2025)

AI Research Breakthroughs and Technology Advances: OpenAI’s latest AI model GPT-5 grabbed headlines this week after its official launch. Billed as a major upgrade, GPT-5 is being rolled out to all 700 million ChatGPT users and is touted as performing like a “PhD-level” expert across domains reuters.com. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said “GPT-5 is really the first time... one of our mainline models has felt like you can ask a legitimate expert, a PhD-level expert, anything”, highlighting new capabilities such as generating entire pieces of working software on demand reuters.com. Early reviewers praised GPT-5’s prowess in complex coding, math and science problems, though they noted the leap from GPT-4 to GPT-5 isn’t as jaw-dropping as past generational jumps reuters.com. Altman himself cautioned that GPT-5 “still lacks the ability to learn on its own,” underscoring that true human-like AI remains out of reach despite this advance reuters.com.
17 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

OpenAI’s GPT-5 Takes Center Stage: The past week saw OpenAI launch its GPT-5 model, a new powerhouse that is “multiples more capable than the previous generation” according to Kunal Kothari of Aviva Investors reuters.com. The release of GPT-5 – along with rival Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Services unveiled in mid-July – has sent shockwaves through the tech industry. In Europe, excitement over such powerful models has caused some trepidation: shares of major “AI adopter” software firms like SAP and Dassault Systèmes tumbled as investors began to rethink business models in light of ever more advanced AI reuters.com reuters.com. “With every iteration of GPT or Claude that comes out…it’s multiples more capable… The market’s thinking: ‘oh, wait, that challenges this business model’,” Kothari explained of the sudden selloff in European tech stocks reuters.com. Still, analysts note that not all software companies are equally vulnerable – those with deeply embedded solutions or unique data may prove resilient even as “AI is going to eat software” in some domains reuters.com reuters.com.
15 August 2025
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