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EBay revenue rises, but stock price sinks — Despite a 22 percent increase in second-quarter profit, eBay is failing to convince investors that it knows what it’s doing. EBay’s earnings were buoyed by its online payments and advertising divisions, but its auction business is faltering as the company battles sellers, buyers, brand names and just about everyone else around. New CEO John Donahoe is working toward a solution, according to the NYT, but if it fails, there’s going to be an awfully large hole for next-gen auction startups like Wigix to fill.

National Public Radio opens its API — The government-supported radio station NPR, one of the nation’s best-known media institutions, has opened an API to let web publishers use its content. However, as Mashable notes, there are some very vague restrictions in the API’s terms, and some of the most popular shows are excluded.

“Spoken Web” a big opportunity in India — A voice-enabled parallel to the Internet presents a giant opportunity in the developing world, which has more access to mobile devices than computers, according to an interview with the director of IBM’s India Research Laboratory in ZDNet Asia. Check out the full text for more of his thoughts on mobile.

FundingSleuth opens to help keep track of companies — Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital has created FundingSleuth, a tool to track the public filings of your favorite companies and competitors. More info at Redeye VC.

Commercial algae plant slated for construction in Hawaii — Algae-to-biodiesel startup HR Biopetroleum has signed a MOU to build a commercial-scale algae plant producing biodiesel with the help of emissions from a nearby power plant. Earth2Tech has more details. Separately, oil giant Shell — which also has a joint venture with HR Biopetroleum — has upped its stake in Iogen, a cellulosic ethanol company based in Ottawa.

Green building tech seeks new US home — Investors looking for green building investments might be interested in RoofKrete, a United Kingdom startup that Grist has dug up. The company makes a semi-flexible ferrocement that’s long-lasting and insulates well.

Multicore chip startups to watch — GigaOm has a list of five of the most important startups helping to make multi-core computer processors mainstream.