The PayPal Wars: Battles with EBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet EarthWorld Ahead Publishing, 2004 - 344 Seiten When PayPal launched its online payment service and set out to overhaul global currency markets it successfully weathered the dot-com bust and a fierce competitive struggle with the auction giant eBay. But hordes of government regulators, trial lawyers, and organized crime rings soon targeted PayPal for destruction, turning its quest to make Internet history into a desperate struggle for survival. |
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BREAKTHROUGH | 37 |
MEGAMERGER | 69 |
GROWING PAINS | 93 |
THE PRODUCERS | 117 |
REVOLUTIONPAYPAL 2 0 | 141 |
THE MONOPOLIST STRIKES | 167 |
HIGH STAKES | 195 |
EARTH VS PALO ALTO | 223 |
TO THE BRINK | 249 |
SELL OUT | 279 |
EPILOGUE | 305 |
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