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Despite being on the job for less than six months, new-ish president and CEO of eBay John Donahoe certainly isn't afraid to make changes.  Even as obstacle after obstacle pops up to interfere with the sale of Skype, Donahoe announced that he often considers parting with PayPal.

A Bloomberg article reported that, at the Shop.org 2009 Annual Summit, "He said he regularly asks himself whether eBay is hampering PayPal's development."

That may not be just an idle, pass-time-in-the-shower sort of question, either.  It almost sounds like Donahoe's already got the support of eBay's board of directors if he decides to make a move, since the CEO then stated, "When I feel the business will be better off separately, we'll do what we did with Skype."

And eBay's stock is up 1.13 percent in pre-market trading, which might indicate shareholder approval.

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One last thing to note is that Donahoe didn't hint at any sort of timeframe, so whether he's thinking about the long term or initiating a sale next month is hard to say.