According to the site, 60,000 online donations totaling $3.5 million had been collected by Wednesday evening and contributions topped $3.8 million by Thursday.

EBay (up $0.05 to $117.61, Research) users can give to eight aid organizations through the website. Sellers on ebay can also sell items through the company's ebay "giving works" program and donate 10% to 100% of the proceeds to one of the eight charities.

Microsoft (down $0.04 to $26.86, Research) founder Bill Gates is giving money through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, pledging an initial $3 million to nongovernmental organizations.

Starbucks (down $0.83 to $63.04, Research) has made an initial contribution of $100,000 to international relief organizations CARE and Oxfam UK.

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