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eBay Inc. eBay Inc. ( / ˈiːbeɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that brokers customer to customer and retail sales through online marketplaces in 190 markets worldwide. Sales occur either via online auctions or "buy it now" instant sales, and the company charges ...
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$ 2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]
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Kijiji.ca ( / kiːˈdʒiːdʒiː / kee-JEE-jee; Swahili pronunciation: [kiˈʄiʄi], village) [1] is a Canadian online classified advertising website. It operates sections for cities and urban regions, for posting local advertisements. Kijiji was launched in February 2005 as an eBay subsidiary [2] under Marktplaats BV [3] Marktplaats and Kijiji ...
frankfurt .de. Frankfurt am Main ( / ˈfræŋkfərt /; German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] ⓘ; [5] [6] lit. " Frank ford on the [a] Main ") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany, [b] and it is the only city in the country rated as an "alpha ...
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
Munsey's Magazine was an American magazine founded by Frank Munsey in 1889. Originally launched in 1889 as Munsey's Weekly, it became an illustrated monthly in 1891, printing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1893 the price was reduced from 25 to 10 cents and circulation rose to more than 250,000 issues. The same year Munsey became one of the ...