PayPal Inc. is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest Inc. at this time, the payments company said late on Sunday, responding to media reports that it was in talks to buy the digital pinboard site for as much as $45 billion. PayPal shares rose 6.2 percent to $255.20 in premarket trading on Monday, while those of Pinterest fell about 10 percent to $52.50. Bloomberg News first reported on the companies’ talks last Wednesday that was later confirmed by Reuters. A source at that time told Reuters that PayPal had offered $70 per share, mostly in stock, for Pinterest. However, sources had cautioned Reuters that no deal was certain and that the terms could change. The Pinterest deal would have been the biggest acquisition of a social media company at the reported price, far surpassing Microsoft Corp.’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn in 2016. It would have also allowed PayPal to …
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