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Stocks· May 04, 2026 at 11:54 AM

Shares of eBay jump take off on a $56 billion buyout bid from GameStop's Ryan Cohen

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Shares of eBay are soaring before the opening bell Monday as Ryan Cohen's GameStop pursues an approximately $56 billion takeover of company, seeing it as a vehicle to compete with online retail giant Amazon. One proposal includes live sales broadcasts from GameStop locations featuring eBay products. “EBay has the second largest commerce franchise and there’s a big opportunity to do something much larger,” Cohen said in a CNBC interview Monday.

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