Revenue was $2.12 billion, up $228 million from the last year. Combined businesses generated net revenues of $2.1 billion, a 12% increase over last year. The company generated free cash flow of $543 million, an increase of 6% from last year primarily driven by earnings expansion while CapEx as a percentage of revenues came in at 7%. For Q4 eBay predicts earnings of 39 cents to 41 cents a share, excluding charges, with revenue expected to come in between $2.02 billion and $2.17 billion.

Sears Holdings third quarter revenues fell 8% to $10.66 billion and net loss was $146 million or $1.16 a share. Staples, Inc third quarter revenues rose 35% to $7.0 billion and net income fell 43% to $156.7 million or 22 cents a share.

Manufacturing contracted in November as the PMI registered 36.2%, 2.7 percentage points lower than the 38.9% reported in October. This is the lowest reading since May 1982 when the PMI registered 35.5%. A reading above 50% indicates that the manufacturing economy is generally expanding; below 50% indicates that it is generally contracting.

October same store sales declined at a faster pace as consumers hold tight control on spending. Apparel and department store sales declined the most. Wal-Mart sales rose as more consumers look for bargains. Domestic sales at Costco and BJs gain but discretionary sales decline.

Visa Inc., the largest payment processor reported third quarter revenue rise of 18% to $1.613 billion and net income surge of 41.1% to $422 million as more people use debit and credit cards for purchases. Earnings per share jumped to 51 cents and adjusted earnings rose to 59 cents per share. Visa raised its outlook for operating margins for the fiscal 2008 to mid 40% and in the years 2009 and 2010 to mid-to-high 40%.