{"id":22957,"date":"2026-05-04T16:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/gamestop-makes-55-5bn-takeover-offer-for-ebay\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T16:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:37:16","slug":"gamestop-makes-55-5bn-takeover-offer-for-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/gamestop-makes-55-5bn-takeover-offer-for-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video game retailer\u2019s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site\u2019s board <\/p>\n<p>US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (\u00a341bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay\u2019s board.<\/p>\n<p>GameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in eBay, said it was willing to pay $125 a share, split 50-50 between cash and stock.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/may\/04\/gamestop-takeover-offer-ebay-bid\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/306b7ba3d14014fed68433c1fcc78a9955028dff\/314_0_4818_3854\/master\/4818.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=be730195a5ce844dae1e822aecfcaa24\" title=\"GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay\" \/>Video game retailer\u2019s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site\u2019s board<br \/>\nUS video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (\u00a341bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay\u2019s board.<br \/>\nGameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in eBay, said it was willing to pay $125 a share, split 50-50 between cash and stock. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video game retailer\u2019s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site\u2019s board US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (\u00a341bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay\u2019s board. GameStop, which has quietly &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/gamestop-makes-55-5bn-takeover-offer-for-ebay\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22957"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}