GameStop

American video game retailer

GameStop Corp. is an American video game, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise retailer, headquartered in Grapevine, Texas. The brand is the largest video game retailer worldwide. As of January 2026, the company operated 2,206 stores including 1,598 both in the United States, 300 in Australia and 308 in Europe under the GameStop, EB Games, Micromania-Zing, ThinkGeek and Zing Pop Culture brands. The company was founded in Dallas in 1984 as Babbage's, and took on its current name in 1999.

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eBay rejects GameStop's bid

eBay rejects a $56 billion takeover bid from GameStop, calling the proposal not credible.

GameStop makes big bet that governance doesn’t matter Financial Times — May 13, 09:23 AM
UK bond vigilantes ride again 🔊 Financial Times — May 13, 04:00 AM · 11min
EBay rejects GameStop's $71 billion bid as 'neither credible nor attractive' The Straits Times — May 13, 01:08 AM
CME Group and Silicon Data to launch AI compute futures market SiliconANGLE — May 13, 00:22 AM
eBay says no to GameStop's $56 billion buyout offer; says in letter: Board has thoroughly reviewed your proposal and determined to reject it; read full text Times Of India — May 12, 22:01 PM
‘Neither credible or attractive’: eBay slaps down GameStop’s $56 billion takeover bid Fortune — May 12, 20:56 PM
PayPal Reaches $30M Settlement Over So-Called ‘DEI Program’ That Helped Black-Owned Businesses Gizmodo — May 12, 19:20 PM
PayPal to give up $30M after DOJ accusations of bias in favor of minority-owned businesses The Hill — May 12, 18:59 PM
CME Plans Computing Power Futures Market Bloomberg — May 12, 18:36 PM
EBay rejects GameStop’s $56bn bid as ‘neither credible nor attractive’ Al Jazeera — May 12, 17:24 PM
eBay rejects GameStop’s $56 billion takeover offer NY Post — May 12, 15:49 PM
GameStop’s $55.5bn bid for eBay rejected as ‘neither credible nor attractive’ The Guardian — May 12, 12:53 PM
eBay slams GameStop’s $56B takeover bid as 'neither credible or attractive' Associated Press — May 12, 11:53 AM
Why GameStop's CEO is auctioning old socks for $14,000 on eBay 📹 CNN — May 07, 23:18 PM · 1min
GameStop CEO opens eBay storefront to pay for potential eBay acquisition The Guardian — May 07, 20:50 PM
What a $12,500 cocktail and a $78b EBay bid say about our red-hot markets Sydney Morning Herald — May 05, 08:07 AM
GameStop's $56 billion eBay bid raises financing doubts RTE — May 05, 06:34 AM
GameStop offers to buy eBay for $56 billion 📹 NBC News — May 05, 01:18 AM · 4min
GameStop’s Cohen sees new target, big possible payday in eBay Boston Globe — May 04, 23:37 PM
GameStop’s Activist Investor CEO Ryan Cohen Makes $56B Bid for eBay The Observer — May 04, 20:09 PM