Ebay revenue jumps 7 pct in last push from PayPal

E-commerce company EBay reported a 7 percent jump in net revenue, boosted by higher demand in the PayPal payments business it plans to spin off on Friday.

The company also announced an additional $1 billion share buyback program.

Net income fell to $83 million, or 7 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30, from $676 million, or 53 cents per share, a year earlier.

Net revenue rose to $4.38 billion from $4.10 billion.