Scott Moritz

eBay's Whitman Ringing Up the Sales

 

That makes eBay, Hickey points out, worth five times as much as the 1990-vintage Microsoft.

"I tip my hat to them -- there aren't a lot of ways to make money on the Internet," says Hickey. "But will they be able to keep finding new areas like international sales to keep up their growth rate and justify their market cap? I don't think so."

And as for CEO Whitman, it maybe not a bad time to continue selling.

If Winston were in Whitman's shoes, he says, "I'd be doing the same thing."

Maybe investors would be wise to consider applying some of Whitman's selling strategy as well.

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