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Meme Stock GameStop Pitches $56 Billion Takeover of eBay

Bloomberg Markets · May 3, 2026, 11:09 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

GameStop Corp. is proposing to buy eBay Inc. for about $56 billion in cash and stock, a bold attempt by Ryan Cohen to take over a storied e-commerce name several times larger.

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Meme Stock GameStop Pitches $56 Billion Takeover of eBay

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