Earnings Preview: eBay to post 3Q results

Published October 16, 2012 5:57pm ET



NEW YORK (AP) — EBay Inc. is expected to post profit and revenue growth in the third quarter, helped by PayPal as well as its e-commerce platform, when it reports its financial results after the market closes on Wednesday.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Investors will be looking for signs of further growth in eBay’s marketplaces unit, which includes eBay.com and other e-commerce sites, and in PayPal, which processes payments on the Web and has grown quickly in recent quarters. Europe could be a sore spot. In the second quarter, the company said it was able to make up for weakness in the region by strength everywhere else.

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