Two charts explain why Ebay and Paypal are parting

September 30, 2014

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These two charts explain why Ebay are “spinning out” Paypal (until yesterday a subsidiary of Ebay). PayPal revenue (red line) is about to surpass eBay revenue (blue line.) And, PayPal is generating that revenue with less and less reliance on eBay.

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PayPal is going to be bigger than eBay by revenue without relying on eBay for that revenue, says Business Insider. It makes no sense for it to be a subsidiary.

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FBI confirms it: mass shootings in the US have risen dramatically

September 25, 2014

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The FBI have just confirmed what many have suspected: mass shootings have risen drastically in the past half-dozen years. There were, on average, 16.4 such shootings a year from 2007 to 2013, compared with an average of 6.4 shootings annually from 2000 to 2006. In the past 13 years, 486 people have been killed in such shootings, with 366 of the deaths in the past seven years.

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