EBay is spinning off PayPal
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EBay has announced that it will separate PayPal into its own business. Next year, eBay and PayPal will be independent publicly-traded companies, Fortune reports.

Activist investor Carl Icahn advocated for the separation in January. The tax-free spinoff will be completed in late 2015.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.