eBay buys Swedish online auctioneer for $48 mln
Business, Information Technology, World April 24th, 2006Web auctioneer eBay Inc said on Monday it had bought Tradera.com, a small Swedish rival, for about $48 million.Tradera.com has more than 750,000 listings at any given time, eBay said in a statement, adding it had plans to expand online trading in Sweden using its new investment.
eBay said it did not expect the acquisition to have a material impact on its financial guidance issued with its first-quarter results last week.
Tradera’s investors include Provider Funds and TIME Vision bpart AB.
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