Reuters) – EBay Inc warned Wall Street on Wednesday that profit this quarter could fall below analysts estimates as it invests in marketing and a revamped website to attract more shoppers, sending shares down more than 5 percent in after-hours trade.File photo – The eBay app is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration photo October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/IllustrationThe online marketplace is making a big push to catch up to Amazon.com Inc with three-day guaranteed delivery and a more user-friendly website, hoping to distinguish itself as a haven for specialty items rather than commodity products.It said marketing expenses rose by nearly 5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, as it got that message across to potential customers.Factoring in the higher costs, eBay forecast fourth-quarter adjusted profit, excluding some costs, of between 57 cents and 59 cents per share. On that basis, analysts on average were expecting a profit of 59 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Hackern Martín Vigo var på en konsert i Barcelona tillsammans med sin partner när hennes mobiltelefon försvann. Han skickade snabbt ett sms med sitt nummer ifall någon skulle hitta den, men telefonen var stulen. Två dagar senare fick Vigo ett…
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