Meg Whitman

The eBay and StumbleUpon union stumbled on Monday after the social networking site's founders, Garrett Camp and Geoff Smith, said they bought back the company with a group of investors, including Accel Partners and August Capital.

The founders of Web telephone service Skype, currently owned by eBay Inc, are interested in bidding for the company they sold some four years ago, according to a media report.

EBay Inc. Chief Executive Officer is set to step down from the company after serving for 10 years at the online auctioneer.

EBay Inc said on Wednesday it had a strong quarterly performance in auctions, masked by a big net loss due to a write-down, and that its full-year earnings would be at the top end of expectations.The third-quarter net loss of $936 million, or 69 cents per diluted share, compared with a year-ago profit of $281 million, or 20 cents per diluted share. The loss stemmed from a $1.39 billion write-down on eBay's takeover of Internet phone service Skype.

EBay Inc. on Wednesday posted a 50 percent rise in net profit on strength in its core auction and payments businesses, but left its 2007 outlook unchanged, defying Wall Street's hopes for a boost.

EBay Inc. Chief Executive Officer Meg Whitman on Thursday promised investors that faster growth and market share gains lay ahead, but left the company's near-term outlook unchanged as international sales growth slows and it steps up investments in new businesses.