A look at eBay and PayPal

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E-commerce company eBay said Tuesday that it is spinning off its mobile payment service PayPal into a separate and publicly traded company next year.

The companies have been intertwined since eBay bought PayPal 12 years ago for $1.3 billion. Ebay connects buyers and sellers, and both can use PayPal to make or accept payments.

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