Those rumors about eBay making layoffs proved true. It's kissing 1,600 people good-bye, 10% of its workforce.

The move, which will save $150 million a year, isn't supposed to stem from the punk economy, which is admittedly hurting business, CEO John Donahoe said. It's more institutional and competitive.

Traffic on the site is down 11% over the last two years, though revenues this year are expected to be up 17% to $9 billion. Thank you PayPal, Skype, and StubHub, which are now going to see more investment.

With acquisitions keeping growth going, eBay said Monday that it's buying Bill Me Later, an online payment company second in the market to eBay's own PayPal, for a tidy $945 million. It will add larger merchants to PayPal. Users get a bill rather than pay with a credit card.

eBay has also bought Danish classified ad site dba.dk and vehicle site bilbasen.dk for ~$390 million.