Monday, March 28, 2011

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EBay to buy GSI in $2.4 billion deal


A general view of eBay headquarters in San Jose, California February 25, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith

NEW YORK | Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:33am EDT

(Reuters) - EBay Inc plans to buy e-commerce company GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, it said on Monday.

EBay will offer shareholders of GSI $29.25 per share, a 50.9 percent premium over its closing price on Friday.

GSI owns Web businesses such as flash site Rue La La and ShopRunner.

(Reporting by Phil Wahba; Editing by Derek Caney)

Credit: Reuters (www.reuters.com)

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