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Posted on Tuesday, April 25 2006 @ 12:08 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
According to WSJ, eBay is in talks with both Microsoft and Yahoo about their problem called Google.
The search giant has long been an ally of eBay, however Google's recent moves are making the San Jose, Calif., based company nervous.
Google recently introduced Google Base, a service that eBay sees as direct competitor to its own listings. Also, the search engine has been developing an online payment system that sounds similar in concept to eBay's PayPal. Additionally, Google has hired away several engineers and staff from eBay.
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