PayPal valued at about $50 billion ahead of market debut

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UBS Maintains Bullish Views on Apple (AAPL) Following 3Q15

July 22, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

UBS reiterated a Buy rating and $150.00 price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) following 3Q15. Analyst Steven Milunovich said that apart from a soft iPhone number of 47.5mn, APPL's quarter and outlook met consensus expectations. However, it is unclear if Sep guidance includes... More

Jefferies Maintained Hold Rating on Apple (AAPL) Following 3Q Beat

July 22, 2015 8:33 AM EDT

Jefferies maintained a Hold rating and $135.00 price target on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) following 3Q beat. Analyst Sundeep Bajikar said that although the results beat street estimates, the results and guidance missed higher expectations. on top of that, Bajikar said that checks suggested that Apple is facing strong competition, on... More

Piper Jaffray Starts PayPal (PYPL) at Underweight; Cites LT Impact from Emerging Competition

July 21, 2015 6:44 AM EDT

Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster initiates coverage on PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) with a Underweight rating and a price target of $30.00, citing emerging competition long term impact.

Munster commented, "We are initiating on shares of PYPL with an Underweight rating and $30 price target, based our... More

Moody's Downgrades eBay (EBAY) to 'Baa1' Following PayPal Spin

July 20, 2015 10:56 AM EDT

Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") has downgraded eBay's (Nasdaq: EBAY) long term issuer and senior unsecured ratings to Baa1 from A2 and short-term rating to Prime-2 from Prime-1. The rating outlook is stable.

These rating actions conclude the review for downgrade initiated on September 30, 2014 following eBay's announcement of its plan to spin-off of its PayPal subsidiary.

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The ratings downgrade reflects a weaker, though still strong, credit profile post the spin-off with higher financial leverage, reduced business diversity after the separation of the faster growing PayPal business and Moody's expectation of continued... More

PayPal (PYPL) Completes Separation from eBay (EBAY)

July 20, 2015 9:34 AM EDT

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PayPal) (Nasdaq: PYPL) announced today that it has completed its separation from eBay Inc. (eBay) and is now an independent public company trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol PYPL. The companys leadership team joined with employees and merchants to push the iconic PayPal button to ring the opening bell at Nasdaq to mark the milestone.

PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman joins employees and customers to push the iconic PayPal button to ring the bell at Nasdaq this morning. PayPal today became an independent publicly-traded company on... More