GameStop Preparing Offer for eBay

(wsj.com)

19 points | by voisin 2 hours ago ago

7 comments

  • applfanboysbgon 17 minutes ago ago

    > GameStop, which had a market value of around $11 billion [...] EBay is several times GameStop’s size, with a market value around $45 billion as of Friday’s close.

    > Details of the potential offer for eBay couldn’t be learned.

    This appears to be an attention stunt, of which Cohen has done a few since GME became a meme stock.

    • v4dm a minute ago ago

      > an attention stunt, of which Cohen has done a few since GME became a meme stock

      What would be these few attention stunts he did?

    • Esophagus4 8 minutes ago ago

      I’ve searched the net to find the example, but I remember this happening during the dot com era too…

      Some unknown tiny company made an offer to takeover Yahoo (or some similar company)… the tiny company made headlines for a moment then disappeared again.

      It was an example of dot com silliness.

      Can’t for the life of me remember, and Google can’t seem to either.

    • iknowSFR 6 minutes ago ago

      Maybe but we have a recent sample of Paramount ($12b) acquiring WB ($62b).

      • applfanboysbgon 2 minutes ago ago

        That would be more accurately described as Larry Ellison (~$200b) acquiring WB.

  • huhkerrf 21 minutes ago ago

    Time ticks for everyone... One day some company will be buying the remains of Amazon.

  • love2read 26 minutes ago ago

    Bed Bath and Beyond preparing offer for Costco /s