Answering 5 burning questions about GameStop's gutsy eBay deal

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• GameStop wants to buy eBay, and CEO Ryan Cohen has lofty ambitions of challenging Amazon.
• Wall Street analysts are skeptical of how GameStop will finance the acquisition.
• That's just one of five main questions unpacked below.

When I first saw the news on Sunday that GameStop had made a $56 billion offer for eBay, I had to make sure I was reading it right.

GameStop, which had roughly one-quarter the market value of eBay as of last week, was the buyer?