GameStop makes a bold bid for eBay, and eBay’s board responds in a way that often signals a fight is coming rather than a clean “no.” The clues show up in who eBay quietly hires, how its board has handled past pressure, and what shareholders may learn as new filings and votes land.Read more

GameStop makes an unexpected play for eBay, with the idea that it could tie together physical stores, grading, secure storage, and a huge marketplace into one end-to-end collectibles business. The big question is whether the company can line up solid funding and win key vote recommendations before concerns about conflicts, regulation, and deal certainty derail it.Read more