"Market milestones: At some point yesterday (thanks Eric VDP for the heads up) eBay's (EBAY:Nasdaq) market value for the first time passed Amazon.com's (AMZN:Nasdaq) ($20.7 bil vs. $19.7 bil). Its auction site also competes with the newspaper classified sections of the likes of Gannett (GCI:NYSE) ($18.8 billion), Tribune Co. (TRB:NYSE) ($7.9 bil) and Knight-Ridder (KRI:NYSE) ($3.9 bil)."
Additional market cap comparison: Barnes & Noble, $1.8 billion.
Doug